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Proshermacha auropilosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Anamidae
Genus:	Proshermacha
Species:	P. auropilosa
Binomial name
Proshermacha auropilosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)
Synonyms
Chenistonia auropilosa Rainbow, & Pulleine, 1918

Proshermacha auropilosa 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 Swan Coastal Plain bioregion. The type locality is Armadale, now a suburb of Perth.

References

1. ^ Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 . doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
2. ^ "Species Proshermacha auropilosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-29.

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• Arthropods of Western Australia
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