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===Fovea=== The fovea is the centre of the cephalothorax and is located behind the head (only in spiders).<ref name = dalton2008>Dalton, Steve (2008). ''Spiders; The Ultimate Predators''. A & C Black, London. P.p. 19. {{ISBN|9781408106976}}.</ref> It is often important in identification. It can be transverse or procurved <ref name = smith1990>Smith, A. M. (1990c). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, pp. 138. Retrieved February 13, 2016.</ref> and can, in some [[tarantulas]] (e.g. ''[[Ceratogyrus darlingi]]'') have a "horn".<ref name = gallon2008>{{cite journal |last1=Gallon |first1=R.C. |date=2008 |title=On some poorly known African Harpactirinae, with notes on ''Avicuscodra arabica'' Strand, 1908 and ''Scodra pachypoda ''Strand, 1908 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) |journal=Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society |volume=14 |page=238 }}</ref>
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