Biology:Leptopholcus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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| L. tanikawai, male | |
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| L. tanikawai, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Leptopholcus Simon, 1893[1] |
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| L. signifer Simon, 1893
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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]
- 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Leptopholcus Simon, 1893. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2314. 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2258291 entry
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