Family: Salticidae Blackwall,1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0101] Back
Gen.
Chira Peckham & 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, 1939 by Galiano, 1961b: 161; of Alcimonotus Simon, 1902 (itself considered a senior synonym of Goya Mello-Leitão, 1945 by Galiano, 1961a: 322) by Galiano, 1968b: 350; and of Crulsia Mello-Leitão, 1930 by Galiano, 1980b: 37.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2020-08-27
2020-08-27
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 |
| 13 | accepted |
| 15 | 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. 
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