September 2024
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Commagene Journal of Biology
The present study aims to determine the covering setae in the two crab spiders using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The setae on the prosoma of Runcinia grammica (C. L. Koch, 1837) and Thomisus onustus Walckenaer, 1805 were examined. This study reveals the existence of a new type of covering setae in Thomisidae group.