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Leptopholcus
Genus of spiders

Leptopholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

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Species

As of June 2019 it contains twenty-two species, found only in Africa and Asia:2

  • 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. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. /wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon

  2. "Gen. Leptopholcus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2314