palpus
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The mouth-parts in this genus are much as in Tomocerus, the maxillæ ending in a lacinia and palpus.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
When you touch him, he draws up slowly one leg after another, or moves a palpus feebly.
From Insect Stories by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)
The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
Palpifer: any palpus-bearing part: specifically, a small sclerite hearing the maxillary palpus and itself articulated to the stipes.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.
