Palpifer (insect)

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The palpifer (lat. Palpare = "to stroke, touch", palpus = "feeler, curry" and -fer = "to carry") is a structure on the stipes of the maxilla of the mouthparts of the insects on which the lower jaw palpus (palpus maxillaris) rests . It is formed by its own sclerite . Depending on the type and group, it can be very different or absent.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c Palpifer. In: Herder-Lexikon der Biologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0354-5 .
  2. ^ Gerhard Seifert: Entomological internship. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-13-455002-4 , p. 266.