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Leptopholcus
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<h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>As of June 2019 it contains twenty-two species, found only in Africa and Asia:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>Leptopholcus borneensis</i> <a href="/facts/Christa_L._Deeleman-Reinhold/0mJNEFU5">Deeleman-Reinhold</a>, 1986 – Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is.)</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus budongo</i> Huber, 2011 – Congo, Kenya, Uganda</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus debakkeri</i> Huber, 2011 – Congo</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus dioscoridis</i> Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 – Yemen (Socotra)</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus dschang</i> Huber, 2011 – Cameroon</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus gabonicus</i> Huber, 2014 – Gabon</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus gracilis</i> <a href="/facts/Lucien_Berland/UQoG9Pjx">Berland</a>, 1920 – Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus griswoldi</i> Huber, 2011 – Madagascar</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus guineensis</i> Millot, 1941 – West Africa</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus gurnahi</i> Huber, 2011 – Tanzania</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus huongson</i> Huber, 2011 – China, Thailand, Vietnam</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus kandy</i> Huber, 2011 – India, Sri Lanka</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus kintampo</i> Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Ghana</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus lokobe</i> Huber, 2011 – Madagascar</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus ngazidja</i> Huber, 2011 – Madagascar, Comoros</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus obo</i> Huber, 2011 – São Tomé and Príncipe</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus podophthalmus</i> (Simon, 1893) – Sri Lanka to China, Singapore</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus sakalavensis</i> Millot, 1946 – Madagascar</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus signifer</i> Simon, 1893 (<a href="/facts/Type_species/kL03T6V4">type</a>) – Angola, Kenya</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus talatakely</i> Huber, 2011 – Madagascar</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus tanikawai</i> Irie, 1999 – Japan, China</li> <li><i>Leptopholcus tipula</i> (Simon, 1907) – West and Central Africa</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Pholcidae_species/GNfjDkBk">List of Pholcidae species</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. <a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon" target="_blank">/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Gen. Leptopholcus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04. <a href="http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2314" target="_blank">http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2314</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>