Cambridgea antipodiana is a species of Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand.Blest, A. D. & Vink, C. (2000). New Zealand spiders: Stiphidiidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum 13(Suppl.): 1-27.
Taxonomy This species was described as Tegenaria antipodiana by Adam White.White, A. (1849). Descriptions of apparently new species of Aptera from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 17: 3-6. (reprinted in Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (2) 5: 50-53, 1850) doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1849.tb01122.x It was transferred to the Cambridgea genus in 1898. The most recent revision was in 1973, although details about its taxonomy have been discussed in additional papers.Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309.Blest, A. D. & Taylor, P. W. (1995). Cambridgea quadromaculata n. sp. (Araneae, Stiphidiidae): a large New Zealand spider from wet, shaded habitats. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 22(3): 351-356. doi:10.1080/03014223.1995.9518051 The holotype is stored in the Natural History Museum of London.
Description The female is recorded at 17.3mm in length whereas the male is 13.1mm.
Distribution This species is widespread throughout New Zealand in Stewart Island and the South Island. It is also present in Wellington.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
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