Proshermacha villosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001083

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

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Taxonomic References
Chenistonia villosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 161, pl. 24, f. 116 (Df) Original description
Aname villosa Raven, 2000a: 572 (T from Chenistonia; from 2000 to 2018 there was a homonymy with Aname villosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)
Proshermacha villosa Harvey et al., 2018: 434 (T from Aname)
Proshermacha villosa Harvey et al., 2026: 17, f. 11A-J (f)
References

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 open-holed 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(2): 407-452. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx111 -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M. S., Dupérré, N., Sagastume-Espinoza, K. O., Rix, M. G. & Wilson, J. D. (2026). The type specimens of the Australian open-holed trapdoor spiders attributed to the genus Proshermacha (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy 115: 1-23. doi: 10.54102/ajt.tu22l [[Zoobank: 58E9534C-2355-46C3-9A0D-BA2FEA6E0966]] -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. & Pulleine, R. H. (1918). Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169, pl. 12-24. -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. (2000a). Taxonomica Araneae I: Barychelidae, Theraphosidae, Nemesiidae and Dipluridae (Araneae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45: 569-575. -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-04-20 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey et al., 2026

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