Cambridgea decorata

Cambridgea decorata
Scientific classification
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

Last updated December 13, 2025

Cambridgea decorata is a species of spiders in the genus Cambridgea found only in New Zealand.^[1] It is classified as "data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.^[2] The only published records are of specimens collected in the 1940s from Parnell (male holotype), and Waiheke Island (females).^[1] Both localities are in Auckland.

References

1 2 Blest, A.D.; Vink, C.J. 2000: New Zealand spiders: Stiphidiidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 13(supplement)
↑ Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2012: The conservation status of New Zealand Araneae. New Zealand entomologist, 35(2): 85-90. doi : 10.1080/00779962.2012.686310 [see Appendix 1]

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[Blest_&_Vink,_2000-1] 1 2 Blest, A.D.; Vink, C.J. 2000: New Zealand spiders: Stiphidiidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 13(supplement)

[2] Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2012: The conservation status of New Zealand Araneae. New Zealand entomologist, 35(2): 85-90. doi : 10.1080/00779962.2012.686310 [see Appendix 1]

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