Proshermacha armigera

Proshermacha armigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
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.

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.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "Species Proshermacha armigera (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-28.