Kaiya

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

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]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes four species:[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Kaiya Gray, 1987". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  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): 1–116. hdl:2246/969. ISSN 0003-0090. Wikidata Q93875424.