Leclercera
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| Leclercera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Psilodercidae |
| Genus: | Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Leclercera khaoyai Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 | |
| Species | |
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Leclercera is a genus of spiders in the family Psilodercidae found in Asia, including Thailand, Nepal, China and the Philippines.[1] It was first described in 1995 by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold, who named it after a fellow collector of Asian spiders.[2] 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.[2]
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.[2]
