Genus Chiriquia Morse, 1900

Chiriquia Morse, 1900: 5 (original description of the genus with a description of a single species, C. serrata within it). — Hancock 1902: 49 (a reproduction of the original description); 1907a: 39 (a reproduction of the original description). — Kirby 1910: 23 (catalogued). — Bruner 1910: 98 (catalogued). — Hebard 1924: 155 (catalogued). — Günther 1939: 226 (a review of the genus). — Liebermann 1955: 331 (catalogued). — Yin et al. 1996: 856 (catalogued). — Otte 1997: 41 (catalogued). — Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona Granda 2015: 477 (catalogued).

TYPE SPECIES. — Chiriquia serrata Morse, 1900, by original monotypy.

COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — Four species of which only one, C. serrata is known to occur in Central America.