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 (behind the fang), 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 — China Leclercera banensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand Leclercera duandai Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera duibaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera dumuzhou Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand Leclercera ekteenensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Nepal Leclercera hponensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Myanmar Leclercera jianzuiyu Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand Leclercera jiazhongensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera khaoyai Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (type) — Thailand Leclercera lizi Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera longiventris Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Thailand Leclercera machadoi (Brignoli, 1973) — Nepal Leclercera maochong Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera mianqiu Chang & Li, 2020 — Indonesia (Sulawesi) Leclercera mulcata (Brignoli, 1973) — Nepal Leclercera nagarjunensis F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal Leclercera negros Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Philippines Leclercera niuqu F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal Leclercera ocellata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Borneo Leclercera paiensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera pulongensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera renqinensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera sanjiao Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera selasihensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Indonesia (Sumatra) Leclercera shanzi Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera shergylaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera sidai F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal Leclercera spinata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 — Indonesia (Sulawesi) Leclercera suwanensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand Leclercera thamkaewensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand Leclercera thamsangensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand Leclercera tudao Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera undulata Wang & Li, 2013 — China Leclercera xiangbabang Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand Leclercera xiaodai Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera yamaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — Thailand Leclercera yandou Chang & Li, 2020 — Malaysia (Peninsula) Leclercera yanjing Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera yuanzhui Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera zanggaensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera zhamensis Chang & Li, 2020 — China Leclercera zhaoi F. Y. Li & S. Q. Li, 2018 — Nepal
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