Tivyna

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Tivyna
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Tivyna
Chamberlin, 1948 [1]
Type species
T. pallida
(Keyserling, 1887)
Species

4, see text

Tivyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1948. [2]

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Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Tivyna Chamberlin, 1948". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Chamberlin, R. V. (1948). "The genera of North American Dictynidae". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 38 (15): 1–31.