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Chira
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.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chira spinosa
speciesChira spinosa
Chira gounellei
speciesChira gounellei
Chira simoni
speciesChira simoni
Chira thysbe
speciesChira thysbe
Chira lucina
speciesChira lucina
Chira guianensis
speciesChira guianensis
Chira trivittata
speciesChira trivittata
Chira stolari
speciesChira stolari
Chira lanei
speciesChira lanei
Chira fagei
speciesChira fagei
Chira flavescens
speciesChira flavescens
Chira typica
speciesChira typica
Chira hanagarthi
speciesChira hanagarthi
Chira ivyatenea
speciesChira ivyatenea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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Every page naming Chira in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 420305.