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Araneidae  Clerck, 1757 / Kaira  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889   1 species

Kaira altiventer O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016218

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Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe (Nentwig, 2015)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): USA to Brazil
Figures
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levi 1977b)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)

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male Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1977b)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Levi 1977b)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Levi 1977b)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)

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female Vulva, posterior view
(Levi 1977b)

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female Opisthosoma, posterior view
(Levi 1977b)

Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Germany   (Schmidt, 1971) |||
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 pdf

Nentwig W (2015) Introduction, establishment rate, pathways and impact of spiders alien to Europe. Biological Invasions 17: 2757-2778 pdf

Schmidt G (1971) Mit Bananen eingeschleppte Spinnen. Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 17: 387-433 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
19-10-2023 Image insert
17-10-2023 Distribution insert Detail