Lyssomanes
| Lyssomanes | |
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| male Lyssomanes viridis eating a nematoceran (scale = 1 mm) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: |
Lyssomanes Hentz, 1845 |
| Type species | |
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Attus viridis Walckenaer, 1837 |
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| Species | |
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See text. |
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| Diversity | |
| 90 species | |
See text.
Lyssomanes is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). About 90 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.
Lyssomanes are typically found in foliage in mesic habitats.
As of March 2017[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
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