''Procambridgea'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
South Pacific
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sheetweb spiders that was first described by
Raymond Robert Forster
Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand 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, and was educa ...
& C. L. Wilton in 1973.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in
New Zealand
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and
Australia
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:
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Procambridgea carrai''
Davies, 2001 –
Australia
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(
New South Wales
)
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)
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Procambridgea cavernicola''
Forster & Wilton, 1973 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Procambridgea grayi''
Davies, 2001 – Australia (New South Wales),
New Zealand
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Procambridgea hilleri''
Davies, 2001 – Australia (
Queensland
)
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
)
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Procambridgea hunti''
Davies, 2001 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Procambridgea kioloa''
Davies, 2001 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Procambridgea lamington''
Davies, 2001 – Australia (Queensland)
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Procambridgea montana''
Davies, 2001 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Procambridgea monteithi''
Davies, 2001 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Procambridgea otwayensis''
Davies, 2001 – Australia (
Victoria)
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Procambridgea ourimbah''
Davies, 2001 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Procambridgea rainbowi''
Forster & Wilton, 1973 (
type) – Australia (New South Wales)
See also
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List of Stiphidiidae species
References
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
Stiphidiidae
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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