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]
| Leclercera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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 edit
As of February 2022[update], 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 edit
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