scapus


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scapus

[′skā·pəs]
(biology)
The stem, shaft, or column of a structure.

scapus

The shaft of a column.
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The scapus on the female epigynum during the mating process completely unfolds, strongly erects and is positioned perpendicular to the atrium of epigynum.
All known gnaphosid spiders whose females have a scapus in their epigyna (Platnick and Shadab, 1976; Ovtsharenko et al.
The retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male palp, very probably, helps to hold the scapus in this position during mating.
Structure of genital organs and mating process of the spider hemicloea sundevalli thorell, 1870 (araneae: gnaphosidae)
Scapus and pedicellus yellow-brown, basal flagellomere pale brown to blackish brown.
Scapus and pedicellus yellow-orange, basal flagellomere slightly darker.
Scapus and pedicellus pale yellow, basal flagellomere orange-brown.
A revision of Afrotropical species of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera: Conopidae), with descriptions of twenty-one new species and an identification key
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