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Genus: Chirothecia Taczanowski, 1878 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Chirothecia cruciata Mello-Leitão, 1917

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Distribution: Brazil

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026)

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Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil jm (1035; destroyed by the fire 2018) - (Galiano, 1972b)

Taxonomic References

Chirothecia cruciata Mello-Leitão, 1917c: 143 (Df) Original description

Chirothecia cruciata Mello-Leitão, 1933a: 100 (f)

Chirothecia cruciata Galiano, 1972b: 29 (type is immature, impossible to identify, species inquirenda, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1972b). Revisión del género Chirothecia Taczanowski, 1878 (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 4: 1-42. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1917c). Aranhas novas ou pouco conhecidas de Thomisidas e Salticidas brasileiras. Archivos da Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinaria, Rio de Janeiro 1: 117-153, 2 pl. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1933a). Ensaio sobre as myrmarachninas do Brasil. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 9: 39-102. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

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