Lyssomanes

Taxobox
name = "Lyssomanes"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Lyssomaninae
genus = "Lyssomanes"
genus_authority = Hentz, 1845
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Lyssomanes
diversity = 80 species
type_species = "Attus viridis"
type_species_authority = Walckenaer, 1837
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"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.

Habitat

"Lyssomanes" like foliage in a mesic habitat.

pecies

* "Lyssomanes adisi" Logunov, 2002 — Brazil
* "Lyssomanes amazonicus" Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Ecuador
* "Lyssomanes anchicaya" Galiano, 1984 — Colombia
* "Lyssomanes antillanus" Peckham & Wheeler, 1889 — Cuba, 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, 1889 — El Salvador to Venezuela
* "Lyssomanes blandus" 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 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, 2000 — Peru
* "Lyssomanes flagellum" Kraus, 1955 — El Salvador
* "Lyssomanes fossor" Galiano, 1996 — Brazil
* "Lyssomanes hieroglyphicus" Mello-Leitão, 1944 — Argentina
* "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, 1984 — West 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, 1930 — Puerto 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, 1980 — Trinidad 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

References

* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

Further reading

* (1977): Observations on the physiology of "Lyssomanes viridis". "Peckhamia" 1(3): 41-44. [http://www.esnips.com/doc/de022a6f-beb2-4f79-85e4-da90ae0634b5/Hill-1977-Observations-on-the-physiology-of-Lyssomanes-viridis-RV1-EB-PDF PDF]

External links

Videos

* David Edwin Hill: Courtship and mating of the jumping spider "Lyssomanes viridis" (Araneae: Salticidae) — [http://www.archive.org/details/CourtshipMatingLyssomanesViridisMPEG4V3 Video]
* David Edwin Hill: Feeding "Lyssomanes viridis" (Araneae: Salticidae) — [http://www.archive.org/details/FeedingLyssomanesviridis Video]

Pictures

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/lyssoman/lyssoman.htm Photographs of "Lyssomanes" species from Brazil]
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/lyssoman/lysso-ol.htm Paintings of "Lyssomanes sp."]
* [http://www.americanarachnology.org/HiResGallery/dionyc_Lyssomanes_sp.html Picture of "Lyssomanes sp."]