Kaiya
Genus of spiders
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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]
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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 | |
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Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 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 – Australia (New South Wales) (type species)
