"Emerit's glands" in Cybaeota (Araneae, Agelenidae)

A new type of spider integumentary gland with distinctive cuticular morphology was recently described in the Telemidae. Strikingly similar glands have subsequently been found in the Leptonetidae, some Salticidae, and now in the genus Cybaeota (Agelenidae). The spatial distribution of the glands in C...

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Published in:The Journal of arachnology 1989-01, Vol.17 (2), p.225-235
Main Author: Bennett, R.G. (University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Agelenidae
ANATOMIA ANIMAL
ANATOMIE ANIMALE
ANIMAL ANATOMY
ARAIGNEE
ARANAS
Araneae
Femur
Genera
GLANDE
GLANDS
GLANDULAS
Legs
MORPHOLOGY
Palps
Patella
Pheromone glands
SECRECION
SECRETION
SPIDERS
Tibia
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Summary:A new type of spider integumentary gland with distinctive cuticular morphology was recently described in the Telemidae. Strikingly similar glands have subsequently been found in the Leptonetidae, some Salticidae, and now in the genus Cybaeota (Agelenidae). The spatial distribution of the glands in Cybaeota is described. Their placement on the bodies of these spiders supports the repugnatorial secretion hypothesis proposed for them in the Telemidae. The phylogenetic implications of the scattered distribution of this character in spiders are discussed.
ISSN:0161-8202
1937-2396