Tamara Mkheidze facts for kids
Tamara Mkheidze (December 22, 1915 in Kutaisi – April 11, 2007 in Tbilisi; Georgian: თამარ მხეიძე) was a Georgian arachnologist.
Life
Tamara Mkheidze grew up in Kutaisi (Georgia) and later studied zoology at the Tbilisi State University. She worked there as a lecturer until 1990 and was active after that as an arachnologist.
She was married to the limnologist Lavrosi Kutubidze.
Activities
Tamara Mkheidze was the first arachnologist from the Caucasus region. Her main research dealt with the arachnofauna of her homeland Georgia. In her more than thirty publications she described more than forty new species of spiders and harvestmen.
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