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or palpal organ) that is used to transfer sperm to the female seminal receptacles during mating. The details of this structure vary considerably between different groups of spiders and are useful for identifying species. The pedipalps are also used by male spiders in courtship displays, contributing
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is undivided, and the pretarsus has no lateral claws. Pedipalps contain sensitive chemical detectors and function as taste and smell organs, supplementing those on the legs. In
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reflect the morphology of the primitive arachnid pedipalp and to conclude that this appendage is primitively chelate. Pedipalps are traditionally thought to be
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Pedipalps are composed of six segments or articles. From the proximal end (where they are attached to the spider) to the distal, they are: the coxa, the
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is a spoon-shaped structure located at the end of the spider pedipalp that supports the palpal organ. The cymbium may also be used as a
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male spiders, the final segment of the pedipalp, the tarsus, develops a complicated structure (sometimes called the
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or gnathobases, which function as mouth parts with or without some contribution from the coxae of the anterior
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in arachnids. At present, the only reasonable alternative to this view is to assume that
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Chelate or sub-chelate (pincer-like) pedipalps are found in several arachnid groups (
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Comparative studies of pedipalpal morphology may suggest that leg-like pedipalps are
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Elias, Damian O.; Lee, Norman; Hebets, Eileen A.; Mason, Andrew C. (15 March 2006).
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to vibratory patterns in web-shaking, acoustic signals, or visual displays.
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is a narrow whip-like or leaf-like extension of the palpal bulb.
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This article is about chelicerate pedipalps. For other uses, see
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Fig 6 – SEM of tibio-cymbial joint on the male palp of
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Green-shaded pedipalps in an illustrated dorsal view of a
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Index

Pedipalps
Pedipalp (disambiguation)

whip scorpion
appendages
chelicerates
arthropods
spiders
scorpions
horseshoe crabs
sea spiders
chelicerae

striped lynx spider
trochanter
femur
patella
tibia
tarsus
maxillae
legs
spiders
chelate
pincers
scorpions
Solifugae
setae
primitive
xiphosurans
homologous

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