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Insect mouthparts

Insects have mouthparts that may vary greatly across insect species, as they are adapted to particular modes of feeding. The earliest insects had chewing mouthparts. Most specialisations of mouthparts are for piercing and sucking, and this mode of feeding has evolved a number of times independently. For example, mosquitoes (which are true flies) and…

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Chewing insects

DragonfliesGrasshoppersBeetlesLarvalMoths and butterflies
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Siphoning insects

SerrodesAchaeaVestigialSuperfamilyMandibulate moths
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Piercing and sucking insects

FamiliesLeafhoppersThripsSalivaAnticoagulants
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Evolution

HomologyPrimordiaConvergent evolution
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Evolution

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Siphoning insects

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Piercing and sucking insects

Sponging insects

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Insect mouthparts

Nodes61
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Triples10
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
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related to Evolution · 3
Insect mouthparts → However, Insect, It

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insects mandibles mouthparts maxillae food labium chewing feeding proboscis sucking insect piercing species example structures like palps pierce feed fluids

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
material that requires the mandibles to cut or crush.Like the mandiblesinstance ofor particulate food rather than cutting or crushing food0.80text
maxillae are innervated by the subesophageal ganglia.LabiumThe labium typically is a roughly quadrilateral structureinstance ofor particulate food rather than cutting or crushing food0.80text
formed by pairedinstance ofor particulate food rather than cutting or crushing food0.80text
fused secondary maxillaeinstance ofor particulate food rather than cutting or crushing food0.80text
maxillae are innervated by the subesophageal gangliainstance ofor particulate food rather than cutting or crushing food0.80text
assassin bugs have the same mouthpartsinstance ofPredatory bugs0.80text
but they are used to pierce the cuticles of captured preyinstance ofPredatory bugs0.80text
Insect mouthpartsrelated to EvolutionInsect0.60section
Insect mouthpartsrelated to EvolutionIt0.60section
Insect mouthpartsrelated to EvolutionHowever0.60section

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