Biology:Proshermacha villosa
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Short description: Species of spider
| Proshermacha villosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Proshermacha |
| Species: | P. villosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Proshermacha villosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)[1]
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Proshermacha villosa 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 south-west Western Australia, in tall open forest. The type locality is Carlotta Brook, Nannup.[2]
Behaviour and ecology
The spiders are arboreal or fossorial, terrestrial predators. They inhabit karri forest and construct shallow burrows or silk tubes for shelter, sometimes beneath bark.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81–169 [161]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Proshermacha villosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6b3e53d3-678b-44b7-8064-25db66f2a377.
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