Chira (genus)

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Chira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Aelurillinae
Tribe: Freyini
Genus: Chira
Peckham & Peckham, 1896
Diversity
16 species
Type species
Attus trivittatus
Taczanowski, 1871
Species

see text

Chira is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

[edit] Name

Rio Chira is a river in Peru. However, the Peckhams originally called the genus Shira, which was later emended by Eugène Simon.

[edit] Species

  • Chira distincta Bauab, 1983 (Brazil)
  • Chira fagei Caporiacco, 1947 (Guyana)
  • Chira flavescens Caporiacco, 1947 (Guyana)
  • Chira gounellei (Simon, 1902) (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina)
  • Chira guianensis (Taczanowski, 1871) (Peru to Guyana)
  • Chira lanei Soares & Camargo, 1948 (Brazil)
  • Chira lucina Simon, 1902 (Brazil, Guyana)
  • Chira micans (Simon, 1902) (Brazil, Paraguay)
  • Chira reticulata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) (Brazil)
  • Chira simoni Galiano, 1961 (Brazil, Paraguay)
  • Chira spinipes (Taczanowski, 1871) (Peru to Guyana)
  • Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Honduras to Argentina)
  • Chira superba Caporiacco, 1947 (Guyana)
  • Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Brazil, Guyana)
  • Chira trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871) (Guatemala to Bolivia)
  • Chira typica (Mello-Leitão, 1930) (Brazil)

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