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Three new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Proshermacha (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from southwest Western Australia
Kevin O. Sagastume-Espinoza, Jeremy D. Wilson and Mark S. Harvey
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Kevin O. Sagastume-Espinoza [1,2*], Jeremy D. Wilson [2,3,4] and Mark S. Harvey [2,3,4]
[1] Bennelongia Environmental Consultants, 5 Bishop Street, Jolimont, Western Australia 6014, Australia.
[2] Collections & Research, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, Western Australia 6106, Australia.
[3] School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
[4] Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum Collections and Research Centre, Hendra, Queensland 4011, Australia.
Abstract
The Australian endemic open-holed trapdoor spider genus Proshermacha Simon, 1908 currently contains 13 described species distributed throughout southern Australia. We describe three new species from the Southwest Australia biodiversity hotspot: Proshermacha katana sp. nov. and Proshermacha rapier sp. nov. from the Esperance Plains bioregion, and Proshermacha scimitar sp. nov. from the Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest bioregions. We further conduct a multilocus molecular analysis to reveal the phylogenetic placement of two of these newly-described species.
Cite this paper as: Sagastume-Espinoza KO, Wilson JD & Harvey MS (2025). Three new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Proshermacha (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from southwest Western Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 104: 1–20. doi: https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.jgkav
This paper was published on: 8/10/2025
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