Proshermacha cuspidata

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| genus = Proshermacha

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| authority = (Main, 1954){{cite book |last=Main |first=BY| author-link= |date=1954 | editor-last= |editor-first= |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |title= The Archipelago of the Recherche|series=Australian Geographical Society Reports |volume=1 |chapter=Spiders and Opiliones |issue=6 |url= |location=Melbourne |publisher= Australian Geographical Society |pages=37–53 [38] |isbn=}}

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|Chenistonia cuspidata |Main, 1954}}

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Proshermacha cuspidata is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1954 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2f426c3b-1b64-4661-b93a-1f5fa8bd0c64 |title= Species Proshermacha cuspidata (Main, 1954)|author= |date=2022|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 2023-05-26}}

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Recherche Archipelago, off the south coast of Western Australia. The type locality is Termination Island.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.

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