Definição: Mouthparts modified into long or short, sclerotized piercing devices that are used to penetrate the host/prey/substrate to gain access to food.
Definição: Insect mouthparts that are concealed inside the head by folds of the head capsule. The mandibles and maxillae are located inside the oral chamber, and only the tips of the mouthparts protrude from the oral opening.
Definição: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
