Leptopholcus

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Leptopholcus
Leptopholcus.tanikawai.male.-.tanikawa.jpg
L. tanikawai, male
Leptopholcus.tanikawai.female.-.tanikawa.jpg
L. tanikawai, female
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Leptopholcus
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species

Simon, 1893
Species

22, see text

Leptopholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2]

Species[]

As of June 2019 it contains twenty-two species, found only in Africa and Asia:[1]

  • Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 – Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is.)
  • Huber, 2011 – Congo, Kenya, Uganda
  • Huber, 2011 – Congo
  • Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 – Yemen (Socotra)
  • Huber, 2011 – Cameroon
  • Huber, 2014 – Gabon
  • Berland, 1920 – Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa
  • Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
  • Millot, 1941 – West Africa
  • Huber, 2011 – Tanzania
  • Huber, 2011 – China, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Huber, 2011 – India, Sri Lanka
  • Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Ghana
  • Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
  • Huber, 2011 – Madagascar, Comoros
  • Huber, 2011 – São Tomé and Príncipe
  • (Simon, 1893) – Sri Lanka to China, Singapore
  • Millot, 1946 – Madagascar
  • Simon, 1893 (type) – Angola, Kenya
  • Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
  • Irie, 1999 – Japan, China
  • (Simon, 1907) – West and Central Africa

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Leptopholcus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. pp. 257–488.


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