Cambridgea annulata
| Cambridgea annulata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Cambridgea |
| Species: | C. annulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cambridgea annulata Dalmas, 1917
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Cambridgea annulata is a species of Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was originally described as a subspecies by Raymond Comte de Dalmas in 1917.[2] It was elevated to species level in 1973.[1]
Description
[edit]The female is recorded at 12.9mm in length whereas the male is 12.5mm. The species closely resembles Cambridgea antipodiana.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier of "Island Endemic".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309.
- ^ Dalmas, R. de (1917). Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 86: 317-430.
- ^ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (1 January 2020). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.