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[R] Paired, crushing and piercing mouthparts of chewing insects, working from side to side.

[R] Images

* Chewing mouthparts (INRA)
a: hypopharynx; b: mandible; c: maxilla, with maxillary palpus; d:labium, with labial palpus.
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* Head of a 4630023@Lepidopterous@ larva (caterpillar) (INRA)
a: head capsule; b: ocelli; c: antenna; d: labrum and clypeus; e: mandible (black coloured); f: maxillary palpus; g: labial palpus; h: fili_re (for silk).
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