Lyssomanes

Lyssomanes
male Lyssomanes viridis eating a nematoceran
(scale = 1 mm)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Lyssomaninae
Genus: Lyssomanes
Hentz, 1845
Type species
Attus viridis
Walckenaer, 1837
Species

see text

Diversity
80 species

Lyssomanes is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Approximately 80 species have been described, ranging from South and Central America, up to the southern United States.

They are long-legged, with translucent bodies frequently green or yellow. They resemble lynx spiders, except that they have large anterior median eyes.

Habitat

Lyssomanes are typically found in foliage in mesic habitats.

female L. viridis from Florida

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