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Genus of spiders

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. It was first described in 1995 by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold, who named it after a fellow collector of Asian spiders. 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.

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.

Species

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

References

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


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