Chira (spider)

Chira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Aelurillinae
Genus: Chira
Peckham & Peckham, 1896
Type species
Attus trivittatus
Taczanowski, 1871
Species

see text

Diversity
16 species

Chira is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).[1]

Name

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

Species

References

  1. "Chira". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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