Tomocyrba Explained

Tomocyrba is a genus of Malagasy jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.^[1]

Species

it contains six species, found only on Madagascar:^[2]

• Tomocyrba barbata Simon, 1900 – Madagascar
• Tomocyrba berniae Szüts & Scharff, 2009 – Madagascar
• Tomocyrba decollata Simon, 1900 (type) – Madagascar
• Tomocyrba griswoldi Szüts & Scharff, 2009 – Madagascar
• Tomocyrba thaleri Szüts & Scharff, 2009 – Madagascar
• Tomocyrba ubicki Szüts & Scharff, 2009 – Madagascar

External links

• Video of walking Tomocyrba sp.

Further reading

• Maddison. Wayne P.. Zhang. J.X.. 2006. New lyssomanine and hisponine jumping spiders from Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa. 1255. 29–35.

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1900. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 381–407. 44. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Tomocyrba Simon, 1900. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-27. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.