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Tamara Mkheidze

Tamara Mkheidze is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tamara Mkheidze rather than just read about it. In short: Tamara Mkheidze (Georgian: თამარ მხეიძე; December 22, 1915, Kutaisi – April 11, 2007, Tbilisi) was a Georgian arachnologist. Her name is also spelt Tamara Mcheidze, including in the World Spider Catalog.

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Reference excerpt

Tamara Mkheidze (Georgian: თამარ მხეიძე; December 22, 1915, Kutaisi – April 11, 2007, Tbilisi) was a Georgian arachnologist. Her name is also spelt Tamara Mcheidze, including in the World Spider Catalog.

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. As of April 2026, the World Spider Catalog lists 37 names of spider taxa of which she is the author or co-author. A species she initially described as Gnaphosa caucasica in 1997 had to have a replacement name as the name had already been used in 1982. It was given the name Gnaphosa mcheidzeae.

Selected publications Mkheidze T. S. (1941). A study on spiders distributed in Georgia. - Proceeding of the Tbilisi State University, 21: 99-104. [in Georgian] Mkheidze, T. S. (1946). New spider species in Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgian State Museum Tbilisi, 13(A): 285-302. Mkheidze, Tamara (1997): Georgian Spiders — Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review. Tbilisi University Press. Tbilisi, 390 pp. [Georgian, Russian Abstract]

References

External links A German obituary: "70 Jahre Arachnologie in Georgien: Tamara S. Mkheidze (1915 – 2007)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tamara Mkheidze

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tamara Mkheidze claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tamara Mkheidze before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tamara Mkheidze ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tamara Mkheidze

In research: Tamara Mkheidze appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tamara Mkheidze in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tamara Mkheidze is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1915 births, 2007 deaths, 20th-century women biologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tamara Mkheidze outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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