Morphological Differentiation of Ventral Tarsal Setae and Surface Sculpturing of Theraphosids (Araneae: Theraphosidae) With Different Types of Lifestyles
The ventral surfaces of tarsi in spiders in the infraorder Mygalomorphae group play a key role in locomotion and burrow and nest construction. In our research, we analyzed the diversity of setae and patterns of sculpturing on tarsi in three species with different life strategies: a burrowing spider...
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Entomological Society of America
2022
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