''Kaiya'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Australia
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n
large-clawed spiders that was first described by
Raymond Robert Forster
Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand.
Biography
Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educa ...
,
Norman I. Platnick
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...
& Michael R. Gray in 1987.
Species
it contains four species:
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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
Araneomorphae genera
Gradungulidae
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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