title: Chirothecia
text: # Chirothecia
  
  Chirothecia is a genus of 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 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
  
  As of June 2019 it contains thirteen species, found only in South America and Panama:
  
  * Chirothecia amazonica Simon, 1901 – Brazil
  * Chirothecia botucatuensis Bauab, 1980 – Brazil
  * Chirothecia clavimana (Taczanowski, 1871) (type) – 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
  