Cardo (insect)

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American cockroach maxilla ( Periplaneta americana ) with inscription of the individual parts

The Cardo ( lat. "Pivot hinge") is the basal Angel piece of the maxilla of the insects and thus belongs to the mouth parts . Together with the stipes , it forms the transformed coxopodite of the maxilla.

The cardo is the only element of the maxilla that is connected to the head and attaches below the mouth opening, on the hypostoma .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Keyword “Cardo” In: Herder-Lexikon der Biologie . Spektrum Akademischer Verlag GmbH, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0354-5 .
  2. ↑ a b Gerhard Seifert: Entomological internship. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1975; P. 266. ISBN 3-13-4550-02-4 .