Biology:Cambridgea tuiae
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Short description: Species of spider
| Cambridgea tuiae | |
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Invalid status (NZ TCS)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Cambridgea |
| Species: | C. tuiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Cambridgea tuiae Blest & Vink, 2000
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Cambridgea tuiae is a species of Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
This species was described in 2000 by David Blest and Cor Vink from a female specimen. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]
Description
The female is recorded at 10.1mm in length. The carapace is pale in colour and has median and lateral bands. The abdomen is pale ground and has a chevron pattern dorsally.[1]
Distribution
This species is only known from Te Aroha, 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Blest, A. D. & Vink, C. (2000). New Zealand spiders: Stiphidiidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum 13(Suppl.): 1-27.
- ↑ 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.
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