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Genus: Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1939

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032731

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Described:

Distribution: Honduras, Panama, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland m (ARAN-01204a) - (Galiano, 1961b)
Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) m (41873, destroyed by the fire 2018) of Anaurus trimaculatus - (Galiano, 1968b)
Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina m (15570) of Phiale cincta - (Galiano, 1981a)
Holotype: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP/MZUSP), Brazil m (E.775 C.1127) of Chira bicirculigera - (Marta et al., 2024b)
Holotype: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP/MZUSP), Brazil m of Chira distincta - (Marta et al., 2024b)
Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina f (16650) of Akela aurantiovittata - (Galiano, 1980b)
Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina m (16670) of Alfenus aurantius - (Galiano, 1980b)
Paratype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) 2m (02220, destroyed by the fire 2018) of Alfenus aurantius -
Paratype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) 2f (02221, destroyed by the fire 2018) of Akela aurantiovittata -
Paratype: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP/MZUSP), Brazil 1m (E.346 C.1130) of Chira bicirculigera - (Marta et al., 2024b)
Paratype: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP/MZUSP), Brazil 1m of Chira distincta - (Marta et al., 2024b)

Taxonomic References

Ilarginus spinosus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 87, f. 77-78 (Dm) Original description

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)

References

Bauab-Vianna, M. J. (1983). Descrição do gênero Pensacolops, g. n. e de nova espécie de Chira Peckham, 1896 (Araneae, Salticidae). Boletim de Zoologia 7: 1-6. -- Show included taxa

Edwards, G. B. (2015). Freyinae, a major new subfamily of Neotropical jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4036(1): 1-87. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4036.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1961b). Revision del género Chira Peckham, 1896 (Araneae, Salticidae). Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" 3: 159-188. -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1968b). Adiciones a la revision del género Chira Peckham, 1896 (Araneae, Salticidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 27: 349-366. -- Show included taxa

Marta, K. S., Almeida, D. J. K., Valiati, V. H., Brescovit, A. D. & Rodrigues, E. N. L. (2024b). On species group Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896: taxonomy and distribution updates (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 59(1): 99-118. doi: 10.1080/01650521.2022.2057159 -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1939e). Araignées américaines du Musee d'histoire naturelle de Bâle. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 46(2): 43-93. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.117928 -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1942b). Arañas del Chaco y Santiago del Estero. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 2: 381-426. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1943a). Catálogo das aranhas do Rio Grande do Sul. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 37: 147-245, 24 pls. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1945b). Arañas de Misiones, Corrientes y Entre Ríos. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 4: 213-302. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Soares, B. A. M. & Camargo, H. F. de A. (1948b). Alguns novos salticidas do Brasil (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 8: 421-443. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Prószyński, J. (2016). Monograph of Salticidae (Araneae) of the World 1995-2015. Part II. Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Version October 30th, 2016, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2024-03-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Marta et al., 2024b
2024-03-16	Species synonymy	Marta et al., 2024b	Chira distincta synonymized with Chira spinosa
2015-11-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Edwards, 2015