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Tachygyna

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Tachygyna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Tachygyna
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939[1]
Type species
T. vancouverana
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939
Species

15, see text

Tachygyna is a genus of North American sheet weavers that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1939.[2]

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains fifteen species, all found in North America:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Tachygyna Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  2. ^ Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1939). "Studies on North American spiders of the family Micryphantidae". Verhandlungen, VII. Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie, Berlin. 1: 56–73.