Biology:Cambridgea elegans

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Short description: Species of spider

Cambridgea elegans
Invalid status (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Cambridgea
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cambridgea elegans
Blest & Vink, 2000 [1]

Cambridgea elegans is a species of spiders in the genus Cambridgea found in New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 2000 by David Blest and Cor Vink from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 9.01mm in length whereas the female is 12.75mm. The carapace is coloured pale yellow with black stripes. The abdomen is grey with a medial dark stripe.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Arthurs Pass, New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Blest, A. D. & Vink, C. (2000). New Zealand spiders: Stiphidiidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum 13(Suppl.): 1-27.
  2. Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (in English). New Zealand Threat Classification Series 34: 1–37. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1941708 entry