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Leclercera

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Leclercera
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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
Species

43, see text

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]

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

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As of February 2022, it contains forty-three species from Asia:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ^ 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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