Leclercera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Psilodercidae
Genus: Leclercera
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995
Type species
Leclercera khaoyai
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995
Species

43, see text

Leclercera is a genus of spiders in the family Psilodercidae found in Asia, including Thailand, Nepal, China and the Philippines.[1] It was first described in 1995 by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold, who named it after a fellow collector of Asian spiders.[2] She originally placed under Ochyroceratidae, but it was later moved it to Psilodercidae. It is named for Philippe Leclerc, a collector of spiders in southeast Asia.[2]

Members of this genus are usually larger than those in Psiloderces and Merizocera, but can also be distinguished by teeth on the retromargin of the chelicerae (behind the fang), a round maxillae, and a longer labium. They can be distinguished from Althepus by the rounded posterior margin of the carapace and a shallow fovea that doesn't quite reach the posterior thoracic margin, among other factors.[2]

Species

As of February 2022, it contains forty-three species from Asia:[1]

  • Leclercera aniensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera banensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand
  • Leclercera duandai Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera duibaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera dumuzhou Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand
  • Leclercera ekteenensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Nepal
  • Leclercera hponensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Myanmar
  • Leclercera jianzuiyu Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand
  • Leclercera jiazhongensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera khaoyai Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (type) — Thailand
  • Leclercera lizi Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera longiventris Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand
  • Leclercera machadoi (Brignoli, 1973) — Nepal
  • Leclercera maochong Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera mianqiu Chang & Li, 2020 — Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Leclercera mulcata (Brignoli, 1973) — Nepal
  • Leclercera nagarjunensis F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal
  • Leclercera negros Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Philippines
  • Leclercera niuqu F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal
  • Leclercera ocellata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Borneo
  • Leclercera paiensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera pulongensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera renqinensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera sanjiao Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera selasihensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Leclercera shanzi Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera shergylaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera sidai F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal
  • Leclercera spinata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Leclercera suwanensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand
  • Leclercera thamkaewensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand
  • Leclercera thamsangensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand
  • Leclercera tudao Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera undulata Wang & Li, 2013 — China
  • Leclercera xiangbabang Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand
  • Leclercera xiaodai Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera yamaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand
  • Leclercera yandou Chang & Li, 2020 — Malaysia (Peninsula)
  • Leclercera yanjing Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera yuanzhui Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera zanggaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera zhamensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China
  • Leclercera zhaoi F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1995). "The Ochyroceratidae of the Indo-Pacific region (Araneae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 2.


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