In synonymy:
Alcimonotus Simon, 1902 = Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1968b: 350)
Crulsia Mello-Leitão, 1930 = Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1980b: 37)
Goya Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1961a: 322, sub Alcimonotus)
Ilarginus Mello-Leitão, 1939 = Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1961b: 161)

type Shira designata Peckham & Peckham, 1896; gender feminine; syn. of Chira trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871)

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.

Transferred to other genera:
Chira albiocciput Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Phintelloides
Chira luctuosa Simon, 1902 -- see Phiale
Chira micans (Simon, 1902) -- see Philira
Chira portai Caporiacco, 1954 -- see Frigga
Chira spinipes (Taczanowski, 1871) -- see Eustiromastix
Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Saitis
Chira superba Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Philira

In synonymy:
Chira aculeata Simon, 1902 = Chira guianensis (Taczanowski, 1871) (Galiano, 1968b: 350).
Chira albovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1948, T from Corythalia) = Chira trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871) (Galiano, 1961b: 183).
Chira aurantia (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Alfenus) = Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Galiano, 1961b: 176).
Chira aurantiovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Akela) = Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Galiano, 1968b: 363).
Chira bicirculigera Soares & Camargo, 1948 = Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Galiano, 1961b: 176).
Chira cincta (Mello-Leitão, 1942, T from Phiale) = Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Galiano, 1961b: 176).
Chira designata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 = Chira trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871) (Galiano, 1968b: 355).
Chira distincta Bauab-Vianna, 1983 = Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Marta et al., 2024b: 111).
Chira elegantula (Mello-Leitão, 1947, T from Asaracus) = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 27).
Chira ferrugineonotata (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Akela) = Chira gounellei (Simon, 1902) (Galiano, 1968b: 360).
Chira kastoni Caporiacco, 1947 = Chira lucina Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1961b: 171).
Chira pallida (Mello-Leitão, 1948, T from Philaeus) = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1961b: 181).
Chira pseudothysbe Soares & Camargo, 1948 = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1961b: 181).
Chira reticulata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Marta et al., 2024b: 103).
Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Goya) = Chira gounellei (Simon, 1902) (Galiano, 1961a: 322, sub Alcimonotus).
Chira taeniata (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Mago) = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1968b: 358).
Chira trimaculata (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Anaurus) = Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Galiano, 1968b: 361).

Chira fagei Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Dm).
Chira fagei Caporiacco, 1948a: 711, f. 138-139 (m).

Chira flavescens Caporiacco, 1947a: 32 (Df).
Chira flavescens Caporiacco, 1948a: 712, f. 141 (f).

Alcimonotus gounellei Simon, 1902d: 54 (Dm).
Akela ferrugineonotata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 273, f. 61 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059164].
Goya spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 286, f. 75 (Dm; preoccupied in Chira by Mello-Leitão, 1939, see Chira spinosa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059168].
Alcimonotus gounellei Galiano, 1961a: 322, f. 1-4 (m, S of Goya spinosa).
Alcimonotus gounellei Galiano, 1963a: 288, pl. V, f. 1-4 (m).
Chira gounellei Galiano, 1968b: 360, f. 8, 20 (f, S of Akela ferrugineonotata).
Chira lucina Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021: 932, f. 10H, K (m; misidentified per Rubio et al., 2023b: 874).
Chira gounellei Marta et al., 2024b: 108, f. 6a-f, 10j-l [in text correct, mislabelled as C. lucina under fig., see also Rubio et al., 2023b: 874], 11g-h (mf).

Attus guianensis Taczanowski, 1871: 61 (Dmf).
Chira aculeata Simon, 1902d: 53 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059157].
Chira aculeata Simon, 1903a: 743, f. 894 (m).
Amycus guianensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 592.
Phiale guianensis Mello-Leitão, 1948: 190.
Chira aculeata Galiano, 1961b: 163, pl. I, f. 1-3 (m).
Chira guianensis Galiano, 1968b: 350, f. 6-7 (f, T from Phiale, S of Chira aculeata).
Chira guianensis Prószyński, 1987: 15 (mf).
Chira guianensis Prószyński, 2017b: 33, f. 14F, 17C (mf).
Chira guianensis Marta et al., 2024b: 104, f. 3a-f (f).

Chira hanagarthi Rubio et al., 2023b: 877, f. 6A-F (Df).

Chira ivyatenea Rubio et al., 2023b: 876, f. 4A-F, 5A-F (Dmf).

Chira lanei Soares & Camargo, 1948b: 423, f. 4-5 (Dm).
Chira lanei Galiano, 1961b: 169, pl. III, f. 1-3 (m).
Chira lanei Marta et al., 2024b: 115, f. 9a-f (m).

Chira lucina Simon, 1902d: 53 (Dm).
Chira kastoni Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059165].
Chira kastoni Caporiacco, 1948a: 711, f. 140 (m).
Chira lucina Galiano, 1961b: 171, pl. 1, f. 4-6 (m, S of Chira kastoni).
Chira lucina Galiano, 1963a: 321, pl. 13, f. 3-5 (m).
Chira lucina Galiano, 1968b: 359, f. 4-5, 19 (Df).
Chira lucina Marta et al., 2024b: 109, f. 7a-f [10j-l see C. gounellei] (m).

Chira simoni Galiano, 1961b: 174, pl. III, f. 4-7 (Dm).
Chira simoni Marta et al., 2024b: 104, f. 4a-f, 5a-f, 10d-f, 11c-d (m, Df).

Ilarginus spinosus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 87, f. 77-78 (Dm).
Phiale cincta Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 420, f. 49-50 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059162].
Anaurus trimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 222, f. 48 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059170].
Akela aurantiovittata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 272, f. 60 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059160].
Alfenus aurantius Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 274, f. 62 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059159].
Chira bicirculigera Soares & Camargo, 1948b: 421, f. 1-3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059161].
Akela aurantivittata Roewer, 1955c: 1171.
Chira spinosa Galiano, 1961b: 176, pl. 2, f. 1-5 (m, S of Alfenus aurantius, Chira bicirculigera and Phiale cincta).
Chira spinosa Galiano, 1968b: 361, f. 3, 15-16 (f, S of Akela aurantiovittata and Anaurus trimaculatus).
Chira distincta Bauab-Vianna, 1983: 4, f. 6-11 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032721].
Chira spinosa Edwards, 2015: 26, f. 6A-K (mf).
Chira spinosa Marta et al., 2024b: 109, f. 8a-f, 10g-i, 11d-f (mf, S of Chira distincta).

Chira stolari Rubio et al., 2023b: 874, f. 2A-H, 3A-H (Dmf).

Chira thysbe Simon, 1902d: 53 (Dm).
Vinnius reticulatus Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 232, f. 60 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036779].
Mago taeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 225, f. 51 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059169].
Asaracus elegantulus Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 296, pl. 39, f. 43 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032327].
Philaeus pallidus Mello-Leitão, 1948: 191, f. 31 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059166].
Chira pseudothysbe Soares & Camargo, 1948b: 427, f. 9-10 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059167].
Chira thysbe Galiano, 1961b: 181, pl. 1, f. 7-9 (m, S of Chira pseudothysbe and Philaeus pallidus).
Chira thysbe Galiano, 1963a: 323, pl. XIV, f. 9-11 (m).
Chira thysbe Galiano, 1968b: 358, f. 9 (Df, S of Mago taeniatus).
Chira reticulata Braul & Lise, 2002: 111 (T from Vinnius).
Chira thysbe Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 27, f. 59 (f, S of Asaracus elegantulus).
Chira thysbe Marta et al., 2024b: 102, f. 2a-f, 10a-c, 11a-c (mf, S of Chira reticulata).

Attus trivittatus Taczanowski, 1871: 59 (Dmf).
Shira designata Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 86, pl. 6, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059163].
Shira designata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 298, pl. 29, f. 6 (f).
Chira trivittata Simon, 1902d: 51.
Chira trivittata Simon, 1903a: 743, f. 893 (m).
Chira designata Simon, 1903a: 755.
Chira designata Chickering, 1946: 117, f. 109-115 (f, Dm).
Corythalia albovittata Mello-Leitão, 1948: 188, f. 28 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059158].
Chira trivittata Galiano, 1961b: 183, pl. 3, f. 8-10 (m, S of Corythalia albovittata).
Chira trivittata Galiano, 1968b: 355, f. 1-2, 18 (f, S of Chira designata).
Chira trivittata Edwards, 2015: 26, f. 7A-L (mf).
Chira trivittata Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB29, f. 115-116 (m).
Chira trivittata Marta et al., 2024b: 100, f. 1a-f (m).

Crulsia typica Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 72, f. 45-46 (Df).
Chira typica Galiano, 1980b: 37 (T from Crulsia).