Leptopholcus Explained

Leptopholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.^[1]

Species

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

• List of Pholcidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1893. Histoire naturelle das araignées. 257–488. Paris 1, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Leptopholcus Simon, 1893. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.