Luzonacera Li & Li, 2017

Chang, Wan-Jin, Li, Fengyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Three new species of the spider genus Luzonacera Li & Li, 2017 from Philippines (Araneae, Psilodercidae), ZooKeys 822, pp. 17-31 : 19

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scientific name	Luzonacera Li & Li, 2017
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Genus Luzonacera Li & Li, 2017

Type species.

Luzonacera chang Li & Li, 2017

Emended diagnosis.

Luzonacera resembles Althepus Thorell, 1898 and Leclercera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995. However, Luzonacera can be differentiated by the combination of the following characteristics: 1) absence of a conductor (versus presence of a conductor in both Althepus and Leclercera ); 2) absence of a retrolateral protrusion on the tibia or cymbium of the male palp (versus presence of a retrolateral protrusion on the tibia or cymbium of the male palp in Althepus and Leclercera ); 3) remarkably inflated tibia of the male palp; 4) pyriform bulb with spirally extended embolus; and 5) two pairs of spermathecae, the lateral spermathecae with longer stalks than the medial spermathecae.

Composition.

L. chang Li & Li, 2017 (the type species), L. duan Li & Li, 2017, L. francescoballarini sp. n., L. lattuensis sp. n. and L. peterjaegeri sp. n.

Distribution.

Philippines.