Chira is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. It is currently named after Rio Chira, a river in Peru, but the Peckhams originally called the genus Shira, later emended by Eugène Simon.
Spiders in this genus are found in Central and South America.
Species
, this genus includes fourteen species:
- Chira fagei <small>Caporiacco, 1947</small> â Guyana
- Chira flavescens <small>Caporiacco, 1947</small> â Guyana
- Chira gounellei <small>(Simon, 1902)</small> â Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Chira guianensis <small>(Taczanowski, 1871)</small> â Trinidad, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil
- Chira hanagarthi <small>Rubio, Perger, Baigorria, Metzner & Höfer, 2023</small> â Bolivia
- Chira ivyatenea <small>Rubio, Perger, Baigorria, Metzner & Höfer, 2023</small> â Argentina
- Chira lanei <small>Soares & Camargo, 1948</small> â Brazil
- Chira lucina <small>Simon, 1902</small> â Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay
- Chira simoni <small>Galiano, 1961</small> â Brazil, Paraguay
- Chira spinosa <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1939)</small> â Honduras, Panama, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Chira stolari <small>Rubio, Perger, Baigorria, Metzner & Höfer, 2023</small> â Brazil
- Chira thysbe <small>Simon, 1902</small> â Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Uruguay
- Chira trivittata <small>(Taczanowski, 1871)</small> â Guatemala, Panama, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil (type species)
- Chira typica <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1930)</small> â Brazil
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