''Cambridgea decorata'' is a species of
spiders in the genus ''
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 ...
'' found only in
New Zealand.
[Blest, A.D.; Vink, C.J. 2000: New Zealand spiders: Stiphidiidae. ''Records of the Canterbury Museum'', 13(supplement)] It is classified as "data deficient" under the
New Zealand Threat Classification System
The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand.
The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ...
.
[Sirvid, P.J. ''et al''. 2012: The conservation status of New Zealand Araneae. ''New Zealand entomologist'', 35(2): 85-90. ee Appendix 1/ref> The only published records are of specimens collected in the 1940s from Parnell (male holotype), and Waiheke Island (females).]
References
Stiphidiidae
Spiders described in 2000
Spiders of New Zealand
Endemic fauna of New Zealand
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