chewing insect

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• Insect morphology — Legend of body parts Tagmata : A Head, B Thorax, C Abdomen. 1. antenna 2. ocelli (lower) 3. ocelli (upper) 4. compound eye 5. brain (cerebral ganglia) 6. prothorax …   Wikipedia

• Insect physiology — includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems. Although diverse, insects are quite similar in overall design, internally and externally. The insect is made up of three main body regions (tagmata), the head, thorax and abdomen.… …   Wikipedia

• chewing louse — ▪ insect also called  biting louse,         any of about 2,900 species of small, wingless insects (order Phthiraptera), worldwide in distribution, that have chewing mouthparts, a flattened body, and shortened front legs used to transport food to… …   Universalium

• insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …   Universalium

• Insect mouthparts — The development of insect mouthparts from the primitive chewing mouthparts of a grasshopper in the centre (A), to the lapping type (B) of a bee, the siphoning type (C) of a butterfly and the sucking type (D) of a female mosquito. Legend: a,… …   Wikipedia

• Mandible (insect) — Insect mandibles are a pair of appendages near the insect’s mouth, and the most anterior of the three pairs of oral appendages (the labrum is more anterior, but is a single fused structure). Their function is typically to grasp, crush, or cut the …   Wikipedia

• Mandible (insect mouthpart) — For the corresponding mouthpart in other arthropods, see Mandible (arthropod mouthpart). The mandibles of a Bull ant Insect mandibles are a pair of appendages near the insect’s mouth, and the most anterior of the three pairs of oral appendages… …   Wikipedia

• psocopterous insect — noun small soft bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs • Hypernyms: ↑insect • Hyponyms: ↑psocid, ↑booklouse, ↑book louse, ↑deathwatch, ↑Liposcelis divinatorius • …   Useful english dictionary

• orthopterous insect — noun any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts • Syn: ↑orthopteron, ↑orthopteran • Hypernyms: ↑insect • Hyponyms: ↑grasshopper, ↑hopper, ↑cricke …   Useful english dictionary

• rhynchophthirinan — ▪ insect       any member of the suborder Rhynchophthirina of the louse order Phthiraptera, consisting of the genus Haematomyzus with two species. Although its origins and relationships are uncertain, the suborder is considered intermediate… …   Universalium

• zorapteran — ▪ insect       any of a small group of about 30 species of insects found on every continent except Europe. These minute insects are less than 3 mm (1/8 inch) long and have chewing mouthparts and nine segmented antennae. Most species are wingless… …   Universalium