World Spider Catalog

Desidae Pocock, 1895

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Cambridgea L. Koch, 1872 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01756

type Cambridgea fasciata L. Koch, 1872; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Argyronetidae/Cybaeidae (or Desinae, per Lehtinen, 1967: 221) to the Stiphidiidae by Forster & Wilton, 1973: 128 and to the Desidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606.

Transferred to other genera:

Cambridgea pilosa Bryant, 1935 -- see Mamoea

In synonymy:

Cambridgea grandis (Blest & Vink, 2000, T from Nanocambridgea) = Cambridgea reinga Forster & Wilton, 1973 (Vink et al., 2011: 45)

Cambridgea agrestis Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020284

Cambridgea agrestis Forster & Wilton, 1973: 141, f. 419-422 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea agrestis Blest & Taylor, 1995: 354, f. 5A-B (m)

Cambridgea ambigua Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020285

Cambridgea ambigua Blest & Vink, 2000: 5, f. 2A-D, 9-10, 62B (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea annulata Dalmas, 1917 | | New Zealand (Chatham Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020286

Cambridgea fasciata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873h: 202, pl. 6, f. 1-13 (mf, misidentified)

Cambridgea antipodiana Pocock, 1895e: 230, f. 1-2 (misidentified)

Cambridgea antipodiana annulata Dalmas, 1917a: 402, f. 64 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea annulata Forster & Wilton, 1973: 141, f. 423-426 (mf, elevated from subspecies)

Cambridgea antipodiana (White, 1849) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020287

Tegenaria antipodiana White, 1849: 5 (D) Original description

Cambridgea antipodiana Simon, 1898a: 235, f. 222-225

Cambridgea antipodiana Dalmas, 1917a: 401, f. 59-60, 63 (mf)

Cambridgea antipodiana Forster, 1967: 17, f. 11 (m)

Cambridgea antipodiana Forster & Forster, 1973: 27, f. 3b (m)

Cambridgea antipodiana Forster & Wilton, 1973: 137, f. 388, 390, 415-418 (mf)

Cambridgea antipodiana Blest & Taylor, 1995: 354, f. 3C, 4A (mf)

Cambridgea antipodiana Blest & Vink, 2000: 5, f. 5A-F, 6-8, 59C, 62A (mf)

Cambridgea arboricola (Urquhart, 1891) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020288

Tegenaria arboricola Urquhart, 1891a: 129, pl. 21, f. 8 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea arboricola Forster & Wilton, 1973: 142, f. 393, 427-431 (removed mf from S of C. antipodiana)

Cambridgea arboricola Blest & Taylor, 1995: 354, f. 4B (m)

Cambridgea arboricola Blest & Vink, 2000: 14, f. 31-34, 62D (Dmf)

Cambridgea australis Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020289

Cambridgea australis Blest & Vink, 2000: 7, f. 11-13, 59A (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea decorata Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020290

Cambridgea decorata Blest & Vink, 2000: 17, f. 45-46 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea elegans Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020291

Cambridgea elegans Blest & Vink, 2000: 20, f. 53-55 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea elongata Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020292

Cambridgea elongata Blest & Vink, 2000: 12, f. 25-27, 60B (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea fasciata L. Koch, 1872 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020293 TYPE SPECIES

Cambridgea fasciata L. Koch, 1872a: 359, pl. 28, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Cambridgea fasciata Simon, 1899b: 435 (Dm)

Cambridgea fasciata Forster & Wilton, 1973: 139, f. 387, 411-414 (removed mf from S of C. antipodiana)

Cambridgea fasciata Coddington, 1990: 10, f. 11 (m)

Cambridgea fasciata Montana et al., 2025: 26, f. 18C (m)

Cambridgea foliata (L. Koch, 1872) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020294

Tegenaria foliata L. Koch, 1872a: 356, pl. 28, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Tegenaria foliata Karsch, 1878c: 796 (Df)

Cambridgea foliata Simon, 1898a: 234

Cambridgea foliata Lehtinen, 1967: 440, f. 124, 128 (mf)

Cambridgea foliata Forster & Wilton, 1973: 147, f. 389, 443-447 (mf)

Cambridgea inaequalis Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020295

Cambridgea inaequalis Blest & Vink, 2000: 11, f. 21-24, 62C (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea insulana Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020296

Cambridgea insulana Blest & Vink, 2000: 16, f. 41 (Df) Original description

Cambridgea longipes Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020297

Cambridgea longipes Blest & Vink, 2000: 13, f. 28-30, 60A (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea mercurialis Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020298

Cambridgea mercurialis Blest & Vink, 2000: 17, f. 47-48 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea obscura Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020299

Cambridgea obscura Blest & Vink, 2000: 14, f. 35-38, 62E (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea occidentalis Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020300

Cambridgea occidentalis Forster & Wilton, 1973: 146, f. 391, 436, 439-440 (Dm) Original description

Cambridgea ordishi Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020301

Cambridgea ordishi Blest & Vink, 2000: 20, f. 51-52, 61C (Dm) Original description

Cambridgea pallidula Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020302

Cambridgea pallidula Blest & Vink, 2000: 19, f. 49-50, 61A-B (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea peculiaris Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020303

Cambridgea peculiaris Forster & Wilton, 1973: 146, f. 437-438 (Dm) Original description

Cambridgea peelensis Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020304

Cambridgea peelensis Blest & Vink, 2000: 8, f. 14-15, 59B (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea plagiata Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020305

Cambridgea plagiata Forster & Wilton, 1973: 149, f. 448-451 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea plagiata Blest & Vink, 2000: 17, f. 42-44 (mf)

Cambridgea quadromaculata Blest & Taylor, 1995 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020306

Cambridgea quadromaculata Blest & Taylor, 1995: 352, f. 1A-B, 2A-C, 3A-B (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea quadromaculata Blest & Vink, 2000: , 1A-E, 16-20 (mf)

Cambridgea quadromaculata Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 78, f. 48.1, 3-5 (mf)

Cambridgea ramsayi Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020308

Cambridgea ramsayi Forster & Wilton, 1973: 151, f. 458-461 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea reinga Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020309

Cambridgea reinga Forster & Wilton, 1973: 151, f. 456-457 (Df) Original description

Nanocambridgea grandis Blest & Vink, 2000: 21, f. 57-58 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020320]

Cambridgea reinga Vink et al., 2011: 45, f. 7-16 (f, Sm)

Cambridgea secunda Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020310

Cambridgea secunda Forster & Wilton, 1973: 144, f. 392, 432-435 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea simoni Berland, 1924 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020311

Cambridgea simoni Berland, 1924a: 237, f. 174-182 (Df) Original description

Cambridgea solanderensis Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020307

Cambridgea solanderensis Blest & Vink, 2000: 15, f. 39-40 (Dmf) Original description

Cambridgea sylvatica Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020312

Cambridgea sylvatica Forster & Wilton, 1973: 146, f. 441-442 (Dm) Original description

Cambridgea tuiae Blest & Vink, 2000 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020313

Cambridgea tuiae Blest & Vink, 2000: 21, f. 56 (Df) Original description

Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020314

Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973: 150, f. 452-455 (Dmf) Original description