Tomocyrba is a genus of jumping spiders that belongs to the subfamily Hisponinae. The genus is endemic to the island of Madagascar.
Taxonomy It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900 with two species from Antongil Bay near Maroantsetra. The genus was then revised on 2009 by Szűts & Scharff and expanded the list of species to six.Szűts, T. & Scharff, N. (2009). Revision of the living members of the genus TomocyrbaSimon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae). Contributions to Natural History In 2026, that list expanded to seven with the description of Tomocyrba ankihiberta by Pett & Murray.
Species it contains seven described species. They are listed below: Tomocyrba ankihiberta Pett BL & Murray KI, 2026 Tomocyrba barbata Simon, 1900 Tomocyrba berniae Szüts & Scharff, 2009 Tomocyrba decollata Simon, 1900 (type species) Tomocyrba griswoldi Szüts & Scharff, 2009 Tomocyrba thaleri Szüts & Scharff, 2009 Tomocyrba ubicki Szüts & Scharff, 2009
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External links Video of walking Tomocyrba sp.
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