title: Leptopholcus
text: # Leptopholcus
  
  Leptopholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of June 2019 it contains twenty-two species, found only in Africa and Asia:
  
  * Leptopholcus borneensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 – Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is.)
  * Leptopholcus budongo Huber, 2011 – 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 (type) – Angola, Kenya
  * Leptopholcus talatakely Huber, 2011 – Madagascar
  * Leptopholcus tanikawai Irie, 1999 – Japan, China
  * Leptopholcus tipula (Simon, 1907) – West and Central Africa
  