calamistrum setae

calamistrum setae
(ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata)
In many cribellate Araneae, a row of curved bristle-like setae on the dorsal part of the fourth metatarsus; functioning in combing silk from a special spinning organ.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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