N.B.: original spelling is Kaira, not Caira; type species designation of Kaira gibberosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890 by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 522 invalid, as only one species (Kaira altiventer) was published in 1889; considered a senior synonym of Pronarachne Mello-Leitão, 1937a: 8 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05294] (type P. aries Mello-Leitão, 1937 = Kaira altiventer O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) and Macpos Mello-Leitão, 1940a: 59 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05293] (type M. monstrosus Mello-Leitão, 1940) by Levi, 1977b: 214, and of Haliger Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 180 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05295] (type H. corniferus Mello-Leitão, 1943 = Kaira altiventer O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889), transferred from the Theridiosomatidae, by Levi, 1993c: 210.

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