Haustellum


Haustellum (Latin haustellum) - an arthropod component adapted to sucking, for example, vegetable juices or blood. It can be part of a beak or trumpet (proboscis). Butterflies

In haustellum butterflies (or mediproboscis), these are extended elongates that form a trumpet adapted to suck liquid food. It can be treated as a synonym of a noose or trumpet (proboscis). flycatchers

In some flies (eg flies) the haustellum is a strongly developed lower lip. In the front part, in the trough, the upper lip and the hollow are located. The lower part consists of large, semicircular panels, equipped with suction tubes and peristaltic teeth, and developed from the lipstick. Haustellum is made from the outside in a harder part, giving it stiffness, so that, with the use of muscles, it can perform shear movements and serve to crush the food. The basic part of such haustellum is rostrum.

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