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.

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

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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". Records of the Auckland Museum. 50: 77–84. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 90014736. Wikidata Q58628992.