Leclercera

Leclercera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Psilodercidae
Genus:	Leclercera; Deeleman-Reinhold
Type species
	;
Species
	11, see text

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]

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]

Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand
(Brignoli, 1973) — Nepal
(Brignoli, 1973) — Nepal
F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Philippines
F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Borneo
F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal
Wang & Li, 2013 — China
F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1995). "The Ochyroceratidae of the Indo-Pacific region (Araneae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 2.

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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-01.

[dr1995-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1995). "The Ochyroceratidae of the Indo-Pacific region (Araneae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 2.

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