Lyssomanes

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Lyssomanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Lyssomaninae
Genus: Lyssomanes
Hentz, 1845
Diversity
80 species
Type species
Attus viridis
Walckenaer, 1837
Species

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Lyssomanes is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The about 80 described species are found in South and Central America, up to Florida.

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

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[edit] Habitat

Lyssomanes like foliage in a mesic habitat.

[edit] Species

  • Lyssomanes adisi Logunov, 2002Brazil
  • Lyssomanes amazonicus Peckham & Wheeler, 1889Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes anchicaya Galiano, 1984Colombia
  • Lyssomanes antillanus Peckham & Wheeler, 1889Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola
    • Lyssomanes antillanus fasciatus Franganillo, 1935 — Cuba
  • Lyssomanes austerus Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Brazil, Argentina
  • Lyssomanes belgranoi Galiano, 1984 — Argentina
  • Lyssomanes benderi Logunov, 2002 — Brazil, Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes bitaeniatus Peckham & Wheeler, 1889El Salvador to Venezuela
  • Lyssomanes blandus Peckham & Wheeler, 1889Guatemala
  • Lyssomanes boraceia Galiano, 1984 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes bryantae Chickering, 1946Panama
  • Lyssomanes burrera Jiménez & Tejas, 1993Mexico
  • Lyssomanes camacanensis Galiano, 1980 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes ceplaci Galiano, 1980 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes consimilis Banks, 1929 — Panama
  • Lyssomanes convexus Banks, 1909Costa Rica
  • Lyssomanes deinognathus F. O. P-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. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Mexico to Brazil
  • Lyssomanes elongatus Galiano, 1980 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes euriensis Logunov, 2000Peru
  • Lyssomanes flagellum Kraus, 1955 — El Salvador
  • Lyssomanes fossor Galiano, 1996 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes hieroglyphicus Mello-Leitão, 1944Argentina
  • Lyssomanes ipanemae Galiano, 1980 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes janauari Logunov & Marusik, 2003 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes jemineus Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Mexico to Colombia
  • Lyssomanes jucari Galiano, 1984 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes lancetillae Galiano, 1980 — Honduras
  • Lyssomanes lehtineni Logunov, 2000 — Peru
  • Lyssomanes leucomelas Mello-Leitão, 1917 — Brazil, Argentina
  • Lyssomanes limpidus Galiano, 1980 — Colombia
  • Lyssomanes longipes (Taczanowski, 1871) — Brazil, French Guiana
  • Lyssomanes malinche Galiano, 1980 — Mexico
  • Lyssomanes mandibulatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Mexico to Panama
  • Lyssomanes michae Brignoli, 1984West Indies
  • Lyssomanes miniaceus Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Brazil, Argentina
  • Lyssomanes minor Schenkel, 1953 — Venezuela
  • Lyssomanes nigrofimbriatus Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Brazil, Argentina
  • Lyssomanes nigropictus Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Brazil, Guyana, Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes onkonensis Logunov & Marusik, 2003 — Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes parallelus 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 peruensis Logunov, 2000 — Peru
  • Lyssomanes pescadero Jiménez & Tejas, 1993 — Mexico
  • Lyssomanes pichilingue Galiano, 1984 — Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes placidus Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Mexico
  • Lyssomanes portoricensis Petrunkevitch, 1930Puerto Rico to Martinique
  • Lyssomanes protarsalis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Guatemala
  • Lyssomanes quadrinotatus Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
  • Lyssomanes reductus Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Guatemala to Panama
  • Lyssomanes remotus Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Panama to Brazil
  • Lyssomanes robustus (Taczanowski, 1879) — Peru, Brazil
  • Lyssomanes romani Logunov, 2000 — Brazil, Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes santarem Galiano, 1984 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes spiralis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Guatemala, Nicaragua
  • Lyssomanes sylvicola Galiano, 1980 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes taczanowskii Galiano, 1980Trinidad to Peru, Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes tapirapensis Galiano, 1996 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes tapuiramae Galiano, 1980 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes tarmae Galiano, 1980 — Peru
  • Lyssomanes temperatus Galiano, 1980 — Mexico
  • Lyssomanes tenuis Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Brazil, Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes trifurcatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Panama
  • Lyssomanes trinidadus Logunov & Marusik, 2003 — Trinidad
  • Lyssomanes tristis Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Brazil, Argentina
  • Lyssomanes unicolor (Taczanowski, 1871) — Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, Brazil
  • Lyssomanes velox Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Brazil, Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes vinocurae Galiano, 1996 — Brazil
  • Lyssomanes viridis (Walckenaer, 1837) — southeastern USA
  • Lyssomanes waorani Logunov & Marusik, 2003 — Ecuador
  • Lyssomanes yacui Galiano, 1984 — Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

  • Hill, David Edwin (1977): Observations on the physiology of Lyssomanes viridis. Peckhamia 1(3): 41-44. PDF

[edit] External links

[edit] Videos

  • David Edwin Hill: Courtship and mating of the jumping spider Lyssomanes viridis (Araneae: Salticidae) — Video
  • David Edwin Hill: Feeding Lyssomanes viridis (Araneae: Salticidae) — Video

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