| Tixcocoba | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Clubionidae |
| Genus: | Tixcocoba Gertsch, 1977 [1] |
| Species: | T. maya |
| Binomial name | |
| Tixcocoba maya Gertsch, 1977 | |
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