Pedipalp
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Pedipalps are the secondary pair of forward appendages among chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the cheli
Male Zoropsis spinimana showing enlarged pedipalps
Platycryptus Undatus Female
Spider anatomy
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The anatomy of spiders includes many characteristics shared with other arachnids. These characteristics include bodies divided into two tagmata, eight jointed legs, no wings or antennae, the presence
Pedipalp
…Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, and some Opiliones belonging to the laniatorid group. Pedipalps of spiders have the same segmentation as the legs, but the tarsus is undivided, and the pretarsus has no lateral claws. Pedipalps contain sensitive chemical detectors and function as taste and smell organs, supplementing…
The ventral side of a brown widow spider. The epigastric plates and furrow are visible, as well as the hourglass marking on the underside of the abdomen, which is a characteristic feature of widow spiders.
Multiple eyes of a jumping spider