The genera Lyssomanes, Chinoscopus, Hindumanes, and Sumakuru make up the Lyssomaninae, which is one of the six deeply-diverging subfamilies of jumping spiders.

[4] They are long-legged, with translucent bodies frequently green or yellow.

They resemble lynx spiders, except that they have large anterior median eyes.

[citation needed] Lyssomanes are typically found in foliage in mesic habitats.

[citation needed] As of July 2020[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]