Insects mouth parts name?
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Labrum - a cover which may be loosely referred to as the upper lip.
Mandibles - hard, powerful cutting jaws.
Maxillae - 'pincers' which are less powerful than the mandibles. ...
Labium - the lower cover, often referred to as the lower lip. ...
Hypopharynx - a tongue-like structure in the floor of the mouth.
Generally, mouth parts of an insect are
one labrum (upper lip) ,
one labium (lower lip) ,
one hypopharynx(tongue),
two mandibles ,
two maxillae.
Modifications of mouth parts:
(1)Biting and a chewing type
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Examples:
Grass hoppers,cockroaches and crickets.
(2)Piercing and Sucking type.
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Piercing is through proboscis made by modification of labium.
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Examples:
Mosquitoes,bedbugs.
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(3)Chewing and lapping type.
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Lap means to drink by scooping with tongue.
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Examples:
Honeybees
(4)Sponging type.
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It lacks mandible.Feeds on sugar by dissolving it in the saliva and sucking the liquified food.
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Example:Housefly
(5)Siphoning type.
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Example: Butterflies and Moths
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