Cambridgea

Cambridgea
Cambridgea foliata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Cambridgea
L. Koch, 1872[1]
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Cambridgea[1] (common name New Zealand sheetweb spider, bush spider)[2] is a spider genus in the family Desidae and some of the first endemic spiders described from New Zealand.[3] They are known for constructing large horizontal sheet webs measuring up to a square metre in larger species.[4] Cambridgea were originally assigned to the Agelenidae[5] by Dalmas in 1917 but were reassigned to the Stiphidiidae in 1973.[6] Most recently, both Cambridgea and sister genus Nanocambridgea were reassigned to the Desidae, subfamily Porteriinae on the basis of molecular evidence.[7]

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  3. ^ White, A (1849). "Descriptions of apparently new species of Aptera from New Zealand". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 6.
  4. ^ Paquin, Pierre (2010). Spiders of New Zealand : annotated family key & species list. Vink, C. J. (Cornelis Jacob), Dupérré, N. (Nadine). Lincoln, N.Z.: Manaaki Whenua Press. ISBN 9780478347050. OCLC 608025036.
  5. ^ Dalmas, R (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
  6. ^ Forster, RR; Wilton, CL (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part 4, Agelenidae, Stiphidiidae, Amphinectidae, Amaurobiidae, Neolanidae, Ctenidae, Psechridae. Dunedin: Otago Museum Trust Board.
  7. ^ Wheeler, Ward C.; Coddington, Jonathan A.; Crowley, Louise M.; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Goloboff, Pablo A.; Griswold, Charles E.; Hormiga, Gustavo; Prendini, Lorenzo; Ramírez, Martín J. (2016-12-12). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling". Cladistics. 33 (6): 574–616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182. ISSN 0748-3007.