palpus
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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)
Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.
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)
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.
Each short palpus has a large middle joint and a small joint at the tip.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.
