Glossa (insect)

Labium of the American cockroach ( Periplaneta americana ) with labeling of the individual parts

The glossa (Greek "tongue"; plural glossae ) is the inner of the two appendages on the prementum of the insect labium . It thus corresponds to the lacinia of the maxilla , while the external appendix is called the paraglossa and corresponds to the galea .

In some insects the mouthparts are transformed into piercing-sucking or sucking mouthparts. In the bees in particular, the glossae are greatly elongated.

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b Lacinia. In: Herder-Lexikon der Biologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0354-5 .
^ Gerhard Seifert: Entomological internship. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-13-455002-4 , p. 266.
↑ Willi Hennig : Invertebrates II. 5th edition. edited by Wolfgang Hennig and Gerhard Mickoleit. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1994, ISBN 3-334-60936-7 , pp. 198-199, 224, 230, 237.

[Herder-1] Lacinia. In: Herder-Lexikon der Biologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0354-5 .

[Seifert-2] Gerhard Seifert: Entomological internship. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-13-455002-4 , p. 266.

[Hennig-3] Willi Hennig : Invertebrates II. 5th edition. edited by Wolfgang Hennig and Gerhard Mickoleit. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1994, ISBN 3-334-60936-7 , pp. 198-199, 224, 230, 237.