''Cicirra'' is a monotypic genus of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

n intertidal spiders containing the single species, ''Cicirra decemmaculata''. It was first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1886, and has only been found in

. Originally placed with the funnel-weavers, it was moved to the Matachiinae (subfamily of the Amaurobiidae) in 1967. They are closely related to '' Forsterina''.

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Desidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Araneomorphae-stub