''Lyssomanes'' is a

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

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of the family Salticidae (

jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiderscomprising 13% of spider species. Jumping s ...

), ranging from

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and

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, up to the southern United States. There have been described 94 extant and two fossil species from the Neotropical Region. The genera ''Lyssomanes'', '' Chinoscopus'', ''

Hindumanes ''Hindumanes'' is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae) found in India. It was first described by Dmitri Logunov in 2004. The name Hindumanes is a portmanteau of "Hinduism", the dominant religion of India, and Lyssomanes, the genus ''H. ...

'', and ''

Sumakuru ''Sumakuru'' is a genus of jumping spiders in the subfamily Lyssomaninae. It was first described in 2016 by Wayne Maddison. Both males and females are very small compared with other species in Lyssomaninae Lyssomaninae is a subfamily of jumpin ...

'' make up the

Lyssomaninae Lyssomaninae is a subfamily of jumping spiders. It includes four genera, three from the New World. Description Members of the subfamily Lyssomaninae are mostly green or yellow, and have long legs compared to other salticids. The anterior later ...

, which is one of the six deeply-diverging subfamilies of jumping spiders. 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

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mesic habitat In ecology, a mesic habitat is a type of habitat with a well-balanced or moderate supply of moisture throughout the growing season (e.g., a mesic forest, temperate hardwood forest, or dry-mesic prairie). The term derives from the Greek ''mesos'' ...

Species

, the

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accepted the following species: *'' Lyssomanes adisi'' Logunov, 2002 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes amazonicus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana *'' Lyssomanes anchicaya'' Galiano, 1984 – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia *'' Lyssomanes antillanus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Saba *'' Lyssomanes austerus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Lyssomanes aya'' Logunov, 2015 – French Guiana *'' Lyssomanes belgranoi'' Galiano, 1984 – Argentina *'' Lyssomanes benderi'' Logunov, 2002 – Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana *'' Lyssomanes bitaeniatus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – El Salvador to Venezuela *'' Lyssomanes blandus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Guatemala *'' Lyssomanes boraceia'' Galiano, 1984 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes bryantae'' Chickering, 1946 – Panama *'' Lyssomanes burrera'' Jiménez & Tejas, 1993 – Mexico *'' Lyssomanes camacanensis'' Galiano, 1980 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes ceplaci'' Galiano, 1980 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes consimilis'' Banks, 1929 – Panama *'' Lyssomanes convexus'' Banks, 1909 – Costa Rica *'' Lyssomanes courtiali'' Logunov, 2015 – French Guiana *'' Lyssomanes deinognathus'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico to Honduras *'' Lyssomanes devotoi'' Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes dissimilis'' Banks, 1929 – Panama *'' Lyssomanes diversus'' Galiano, 1980 – Mexico *'' Lyssomanes eatoni'' Chickering, 1946 – Panama *'' Lyssomanes ecuadoricus'' Logunov & Marusik, 2003 – Ecuador *'' Lyssomanes elegans'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico to Brazil *'' Lyssomanes elongatus'' Galiano, 1980 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes euriensis'' Logunov, 2000 – Peru *'' Lyssomanes flagellum'' Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador *'' Lyssomanes fossor'' Galiano, 1996 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes franckei'' Galvis, 2020 – Mexico *'' Lyssomanes hieroglyphicus'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina *'' Lyssomanes ipanemae'' Galiano, 1980 – Brazil, French Guiana *'' Lyssomanes janauari'' Logunov & Marusik, 2003 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes jemineus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Mexico to Guyana *'' Lyssomanes jucari'' Galiano, 1984 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes lampeli'' Logunov, 2014 – Guyana *'' Lyssomanes lancetillae'' Galiano, 1980 – Honduras, Nicaragua *'' Lyssomanes lehtineni'' Logunov, 2000 – Peru *'' Lyssomanes leucomelas'' Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Mexico, Brazil, Argentina *'' Lyssomanes limpidus'' Galiano, 1980 – Colombia *'' Lyssomanes longipes'' (Taczanowski, 1871) – Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana *'' Lyssomanes maddisoni'' Logunov, 2014 – Mexico *'' Lyssomanes malinche'' Galiano, 1980 – Mexico *'' Lyssomanes manausensis'' Logunov, 2014 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes mandibulatus'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico to Panama *'' Lyssomanes matoensis'' Logunov, 2014 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes mexicanus'' Logunov, 2014 – Mexico *'' Lyssomanes michae'' Brignoli, 1984 – West Indies *'' Lyssomanes miniaceus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Lyssomanes minor'' Schenkel, 1953 – Venezuela *'' Lyssomanes nigrofimbriatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Lyssomanes nigropictus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador *'' Lyssomanes onkonensis'' Logunov & Marusik, 2003 – Ecuador *'' Lyssomanes parallelus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes paravelox'' Logunov, 2002 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes parki'' Chickering, 1946 – Panama *'' Lyssomanes patens'' Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Honduras to Panama *'' Lyssomanes pauper'' Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Lyssomanes penicillatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Lyssomanes perafani'' Galvis, 2017 – Colombia *'' Lyssomanes peruensis'' Logunov, 2000 – Peru *'' Lyssomanes pescadero'' Jiménez & Tejas, 1993 – Mexico *'' Lyssomanes pichilingue'' Galiano, 1984 – Ecuador *'' Lyssomanes placidus'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Mexico *'' Lyssomanes portoricensis'' Petrunkevitch, 1930 – Puerto Rico to Martinique *'' Lyssomanes protarsalis'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Guatemala *'' Lyssomanes quadrinotatus'' Simon, 1900 – Venezuela *'' Lyssomanes reductus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Mexico to Panama *'' Lyssomanes remotus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Panama to Brazil *'' Lyssomanes robustus'' (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Brazil *'' Lyssomanes romani'' Logunov, 2000 – Brazil, Ecuador *'' Lyssomanes rudis'' Logunov, 2015 – French Guiana *'' Lyssomanes santarem'' Galiano, 1984 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes silvestris'' Logunov, 2014 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes similis'' Logunov, 2014 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes spiralis'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico to Nicaragua *'' Lyssomanes sylvicola'' Galiano, 1980 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes taczanowskii'' Galiano, 1980 – Trinidad to Peru, Ecuador *'' Lyssomanes tapirapensis'' Galiano, 1996 – Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil *'' Lyssomanes tapuiramae'' Galiano, 1980 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes tarmae'' Galiano, 1980 – Peru *'' Lyssomanes temperatus'' Galiano, 1980 – Mexico *'' Lyssomanes tenuis'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Guyana *'' Lyssomanes trifurcatus'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Panama *'' Lyssomanes trinidadus'' Logunov & Marusik, 2003 – Trinidad *'' Lyssomanes tristis'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Lyssomanes unicolor'' (Taczanowski, 1871) – Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, Brazil *'' Lyssomanes velox'' Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 – Brazil, Ecuador *'' Lyssomanes vinocurae'' Galiano, 1996 – Brazil *'' Lyssomanes viridis'' (Walckenaer, 1837) (

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) – USA *'' Lyssomanes waorani'' Logunov & Marusik, 2003 – Ecuador *'' Lyssomanes wiwa'' Galvis, 2017 – Colombia *'' Lyssomanes yacui'' Galiano, 1984 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil

References

External links

Videos

* David Edwin Hill: Courtship and mating of the jumping spider ''Lyssomanes viridis'' (Araneae: Salticidae) �
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* David Edwin Hill: Feeding ''Lyssomanes viridis'' (Araneae: Salticidae) �
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