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Genus: Tomocyrba Simon, 1900 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Tomocyrba decollata Simon, 1900

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036642

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m 1f (20952b; f not mentioned in the original description, thus it has no type status) - (Pett & Murray, 2026)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (20952a) - (Pett & Murray, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Tomocyrba decollata Simon, 1900b: 388 (Dm) Original description

Tomocyrba decollata Simon, 1901a: 442, f. 493-495 (m)

Tomocyrba decollata Roewer, 1965: 82, f. 72a-c, 73a (m)

Tomocyrba decollata Szűts & Scharff, 2009: 1345, f. 1A, 2A, C, 3A-B, 6A, 7A, 8A-H (m, Df)

Tomocyrba decollata Prószyński, 2017b: 112, f. 49E (mf)

Tomocyrba decollata Pett & Murray, 2026: 41, f. 3A-F, 4A-H (mf)

References

Pett, B. L. & Murray, K. I. (2026). Discovery of a new Tomocyrba (Araneae, Salticidae, Hisponinae) and rediscovery of the type species from rainforests in northern Madagascar. African Invertebrates 67(1): 37-46. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.67.183477 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1965). Die Lyssomanidae und Salticidae-Pluridentati der Äthiopischen Region (Araneae). Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques 139: 1-86. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1900b). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 44: 381-407. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Szűts, T. & Scharff, N. (2009). Revision of the living members of the genus Tomocyrba Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 1337-1372. doi: 10.5169/seals-787029 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Pett & Murray, 2026
2017-09-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b