Chira (spider)
| Chira | |
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| Chira lucina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Chira Peckham & Peckham, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| C. trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871)
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| Species | |
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14, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.