Leptopholcus
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| Leptopholcus | |
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| female L. gracilis | |
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| male L. tanikawai | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Leptopholcus Simon, 1893[1] |
| Type species | |
| L. signifer Simon, 1893 | |
| Species | |
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22, see text | |
Leptopholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2]
Its described species are found in Africa and Asia.[1]
female L. gracilis
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 22 species:[1]
- Leptopholcus borneensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 – Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands)
- Leptopholcus budongo Huber, 2011 – DR 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 – Angola, Kenya (type species)
- Leptopholcus talatakely Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
- Leptopholcus tanikawai Irie, 1999 – Japan, China
- Leptopholcus tipula (Simon, 1907) – West and Central Africa
