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Proshermacha maculata

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Proshermacha maculata
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. maculata
Binomial name
Proshermacha maculata
Synonyms
  • Aname maculata Rainbow & Pulleine 1918

Proshermacha maculata 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 Western Australia, on the Darling Scarp and the Swan Coastal Plain near the city of Perth, in closed heath and low open forest habitats. The type locality is Jarrahdale.[2]

Behaviour and ecology

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The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They inhabit gullies on the scarp and swamp fringes on the coastal plain.[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 [151]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
  2. ^ a b c "Species Proshermacha maculata (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-30.