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 the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Name

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

Species

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