Clubiona cambridgei

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Clubiona cambridgei
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Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Clubionidae
Genus: Clubiona
Species:
C. cambridgei
Binomial name
Clubiona cambridgei
Koch, 1873

Clubiona cambridgei is a species of Clubionidae spider endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1873 by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch from male and female specimens. [2] It was most recently revised in 1979. The syntype is stored in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. [1]

Description

The male and female are recorded at 7.5mm in length. This species has an orange brown carapace. The legs are straw brown. The abdomen is cream coloured with a dorsal stripe and chevron pattern markings. [1]

Distribution

This species is widespread throughout New Zealand. It is usually associated with flax bushes and cabbage trees in marshy habitats. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1979). The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae. Otago Museum Bulletin5: 1-95
  2. ↑ Koch, L. (1873). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 8-9] . Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 369-472, pl. 28-36. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660
  3. ↑ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.


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