ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHELICERA
From New Latin, from French chélicère, from chél- see chela1 + -cère from Greek keras horn.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHELICERA»
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chelicera in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Biology and Management of Rice Insects
823 Fang of chelicera with a subbasal outer excrescence; auxillary fang guide (
Ax) bluntly rounded at tip and slightly away from guide tooth (G); upper teeth
below guide tooth of equal size and spacing (Fig. 1704); ventrally auxillary fang
guide ...
Chelicera whip-like; genital aperture transverse Tenuipalpidae 22 — Chelicera
with opposed stylet or scissors-like 24 22. Hysterosoma with 6 dorsolaterals
Brevipalpus californicus (Banks) — Hysterosoma with 5 dorsolaterals 23 23.
Tarsus II ...
G P. Channabasavanna, C A. Viraktamath, 1989
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Cuvier's Animal Kingdom,: Arranged According to Its ...
have eight legs, fit only for walking, and chelicera. Trombidlum, Fobr., has the
chelicene terminated by a moveable claw; palpi projecting, pointed at tip, with a
moveable appendage or finger beneath the extremity; two eyes, each at the top
of a ...
Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert De baron Cuvier, 1840
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Higher Level Systematics of the Spider Family Tetragnathidae ...
Female dorsal view, A. Male dorsal view, B. Male chelicera, C. Female chelicera,
D. Femur IV trichobothria E-F. Female ventral view, G. Male tangential view, H
436 FIGURE 56: Leucauge venusta epigynum. Ventral view, A. Spermatheca ...
Fernando Alvarez-Padilla, 2008
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Rice-feeding Insects and Selected Natural Enemies in West ...
26(25) Fang of chelicera with a subbasal outer tooth and an inner tooth; auxillary
tooth unevenly bifurcate; tooth and slant tooth almost together; apex of
paracymbium notched, broadest below midlength; distal portion of conductor and
...
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Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Vol. LVI, ...
forms which do not form holes ; weak chelicera and short labium associated with
slender legs; large eye area is found in the diurnal species, while small eye area
is associated with tubicolous forms and species with very short legs. So the ...
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Handbook of Medical Entomology:
Head of a spider showing poison gland (c) and its relation to the chelicera (a). 1.
Head of a spider showing poison gland (c) and its relation to the chelicera (a).
The glands may be demonstrated by slowly and carefully twisting off a chelicera ...
William Albert Riley, 2014
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Insects and Spiders of the World
Channel for poison inside chelicera. The fang is buried inside the prey. eye side
view chelicera > 0 \ Food is pumped into the stomach by the pharynx. 3) After a
few seconds, the spider starts to suck the liquid food up through its mouth, which
...
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Riceland Spiders of South and Southeast Asia
16b); chelicera with three widely separated promarginal teeth and three compact
retromarginal teeth (Fig. 16c); tibia of pedipalp with a long process (Fig. 16de);
sperm duct circles the tegulum and embolus strongly developed (Fig. 16f).
A. T. Barrion, J. A. Litsinger, 1995
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology
The chelicerae (singular, chelicera) are paired structures used to seize prey or to
bite defensively when threatened (Fig. 22.2). They also serve other functions in
different groups of spiders such as digging by burrowing species, transporting ...
Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden, 2002
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHELICERA»
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chelicera is used in the context of the following news items.
In a Desert, Manners Maketh Mites: A New and Unusual Type of …
(a) Ventral view of the mouthparts: chelicera retracted (nowhere in sight). (b) Anteroventral view of mouthparts: movable digits of chelicerae ... «Entomology Today, Jun 15»
In your Colorado garden, spiders are mostly superheroes (except one)
Their chelicera — the muscular portion of their fangs — is metallic green. Behavior: These are little spiders with big personalities. If there were ... «The Denver Post, May 15»
What Happens When A Scary Foreign Spider Creeps Into Your …
After letting it warm up to the point where its joints will move, quickly spread its legs and chelicera (fangs) into the scariest pose possible (using ... «Gothamist, Dec 14»
Nephila Jurassica: 165-Million-Year-Old Giant Spider Fossil
Setal brushes and trichobothria diagrammatic. car, carapace; ch, chelicera; cx, coxa; ep, epigyne; f, fovea; fe, femur; lb, labium; mt, metatarsus; ... «Science 2.0, Apr 11»
Largest Land-Dwelling “Bug” of All Time
The only even larger arthropod was the aquatic Early Devonian “sea scorpion” Jaekelopterus, which, based on one isolated chelicera ... «NatGeo News Watch, Jan 11»
Early sea spider flashes pincers
But the presence of chelicera - or pincers - is exclusive to the chelicerates, say the researchers. This, they claim, suggests the pycnogonids are ... «BBC News, Oct 04»
