Cambridgea elegans

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Cambridgea elegans
Status NZTCS DD.svg
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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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 2 3 4 5 Blest, A. D. & Vink, C. (2000). New Zealand spiders: Stiphidiidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum13(Suppl.): 1-27.
  2. ↑ 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.


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