Leclercera

Leclercera is a genus of spiders in the family Psilodercidae found in southeast Asia, including Thailand, Nepal, 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]

Leclercera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Psilodercidae
Genus: Leclercera
Deeleman-Reinhold[1]
Type species
Leclercera khaoyai
Species

11, see text

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 2019, it contains eleven species from southeast Asia:[1]

  • Leclercera khaoyai Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand
  • Leclercera longiventris Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand
  • Leclercera machadoi (Brignoli, 1973) — Nepal
  • 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 sidai F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal
  • Leclercera undulata Wang & Li, 2013 — China
  • Leclercera zhaoi F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal

References
  1. "Gen. Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  2. Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1995). "The Ochyroceratidae of the Indo-Pacific region (Araneae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 2.


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