Proshermacha tepperi
Proshermacha tepperi, also known as the Lidless Banksia Trapdoor Spider,[2] is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1901 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][3]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Proshermacha |
| Species: | P. tepperi |
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Description
The body length is about 30 mm.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in South Australia and Western Australia in low woodland, open forest, heathland and scrub with sandy or loamy soils. The type locality is Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula.[3]
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators that build and shelter in deep, sinuous, lidless burrows.[3][2]
References
- Hogg, HR (1901). "On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1901 (2): 218–279 [237].
- "Proshermacha tepperi". Friends of Queens Park Bushland. FOQPB. 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
- "Species Proshermacha tepperi (Hogg, 1901)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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