Proshermacha maculata
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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Proshermacha |
| Species: | P. maculata |
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Distribution and habitat
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
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They inhabit gullies on the scarp and swamp fringes on the coastal plain.[2]
References
- 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.
- "Species Proshermacha maculata (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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