Biology:Proshermacha tepperi

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Proshermacha tepperi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Anamidae
Genus: Proshermacha
Species:
P. tepperi
Binomial name
Proshermacha tepperi
(Hogg, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chenistonia tepperi Hogg, 1901

Proshermacha tepperi, also known as the Lidless Banksia Trapdoor Spider,[2] is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia . It was described in 1901 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][3]

Description

The body length is about 30 mm.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in South Australia and Western Australia in low woodland, open forest, heathland and scrub with sandy or loamy soils. The type locality is Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula.[3]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators that build and shelter in deep, sinuous, lidless burrows.[3][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hogg, HR (1901). "On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 (2): 218–279 [237]. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Proshermacha tepperi". FOQPB. 2023. https://www.friendsofqueensparkbushland.org.au/chenistonia-tepperi/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Species Proshermacha tepperi (Hogg, 1901)". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e7e1f04b-9960-49c9-8d42-f620f6f729d5. 

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