Chira (spider) explained

Chira is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896.^[1] It is currently named after Rio Chira, a river in Peru, but the Peckhams originally called the genus Shira, later emended by Eugène Simon.

Species

it contains thirteen species, found only in South America, Guatemala, and Honduras:^[2]

• 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 reticulata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
• Chira simoni Galiano, 1961 – Brazil, Paraguay
• Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Honduras to Argentina
• Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 – Brazil, Guyana
• Chira trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871) (type) – Guatemala to Bolivia
• Chira typica (Mello-Leitão, 1930) – Brazil

External links

• Photographs of several Chira species

Notes and References

1. Peckham. G. W.. Peckham. E. G.. 1896. Spiders of the family Attidae from Central America and Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1–101. 3. George and Elizabeth Peckham. George and Elizabeth Peckham.
2. Gen. Chira Peckham & Peckham, 1896. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.