| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Proshermacha villosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) | |
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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.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in tall open forest. The type locality is Carlotta Brook, Nannup.
Behaviour and ecology
The spiders are arboreal or fossorial, terrestrial predators. They inhabit karri forest and construct shallow burrows or silk tubes for shelter, sometimes beneath bark.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Species Proshermacha villosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Proshermacha villosa | |
| Aname villosa | |
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