Chirothecia

Chirothecia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1878. Chirothecia is very similar to Bellota, but can be distinguished by the following characteristics: a much wider and taller cephalothorax (the width being 70–80% of the length and the height being 38–47% of the length); a much longer eye area (occupying 60–70% of the cephalothorax length); the posterior median eyes are always closer to the anterior lateral eyes than the posterior lateral eyes.

Species

it contains thirteen species, found only in South America and Panama:

• Chirothecia amazonica <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Brazil
• Chirothecia botucatuensis <small>Bauab, 1980</small> – Brazil
• Chirothecia clavimana <small>(Taczanowski, 1871)</small> (type) – Brazil, Guyana
• Chirothecia crassipes <small>Taczanowski, 1878</small> – Peru
• Chirothecia daguerrei <small>Galiano, 1972</small> – Argentina
• Chirothecia euchira <small>(Simon, 1901)</small> – Brazil, Argentina
• Chirothecia minima <small>Mello-Leitão, 1943</small> – Argentina
• Chirothecia rosea <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)</small> – Panama
• Chirothecia semiornata <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Brazil
• Chirothecia soaresi <small>Bauab, 1980</small> – Brazil
• Chirothecia soesilae <small>Makhan, 2006</small> – Suriname
• Chirothecia uncata <small>Soares & Camargo, 1948</small> – Brazil
• Chirothecia wrzesniowskii <small>Taczanowski, 1878</small> – Ecuador

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