Cambridgea turbotti

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Cambridgea turbotti
Holotype of Cambridgea turbotti from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Cambridgea
Species:
C. turbotti
Binomial name
Cambridgea turbotti
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Synonyms
  • Cambridgea grandis (Blest & Vink, 2000)
  • Nanocambridgea grandis (Blest & Vink, 2000)

Cambridgea turbotti is a species of spider in the family Desidae.[2] The species was first described by Ray Forster and Cecil Louis Wilton in 1973, and is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

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The species was identified by Ray Forster and Cecil Louis Wilton in 1973, based on a specimen collected Evan Graham Turbott in 1946 from Manawatāwhi / Great Island.[3][4] Forster and Wilton named the species after Evan Graham Turbott.[5]

Description

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C. turbotti has a reddish brown chelicerae, with a greyish brown abdomen, with an abdomen length of 5.0 mm (0.20 in).[3]

Distribution and habitat

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The species is endemic to New Zealand, found in the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973". New Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (30 September 1973). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part IV: Agelenidae, Stiphidiidae, Amphinectidae, Amaurobiidae, Neolanidae, Ctenidae, Psechridae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 4: 1–309. ISSN 0474-859X. Wikidata Q113167424. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Cambridgea turbotti". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  5. ^ Gill, B. J.; Thwaites, I. G.; Wolfe, R. J. (2015). "Evan Graham Turbott M.Sc., Q.S.O. Ornithologist, museum director – 1914–2014". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum. 50: 77–84. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 90014736. Wikidata Q58628992.