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
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Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank sev
Pedipalp
…Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) 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 chelicerae ("jaws") and anterior to the first pair of walking legs…
Araneus diadematus
Palystes castaneus female, dorsal aspect pedipalp trichobothria carapace of prosoma (cephalothorax) opisthosoma (abdomen) eyes AL (anterior lateral) AM (anterior median) PL (posterior lateral) PM (posterior median) Leg segments: coxa trochanter femur patella tibia metatarsus tarsus claw chelicera
Palystes castaneus female, ventral aspect. Nos 1 to 14 as for dorsal aspect. sternum of prosoma pedicel (also called pedicle) book lung sac book lung stigma epigastric fold epigyne anterior spinneret posterior spinneret Legs are labelled I, II, III, IV from anterior to posterior.
A syrphid fly captured in the web of a spider