Chira (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Chira"
regnum = Animalia
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 the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Name

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