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Palps not modified to pincers

With a waist; abdomen narrowly joined to the cephalothorax by a petiole. Posterior end of abdomen with silk producing structures, the spinnerets

ARANEAE: Spiders

Without a waist or spinnerets: abdomen broadly joined to cephalothorax

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