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 Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana Chira flavescens Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana Chira gounellei (Simon, 1902) – Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Chira guianensis (Taczanowski, 1871) – Trinidad, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil Chira hanagarthi Rubio, Perger, Baigorria, Metzner & Höfer, 2023 – Bolivia Chira ivyatenea Rubio, Perger, Baigorria, Metzner & Höfer, 2023 – Argentina Chira lanei Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil Chira lucina Simon, 1902 – Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay Chira simoni Galiano, 1961 – Brazil, Paraguay Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Honduras, Panama, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Chira stolari Rubio, Perger, Baigorria, Metzner & Höfer, 2023 – Brazil Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 – Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Uruguay Chira trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871) – Guatemala, Panama, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil (type species) Chira typica (Mello-Leitão, 1930) – Brazil
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Photographs of several Chira species