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Proshermacha auropilosa

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Proshermacha auropilosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Anamidae
Genus: Proshermacha
Species:
P. auropilosa
Binomial name
Proshermacha auropilosa
Synonyms
  • Chenistonia auropilosa Rainbow, & Pulleine, 1918

Proshermacha auropilosa 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

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The species occurs in the south-west of Western Australia, in the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion. The type locality is Armadale, now a suburb of Perth.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [160]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
  2. ^ a b "Species Proshermacha auropilosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-29.