KAYANIA MEDRANO, KURY & MENDES GEN. NOV.

Zoobank registration: urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act: 317ABFDD-2AAE-4716-BF47-D27D8256416D

Etymology: In honour and memory of the late Andreas Kay, German photographer and naturalist, established in Ecuador, who photographed males and females of the type species in nature. Gender feminine.

Diagnosis: DS rounded in dorsal view (Fig. 24A). Area I with two paramedian rounded and small yellow spots and area III with robust and granular tubercles/ columns, all other areas without ornamentation (Figs 24D, 25A). Long and slender legs without any ornamentation. Coxa IV with medial depression and basal incrassation, with a large, lateral, yellow strip (Figs 24A, B, E, 25A, B, E). Penis unknown.

Type species: Metagryne bicolumnata Roewer, 1959 .

Included species: Kayania bicolumnata (Roewer, 1959) comb. nov. and K. compressicoxa (Avram & Soares, 1983) comb. nov.

Combined distribution: Eastern Andean slopes of Ecuador and Peru (Fig. 23).