Species Proshermacha armigera (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aname armigera Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [150].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K40922, KS8193 ♀ adult, Mullewa, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Harvey, M.S., Gruber, K., Hillyer, M.J., & Huey, J.A. 2020. Five new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from Western Australia, with a revised generic placement for Aname armigera. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 010–038 [37] (transferred from previous position in genus Aname)

 

Generic Combinations

• Proshermacha armigera (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NE wheatbelt and goldfields.

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

Fossorial, low woodland, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

In red sandy-loam soils.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MYGALOMORPHAE Pocock, 1892	21-Apr-2021	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)