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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Translucent Green Jumpers (Lyssomanes) » Magnolia Green Jumper (Lyssomanes viridis)

Species Lyssomanes viridis - Magnolia Green Jumper

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Green Lyssomanes Birth Cycle/ 05/06/2005 - Lyssomanes viridis - female

Magnolia Green Jumper - Lateral - Lyssomanes viridis - female

Magnolia Green Jumper - 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)

Species viridis (Magnolia Green Jumper)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Lyssomanes viridis (Walckenaer, 1837).

viridis from Latin virid, green (1)

Size

Female length: 7-8mm, male length: 5-6mm (2)

Identification

Legs and body pale translucent green. Red and white scales on top of head around eyes. Males have noticeably long jaws.

Spiderling

Females - young to mature

Males - young to mature

Range

Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas.(3) BugGuide also has several images from New Jersey and Colorado.

Habitat

In woodlands, on large leaves such as those of Magnolias.(4) Also found in low bushes. (2)

Season

Spring to early summer.(4)

See Also

Peucetia

Print References

Kaston, p. 265 (includes diagram of carapace and abdomen) (2)

Internet References

www.flickr.com - Video by zxgirl showing the retina moving in eyes of this species.

Video of Lyssomanes viridis by D. Walton

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	How to Know the Spiders B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.

3.	Salticidae of North America, including Mexico Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.

4.	Florida's Fabulous Spiders Sam Marshall, G. B. Edwards. 2002. World Publications.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, cotinis, Robin McLeod, Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Dick Walton, Graham M
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 12:06pm

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