Leclercera
Leclercera is a genus of spiders in the family Psilodercidae found in Asia, including Thailand, Nepal, China and the Philippines. It was first described in 1995 by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold, who named it after a fellow collector of Asian spiders. 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.
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, 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.
Species
, it contains forty-three species from Asia:Leclercera aniensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera banensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ThailandLeclercera duandai Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera duibaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera dumuzhou Chang & Li, 2020 — ThailandLeclercera ekteenensis Chang & Li, 2020 — NepalLeclercera hponensis Chang & Li, 2020 — MyanmarLeclercera jianzuiyu Chang & Li, 2020 — ThailandLeclercera jiazhongensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera khaoyai Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — ThailandLeclercera lizi Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera longiventris Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — ThailandLeclercera machadoi — NepalLeclercera maochong Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera mianqiu Chang & Li, 2020 — Indonesia Leclercera mulcata — NepalLeclercera nagarjunensis F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — NepalLeclercera negros Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — PhilippinesLeclercera niuqu F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — NepalLeclercera ocellata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — BorneoLeclercera paiensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera pulongensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera renqinensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera sanjiao Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera selasihensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Indonesia Leclercera shanzi Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera shergylaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera sidai F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — NepalLeclercera spinata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Indonesia Leclercera suwanensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ThailandLeclercera thamkaewensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ThailandLeclercera thamsangensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ThailandLeclercera tudao Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera undulata Wang & Li, 2013 — ChinaLeclercera xiangbabang Chang & Li, 2020 — ThailandLeclercera xiaodai Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera yamaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ThailandLeclercera yandou Chang & Li, 2020 — Malaysia Leclercera yanjing Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera yuanzhui Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera zanggaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera zhamensis Chang & Li, 2020 — ChinaLeclercera zhaoi F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal