Migas cambridgei
Appearance
Migas cambridgei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Migidae |
Genus: | Migas |
Species: | M. cambridgei
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Binomial name | |
Migas cambridgei Wilton, 1968
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Migas cambridgei is a species of Mygalomorph spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described in 1968 by Cecil Wilton from a single female specimen collected in Christchurch. The holotype is stored at Otago Museum.[1]
Description
[edit]The female is recorded at 12mm in length. The carapace is dark orange brown. The legs are somewhat paler and tinged green. The abdomen is brown grey but purplish grey dorsally.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from Lyttleton in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".[2]
References
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- ^ a b c d Forster, Raymond Robert; Wilton, Cecil Louis (1968-01-01). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 2: 1–166.
- ^ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.