Lip switch

The lip palpus (Palpus labialis; Latin from Latin. Labialis = "lip" and palpus = "feeler, curl"), also labial palpus, is a leg-like palpus (feeler) on the lower lip ( labium ) of the insect's mouth . It represents the telepodite of this organ and usually consists of three to five individual members. On mentum can the Palpiger seated.

The button can be designed very differently depending on the type and group and can also be absent.

supporting documents

↑ labial palpus. 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. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1994, ISBN 3-334-60936-7 , pp. 198-199, 224, 230, 237.

[Herder-1] labial palpus. 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. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1994, ISBN 3-334-60936-7 , pp. 198-199, 224, 230, 237.