| Chira | |
|---|---|
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| Chira lucina | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: |
Chira Peckham & Peckham, 1896 [1] |
| Type species | |
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C. trivittata (
Taczanowski, 1871)
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| Species | |
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13, see text | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Chira is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. [5] 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
As of June 2019 [update] it contains thirteen species, found only in South America, Guatemala, and Honduras: [1]
- 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
References
- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Chira Peckham & Peckham, 1896". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi: 10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Galiano, M. E. (1968). "Adiciones a la revision del género Chira Peckham, 1896 (Araneae, Salticidae)". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 27: 350.
- ^ Galiano, M. E. (1980). "Catalogo de los especimenes tipicos de Salticidae (Araneae) descriptos por Candido F. de Mello-Leitão. Primera parte". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 39: 37.
- ^ a b Galiano, M. E. (1961). "Un género de Salticidae (Araneae), nuevo para la Argentina: Alcimonotus Simon, 1902". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 21: 322.
- ^ 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. 3: 1–101.
External links
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| Chira | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Chira lucina | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: |
Chira Peckham & Peckham, 1896 [1] |
| Type species | |
|
C. trivittata (
Taczanowski, 1871)
| |
| Species | |
|
13, see text | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
| |
Chira is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. [5] 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
As of June 2019 [update] it contains thirteen species, found only in South America, Guatemala, and Honduras: [1]
- 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
References
- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Chira Peckham & Peckham, 1896". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi: 10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Galiano, M. E. (1968). "Adiciones a la revision del género Chira Peckham, 1896 (Araneae, Salticidae)". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 27: 350.
- ^ Galiano, M. E. (1980). "Catalogo de los especimenes tipicos de Salticidae (Araneae) descriptos por Candido F. de Mello-Leitão. Primera parte". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 39: 37.
- ^ a b Galiano, M. E. (1961). "Un género de Salticidae (Araneae), nuevo para la Argentina: Alcimonotus Simon, 1902". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 21: 322.
- ^ 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. 3: 1–101.
External links
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| This article related to jumping spiders (Salticidae) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |