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''Segestria pacifica'' is a species of tube web spiders in the family
Segestriidae Tube-dwelling spiders (Segestriidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893. It consists of five genera, two large and widespread, '' Segestria'' and ''Ariadna'', and three smaller genera, '' Citharoceps'', ...
. It is found in the western United States and in British Columbia. It is brown and medium-large with "large, black, and shiny
chelicerae The chelicerae () are the mouthparts of the subphylum Chelicerata, an arthropod group that includes arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. Commonly referred to as "jaws", chelicerae may be shaped as either articulated fangs, or similarly ...
" (mouthparts).


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NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Segestria pacifica''
Segestriidae Spiders described in 1891 {{Araneomorphae-stub