Biology:Proshermacha armigera
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Short description: Species of spider
| Proshermacha armigera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Proshermacha |
| Species: | P. armigera
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| Binomial name | |
| Proshermacha armigera (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)[1]
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Proshermacha armigera is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia . It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in the south-west of Western Australia, in the Wheatbelt and western Goldfields regions, in low woodland habitats. The type locality is Mullewa.[2]
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81–169 [150]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Proshermacha armigera (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7382b261-6091-42c5-80d4-3fb33358f6b1.
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