Cambridgea quadromaculata
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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. quadromaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cambridgea quadromaculata | |
Cambridgea quadromaculata is a species of Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described in 1995 by David Blest and Christopher Kenneth Taylor from male and female specimens.[2] It was most recently revised in 2000. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]
Description
[edit]The male is recorded at 13.8mm in length whereas the female is 17.55mm. The carapace is coloured yellow brown with a median dark band and lateral dark bands. The legs are banded. The abdomen is pale brown with dark blotches dorsally and lateral blotching.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Blest, A. D. & Vink, C. (2000). New Zealand spiders: Stiphidiidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum 13(Suppl.): 1-27.
- ^ a b Blest, A. D. & Taylor, P. W. (1995). Cambridgea quadromaculata n. sp. (Araneae, Stiphidiidae): a large New Zealand spider from wet, shaded habitats. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 22(3): 351-356. doi:10.1080/03014223.1995.9518051
- ^ 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.