Four new species of the spider genus Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Nepal
Author
Xu, Mingjie
Author
Li, Fengyuan
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-23
4461
4
558
572
journal article
28963
10.11646/zootaxa.4461.4.6
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1175-5326
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Genus
Leclercera
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995
Type species:
Leclercera khaoyai
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995
.
Diagnosis.
The genus can be distinguished from other Psilodercinae genera by the combination of following characters: 1) fovea short or a simple depression (deep depression in
Althepus
Thorell, 1898
); 2) maxillae mesodistally rounded; 3) cheliceral retromargin with 2 teeth or denticles (toothless in
Merzocera
Fage, 1912
and
Psiloderces
Simon, 1892
); 4) male palpal tibia or tarsus with retrolateral apophysis; 5) cymbium lacking lateral apophysis and lanceolate apophysis (
Deeleman-Reinhold 1995
;
Liu
et al.
2017
).