''Leptopholcus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
cellar spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.
Species
it contains twenty-two species, found only in Africa and Asia:
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Leptopholcus borneensis''
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 – Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is.)
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Leptopholcus budongo''
Huber, 2011 – Congo, Kenya, Uganda
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Leptopholcus debakkeri''
Huber, 2011 – Congo
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Leptopholcus dioscoridis''
Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 – Yemen (Socotra)
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Leptopholcus dschang''
Huber, 2011 – Cameroon
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Leptopholcus gabonicus''
Huber, 2014 – Gabon
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Leptopholcus gracilis''
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, 1920 – Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa
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Leptopholcus griswoldi''
Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
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Leptopholcus guineensis''
Millot, 1941 – West Africa
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Leptopholcus gurnahi''
Huber, 2011 – Tanzania
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Leptopholcus huongson''
Huber, 2011 – China, Thailand, Vietnam
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Leptopholcus kandy''
Huber, 2011 – India, Sri Lanka
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Leptopholcus kintampo''
Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Ghana
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Leptopholcus lokobe''
Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
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Leptopholcus ngazidja''
Huber, 2011 – Madagascar, Comoros
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Leptopholcus obo''
Huber, 2011 – São Tomé and Príncipe
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Leptopholcus podophthalmus''
(Simon, 1893) – Sri Lanka to China, Singapore
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Leptopholcus sakalavensis''
Millot, 1946 – Madagascar
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Leptopholcus signifer''
Simon, 1893 (
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) – Angola, Kenya
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Leptopholcus talatakely''
Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
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Leptopholcus tanikawai''
Irie, 1999 – Japan, China
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Leptopholcus tipula''
(Simon, 1907) – West and Central Africa
See also
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List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reprod ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pholcidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
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