''Cambridgea reinga'' is a species of

Desidae Desidae is a family of spiders, some of which are known as intertidal spiders. The family is named for the genus '' Desis'', members of which inhabit the intertidal zone. The family has been reevaluated in recent years and now includes inland gen ...

that is endemic to

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

.Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973)
The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV
''Otago Museum Bulletin'' 4: 1-309.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1973 by

Ray Forster Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand Arachnology, arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of The Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, a ...

and

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from a female specimens. It was most recently revised in 2011, in which the male was described.Vink, C., Fitzgerald, B. M., Sirvid, P. J. & Dupérré, N. (2011)
Reuniting males and females: redescriptions of ''Nuisiana arboris'' (Marples 1959) and ''Cambridgea reinga'' Forster & Wilton 1973 (Araneae: Desidae, Stiphidiidae)
''Zootaxa'' 2739: 41-50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2739.1.4 The holotype is stored in

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under registration number AMNZ5031.

Description

The female is recorded at 9.13mm in length whereas the male is 8.8mm on average. The carapace is coloured orange brown with blackish bands laterally and a median pale stripe. The legs are yellow brow with faint bands. The abdomen is pale yellow brown. It is best distinguished from other ''

Cambridgea ''Cambridgea'' (common name New Zealand sheetweb spider, bush spider) is a spider genus in the family Desidae and some of the first endemic spiders described from New Zealand. They are known for constructing large horizontal sheet webs measuring ...

'' species by the structure of the male and female genitalia.

Distribution

This species is only known from

Cape Reinga Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua (; sometimes spelled Rēinga, ) is the northwestern most tip of the Aupōuri Peninsula, at the northern end of the North Island of New Zealand. Cape Reinga is more than 100 km north of the nearest small town ...

, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the

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, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon".

References

Desidae Spiders described in 1973 Endemic spiders of New Zealand {{Desidae-stub