🕷️🕸️ Hello hiveans, this time i will post about Magnolia green jumper, a species of jumping spider of the genus Lyssomanes, for which is the type species.
Magnolia green jumper is native to the United States, being found in much of the Southeastern United States and Texas. It has also been reported from parts of Mexico, with sightings as far south as Guatemala and as far north as Delaware
Scientific Classification of Lyssomanes viridis:
Several times a little apple green spider jumped towards me in the yard, and I had to take it off carefully to not hurt it. It always caught my attention but I had no idea of its name.
After I did the bibliographic research I realized that it was the female of this species. It seems that this time I found the male, Wich has more colors such as brown and orange.
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- SubPhylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Salticidae
- Genus: Lyssomanes
- Species: L. viridis
Distribution of the spider
According to Wikipedia, specimens of L. viridis have been commonly observred in most Southeastern states of the U.S., including Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, a well as much of Eastern Mexico an south of Guatemala. Rarer sightings have been made as far south as here, Venezuela, and as far west as Colorado. The species is particularly populous in Florida, where they are often observed in citrus orchards, and in the tropical and subtropical forests of Mexico.
Common Appearance
The magnolia green jumper is small for a jumping spider, with adult females measuring 7-8 mm and adult males 5-6 mm. Most specimens appear as a pale, partially translucent green (from which they derive a part of their taxonomic and common names), with a small fringe of scales which may appear red orange, yellow or white on the crown of the head, framing the eyes. L. viridis has longer legs, relative to the body, than most jumping spiders, with a smaller leap size (approximately three to four times their body length). However, L. viridis is similar to most other salticids in having highly complex eyes and well developed vision that is amongst the most acute of all arthropods, as well as complex visual cognition behaviors.
As with many other Salticidae, male L. viridis have brightly-colored and large chelicerae which are used as weapons in contests, and similarly colored forelegs that are waved during visual agonistic displays.
- Size: 7-8 mm in adult females, 5-6 in adult males.
- Head, Thorax & abdomen: pale green with a small fringe of scales which may appear red, orange, yellow or white on the crown of the head, framing the eyes.
- Legs: are longer, relative to the body, than most jumping spiders.
- Chelicerae: are the mouthparts of the Chelicerata, an arthropod group that includes arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.
I hope these photos help having a general knowledge about this beautiful species, which I found in Venezuela.
Date and location of the find
September 15 2021, Tocuyito, Municipality of Libertador, Venezuela.
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much for taking the time to read about my discovery
All pictures were taken by myself 
Best wishes
Elena