''Chirothecia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...
that was first described by
Władysław Taczanowski in 1878.
''Chirothecia'' is very similar to ''
Bellota
:Bellota'' is also a synonym of the plant genus ''Beilschmiedia''.''
''Bellota'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1892. It is similar in appearance to the genus '' Chirothecia'', but ...
'', but can be distinguished by the following characteristics: a much wider and taller
cephalothorax
The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...
(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
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:
*''
Chirothecia amazonica''
Simon, 1901 – Brazil
*''
Chirothecia botucatuensis''
Bauab, 1980 – Brazil
*''
Chirothecia clavimana''
(Taczanowski, 1871) (
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) – Brazil, Guyana
*''
Chirothecia crassipes''
Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
*''
Chirothecia daguerrei''
Galiano, 1972 – Argentina
*''
Chirothecia euchira''
(Simon, 1901) – Brazil, Argentina
*''
Chirothecia minima''
Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Argentina
*''
Chirothecia rosea''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
*''
Chirothecia semiornata''
Simon, 1901 – Brazil
*''
Chirothecia soaresi''
Bauab, 1980 – Brazil
*''
Chirothecia soesilae''
Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
*''
Chirothecia uncata''
Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil
*''
Chirothecia wrzesniowskii''
Taczanowski, 1878 – Ecuador
References
Salticidae
Salticidae genera
Taxa named by Władysław Taczanowski
Spiders of South America
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