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Genus: Kaira O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Kaira monstrosa Mello-Leitão, 1940

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil f (lost) - (Levi, 1993c)

Taxonomic References

Macpos monstrosus Mello-Leitão, 1940a: 59, f. 6a-b (Df) Original description

Kaira monstrosa Levi, 1977b: 214 (T from Macpos)

Kaira monstrosa Levi, 1993c: 216 (type lost, doubtful junior S of Kaira gibberosa, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick)

References

Levi, H. W. (1977b). The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 148: 185-238. -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1993c). The orb-weaver genus Kaira (Araneae: Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology 21(3): 209-225. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1940a). Tres curiosos Argiopidae do Brasil. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 43: 57-62. -- Show included taxa

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