Cambridgea mercurialis

Cambridgea mercurialis
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Cambridgea
Species:	C. mercurialis
Binomial name
Cambridgea mercurialis Blest & Vink, 2000

Cambridgea mercurialis 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 male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum. ^[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 9.5mm in length whereas the female is 15mm. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from the Mercury Islands, New Zealand. ^[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". ^[2]

References

1. 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.