Species Proshermacha villosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chenistonia villosa Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [161].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K41257, KS1394 ♀ adult, Carlotta Brook, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Proshermacha villosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918). —
  Harvey, M.S., Hillyer, M.J., Main, B.Y., Moulds, T.A., Raven, R.J., Rix, M.G., Vink, C.J. & Huey, J.A. 2018. Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian openholed trapdoor spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae: Anaminae): multi-locus molecular analyses resolve the generic classification of a highly diverse fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 407-452 [28]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, fossorial, predator, tall open forest, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

In karri (Eucalyptus diversicolour) forest, silk tubes or shallow burrows, sometimes arboreal under bark.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)