Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995

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Genus Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995

Type species.

Leclercera khaoyai Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 from Thailand.

Emended diagnosis.

Leclercera resembles Luzonacera Li & Li, 2017 by having a shallow fovea, a slanted clypeus and labium, cheliceral lamina with two triangular extensions, and one promarginal cheliceral tooth and two retromarginal cheliceral teeth. However, they can be differentiated by the following combination of characters: 1) absence of a cymbial protrusion (vs. presence of a cymbial protrusion); 2) presence or absence of a conductor (vs. absence of a conductor); 3) palp with a retrolateral apophysis on tibia or cymbium (vs. palp without a retrolateral apophysis); 4) a non-pyriform bulb (vs. a pyriform bulb); and 5) different forms of spermathecae, with only one pair of stalked spermathecae.

Composition.

Leclercera khaoyai Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (♂♀) (the type species), L. longiventris Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (♂), L. machadoi (Brignoli, 1973) (♂♀), L. mulcata (Brignoli, 1973) (♀), L. nagarjunensis Li & Li, 2018 (♂♀), L. negros Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (♀), L. niuqu Li & Li, 2018 (♂), L. ocellata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (♀), L. sidai Li & Li, 2018 (♂♀), L. undulata Wang & Li, 2013 (♂♀), L. zhaoi Li & Li, 2018 (♂♀), L. mianqiu sp. nov. (♂♀), L. thamsangensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. yandou sp. nov. (♂♀), L. thamkaewensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. xiangbabang sp. nov. (♂♀), L. jianzuiyu sp. nov. (♂♀), L. yamaensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. banensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. dumuzhou sp. nov. (♀), L. suwanensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. maochong sp. nov. (♀), L. shanzi sp. nov. (♀), L. duandai sp. nov. (♂♀), L. hponensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. lizi sp. nov. (♂), L. xiaodai sp. nov. (♀), L. yanjing sp. nov. (♀), L. ekteenensis sp. nov. (♂), L. zhamensis sp. nov. (♂), L. sanjiao sp. nov. (♀), L. selasihensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. paiensis sp. nov. (♀), L. yuanzhui sp. nov. (♀), L. zanggaensis sp. nov. (♀), L. aniensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. renqinensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. shergylaensis sp. nov. (♂♀), L. pulongensis sp. nov. (♂), L. tudao sp. nov. (♂♀), L. duibaensis sp. nov. (♂), and L. jiazhongensis sp. nov. (♂♀)

Distribution.

The genus is known from China to Philippines and south to Malaysia and Indonesia.