Chirothecia Euchira
''Chirothecia'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1878. ''Chirothecia'' is very similar to ''Bellota'', but can be distinguished by the following characteristics: a much wider and taller Glossary of spider terms#cephalothorax, cephalothorax (the width being 70–80% of the length and the height being 38–47% of the length); a much longer eye area (occupying 60–70% of the cephalothorax length); the posterior median eyes are always closer to the anterior lateral eyes than the posterior lateral eyes. Species it contains thirteen species, found only in South America and Panama: *''Chirothecia amazonica'' Eugène Simon, Simon, 1901 – Brazil *''Chirothecia botucatuensis'' Bauab, 1980 – Brazil *''Chirothecia clavimana'' (Taczanowski, 1871) (Type species, type) – Brazil, Guyana *''Chirothecia crassipes'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru *''Chirothecia daguerrei'' María Elena Galiano, Galiano, 1972 – Argentina *''Chirothe ...
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Władysław Taczanowski
Władysław Taczanowski (; 17 March 1819, in Jabłonna, Lublin Voivodeship – 17 January 1890, in Warsaw) was a Polish zoologist and collector of natural history who explored the Russian Far East and northern Africa. He specialized mainly in ornithology but also described numerous other taxa including reptiles and arachnids. Life A member of an old noble ('' szlachta'') magnate family, Taczanowski, from the Poznań region Władysław studied in Lublin and managed the family farm after the death of his father. He then joined government service and served on special missions of the governor of Radom. He joined the Warsaw University Museum in 1855 and began to travel and train at other museums. In 1865 he joined Benedict Dybowski and Victor Godlewski on expeditions to Eastern Russia. In 1862 he succeeded Feliks Paweł Jarocki as curator. Taczanowski took part in an expedition to Algeria with Antoni S. Waga (1866–67) and wrote several significant studies including ''Birds of Pol ...
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