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Genus Lyssomanes - Translucent Green Jumpers

Spider BG547 - Lyssomanes viridis - female Magnolia Green Jumping Spider - Lyssomanes viridis - female Magnolia Green Jumping Spider - Lyssomanes viridis Magnolia green spider with eggs? - Lyssomanes viridis - female magnolia green jumping spider? - Lyssomanes viridis Spider - Lyssomanes viridis - male Magnolia Green Jumper - Lyssomanes viridis Magnolia Green Jumper Spider - Dorsal  - Lyssomanes viridis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Genus Lyssomanes (Translucent Green Jumpers)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Lyssomanes Hentz, 1845
Clearly from Greek lyssa: madness, rage (1) + manes. (Greek manes is a cup, or slave (2), but unclear if this is the correct root in this context.)
Most sources (such as The Free Dictionary) note that lysso- specifically refers to rabies, "canine madness".
Wiktionary notes suffix -mane is from Ancient Greek -manḗs, apparently meaning a mad person. So perhaps Lyssomanes refers to the energetic, seemingly crazy, movements of this spider.
Numbers
There is only one species within BugGuide's range: L. viridis.
Range
This genus is widespread from Mexico to Argentina in the New World.
Works Cited
1.Sooty-winged Chalcoela
2.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.