Tixcocoba

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Tixcocoba
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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

Tixcocoba is a monotypic genus of North American sac spiders containing the single species, Tixcocoba maya. It was first described by Willis J. Gertsch in 1977, [2] and has only been found in Mexico. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Tixcocoba Gertsch, 1977". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  2. Gertsch, W. J. (1977). "Report on cavernicole and epigean spiders from the Yucatan peninsula". Association for Mexican Cave Studies Bulletin. 6: 103–131.