Kaiya

Kaiya is a genus of Australian large-clawed spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster, Norman I. Platnick & Michael R. Gray in 1987.[2]

Kaiya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gradungulidae
Genus: Kaiya
Gray, 1987[1]
Type species
K. terama
Gray, 1987
Species

4, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species:[1]

  • Kaiya bemboka Gray, 1987 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Kaiya brindabella (Moran, 1985) – Australian Capital Territory
  • Kaiya parnabyi Gray, 1987 – Australia (Victoria)
  • Kaiya terama Gray, 1987 (type) – Australia (New South Wales)

References

  1. "Gen. Kaiya Gray, 1987". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  2. Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Gray, M. R. (1987). "A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 185: 1–116.


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