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Most spiders are really hairy creatures, and Cupiennius is certainly among their number. We have already met some of the many hair sensilla: the extremely movement-sensitive trichobothria (Chapter IX), the proprioreceptive hairs (Chapter X), and the vibration-sensitive hairs (Chapter VIII). The great majority of hairs undoubtedly have a tactile function, but chemoreceptors also take this form — which should come as no surprise, since chemosensitive hairs are well known in other arthropods, especially insects.
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Barth, F.G. (2002). Chemoreception. In: A Spider’s World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04899-3_12
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