Kairona is a monotypic genus of South American cellar spiders containing the single species, Kairona selva. It was first described by B. A. Huber and L. S. Carvalho in 2019,[2] and it has only been found in Brazil.[1]

Kairona
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Kairona
Huber & Carvalho, 2019[1]
Species:
K. selva
Binomial name
Kairona selva
Huber & Carvalho, 2019[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Kairona Huber & Carvalho, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. ^ Huber, B. A.; Carvalho, L. S. (2019). "Filling the gaps: descriptions of unnamed species included in the latest molecular phylogeny of Pholcidae (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 4546 (1): 1–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4546.1.1. PMID 30790874. S2CID 73505380.