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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Anamidae |
Genus: | Proshermacha |
Species: | P. villosa
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Binomial name | |
Proshermacha villosa | |
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Proshermacha villosa 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]
The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in tall open forest. The type locality is Carlotta Brook, Nannup. [2]
The spiders are arboreal or fossorial, terrestrial predators. They inhabit karri forest and construct shallow burrows or silk tubes for shelter, sometimes beneath bark. [2]
Proshermacha villosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Anamidae |
Genus: | Proshermacha |
Species: | P. villosa
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Binomial name | |
Proshermacha villosa | |
Synonyms | |
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Proshermacha villosa 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]
The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in tall open forest. The type locality is Carlotta Brook, Nannup. [2]
The spiders are arboreal or fossorial, terrestrial predators. They inhabit karri forest and construct shallow burrows or silk tubes for shelter, sometimes beneath bark. [2]