Taxon details


Kaira monstrosa (Mello-Leitão, 1940)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2023-04-24
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057754]
  • Distribution: Brazil
Type deposit provide information
  • 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).
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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

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

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