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Genus: Proshermacha Simon, 1908 | Family: Anamidae Simon, 1889

Proshermacha maculata (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050599

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia f (KS.8190) - (Harvey et al., 2026)
Paralectotype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia 1j (KS.8190) - (Harvey et al., 2026)
Holotype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia f (KS.8191) of Proshermacha auropilosa - (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

Taxonomic References

Aname maculata Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 151, pl. 23, f. 104 (Df) Original description

Chenistonia auropilosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 160, pl. 24, f. 115 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050597]

Proshermacha auropilosa Harvey et al., 2018: 434 (T from Aname, removed from S of Aname tepperi, rejecting Main, 1985b : 31)

Proshermacha maculata Harvey et al., 2018: 434 (T from Aname, removed from S of Aname tepperi, rejecting Main, 1972: 100)

Proshermacha maculata Harvey et al., 2026: 10, f. 5A-J, 6A-J (f, S of Proshermacha auropilosa)

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

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-04-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Harvey et al., 2026
2018-10-08	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2018-10-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Harvey et al., 2018
2018-10-08	Species transferred to new genus	Harvey et al., 2018		Species transferred from Aname to Proshermacha
2018-10-08	Species updated	Harvey et al., 2018	Old value	Removed synonymy