Leptopholcus
Appearance
Leptopholcus | |
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L. tanikawai, male | |
L. tanikawai, female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pholcidae |
Genus: | Leptopholcus Simon, 1893[1] |
Type species | |
L. signifer Simon, 1893
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Species | |
22, see text |
Leptopholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2]
Species
[edit]As of June 2019[update] it contains twenty-two species, found only in Africa and Asia:[1]
- Leptopholcus borneensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 – Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is.)
- Leptopholcus budongo Huber, 2011 – Congo, Kenya, Uganda
- Leptopholcus debakkeri Huber, 2011 – Congo
- Leptopholcus dioscoridis Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 – Yemen (Socotra)
- Leptopholcus dschang Huber, 2011 – Cameroon
- Leptopholcus gabonicus Huber, 2014 – Gabon
- Leptopholcus gracilis Berland, 1920 – Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa
- Leptopholcus griswoldi Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
- Leptopholcus guineensis Millot, 1941 – West Africa
- Leptopholcus gurnahi Huber, 2011 – Tanzania
- Leptopholcus huongson Huber, 2011 – China, Thailand, Vietnam
- Leptopholcus kandy Huber, 2011 – India, Sri Lanka
- Leptopholcus kintampo Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Ghana
- Leptopholcus lokobe Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
- Leptopholcus ngazidja Huber, 2011 – Madagascar, Comoros
- Leptopholcus obo Huber, 2011 – São Tomé and Príncipe
- Leptopholcus podophthalmus (Simon, 1893) – Sri Lanka to China, Singapore
- Leptopholcus sakalavensis Millot, 1946 – Madagascar
- Leptopholcus signifer Simon, 1893 (type) – Angola, Kenya
- Leptopholcus talatakely Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
- Leptopholcus tanikawai Irie, 1999 – Japan, China
- Leptopholcus tipula (Simon, 1907) – West and Central Africa
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.