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distitarsus

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distitarsus (plural distitarsi)

  1. A divided or split tarsus
    • 2016 February 18, “Eight New Species of Charinus Simon, 1892 (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) Endemic for the Brazilian Amazon, with Notes on Their Conservational Status”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The pedipalp article, called tarsus by Quintero, is here divided in [sic] distitarsus and tarsal claw (pretarsus) as the two articles are not fused in Charinidae.