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.
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| Holotype of Cambridgea turbotti from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Cambridgea |
| Species: | C. turbotti
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| Binomial name | |
| Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973
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Taxonomy
editThe 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
editC. 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
editThe species is endemic to New Zealand, found in the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973". New Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Cambridgea turbotti". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ 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.