Biology:Proshermacha armigera

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Short description: Species of spider

Proshermacha armigera
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Anamidae
Genus: Proshermacha
Species:
P. armigera
Binomial name
Proshermacha armigera
(Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aname armigera Rainbow, & Pulleine, 1918

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. 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. 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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