- Chira (genus)
Taxobox
name = "Chira"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Aelurillinae
tribus =Freyini
genus = "Chira"
genus_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1896
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Chira
diversity = 16 species
type_species = "Attus trivittatus"
type_species_authority = Taczanowski, 1871
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Chira" is a
genus of thespider familySalticidae (jumping spiders).Name
Rio Chira is a river inPeru . However, the Peckhams originally called the genus "Shira", which was later emended byEugène Simon .pecies
* "
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)External links
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/chira/chira.htm Photographs of several "Chira" species]
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