Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0101] Back
Gen.
Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02887 ]
N.B.: Shira is the original spelling, Simon, 1902d: 51 emended it to Chira and Galiano, 1989c proposed to conserve this spelling, which is still used here until the ICZN decides on the proposal; considered a senior synonym of Ilarginus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 87 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05491] (type I. spinosus Mello-Leitão, 1939) by Galiano, 1961b: 161; of Alcimonotus Simon, 1902d: 54 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05489] (type A. gounellei Simon, 1902) by Galiano, 1968b: 350; and of Crulsia Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 71 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05490] (type C. typica Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 71) by Galiano, 1980b: 37; Alcimonotus was considered a senior synonym of Goya Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 285 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05492] (type G. spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Chira gounellei (Simon, 1902)) by Galiano, 1961a: 322.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-03-16
2024-03-16
Described in
Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 85 (type Shira designata Peckham & Peckham, 1896; gender feminine; syn. of Chira trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871))
Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 85 (type Shira designata Peckham & Peckham, 1896; gender feminine; syn. of Chira trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871))
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 14 | accepted |
| 17 | synonym |
Reference
Edit history
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, pl. 1-7. 
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