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Issue: Vol. 2739 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2739.1.4
Page range: 41–50
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 23

Reuniting males and females: redescriptions of Nuisiana arboris (Marples 1959) and Cambridgea reinga Forster & Wilton 1973 (Araneae: Desidae, Stiphidiidae)

Biosecurity Group, AgResearch, Private Bag 4749, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand Entomology Research Museum, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PO Box 467, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PO Box 467, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York New York 10024, U.S.A.
Araneae cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) DNA Matachia new synonymy New Zealand Nanocambridgea

Abstract

Two New Zealand endemic spider species, Nuisiana arboris (Marples 1959) (Desidae) and Cambridgea reinga Forster & Wilton 1973 (Stiphidiidae), are redescribed, including notes on their distribution and DNA sequences from the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1. Based on morphological evidence and mitochondrial DNA sequences, Matachia magna Forster 1970 is a junior synonym of Nuisiana arboris, and Nanocambridgea grandis Blest & Vink 2000 is a junior synonym of Cambridgea reinga. Two forms of male morph in C. reinga are recorded.

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