Stipes (insect)
American cockroach maxilla ( Periplaneta americana ) with inscription of the individual parts
The stipes are a section of the maxilla of the insects and belong to the mouthparts . Together with the cardo , which represents the articulation to the head, it forms the transformed coxopodite of the maxilla.
The stem element of the stipe is the telepodite , which is designed as a 4 to 5-part lower jaw palpus (palpus maxillaris) and often sits on its own structure, the palpifer . In addition, the two chewing ark are attached to the stipes , called Lacinia (inner ark) and Galea (outer ark).
supporting documents
- ↑ a b Gerhard Seifert: Entomological internship. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-13-455002-4 , p. 266.