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scopula

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scopula [′skäp·yə·lə]
(zoology)
A tuft of hair, as on the feet and chelicerae of certain spiders.


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is allied to the African genera Austrophaea Lawrence, 1952, Mandaneta Strand, 1932 and Pronophaea Simon, 1897, with which it shares the strongly spined anterior legs, simple female spermathecal structure, and the male palp that has a fine median apophysis, curved embolus with associated conductor, and cymbium with a dense cymbial scopula and modified clavate setae.
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