Leptopholcus

Leptopholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.^[2]

Leptopholcus
female L. gracilis
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
22, see text

Its described species are found in Africa and Asia.^[1]

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  female L. gracilis
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Species

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

See also

• List of Pholcidae species