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CRIBELLUM [3 records]

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Record 1 1999-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

... an additional spinning organ, which on account of its sieve-like appearance when magnified, is named the cribellum. The cribellum consists of a transverse plate which is usually divided by a delicate reel on the middle line of the abdomen into two equal parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Le cribellum (...) est constitué par une plaque allongée, un peu surélevée, parfois divisée en deux par une arête cornée. Cette surface est criblée de plus de douze cents points, chacun donnant naissance à une fusule communiquant avec une glande productrice d'une soie spéciale.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

In the cribellate spiders... the metatarsus on the last pair of legs has a row of hooks, called the calamistrum, which is used for combing out the special silk produced by the cribellum of these spiders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Brosse faite de soie raides qui existent aux pattes de certaines araignées.

OBS

Les poils du calamistrum sont disposés comme les barbes d'une plume ... [et sont] placés sur les basitarses de la 4e paire de pattes chez toutes les araignées dites "cribellates" [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

Those spiders that possess the peculiar spinning organ known as the cribellum have also on the upper margin of the metatarsus of the hind legs one or two rows of curved spines; these constitute the calamistrum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Placé sur le métatarse des pattes postérieures, le calamistrum est constitué par une ou deux rangées de crins disposés sur une arête, plus ou moins longs et variablement disposés, et insérés sur des anneaux cornés.

Spanish

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