trophothylax

trophothylax
n. [Gr. trophe, food; thylax, sack]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Hymenoptera Formicidae, a specialized pouch of Pseudomyrmecinae larvae located on the ventral part of the thorax just beneath the mouth parts that receives food pellets; a feed bag.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • trophothylax — troph·o·thy·lax …   English syllables

  • trophothylax — ˈthīˌlaks noun ( es) Etymology: New Latin, from troph + Greek thylax pouch, sack : a depression or pocket on the underside of the body behind the mouth in various ant larvae in which food is placed by the attendant worker ants …   Useful english dictionary

  • presaepium — n. [L. prae, before; sepes, fence] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In larvae of the ant tribe Camponotini, the shallow depression on the venter of some anterior abdominal somites; suggested to resemble the trophothylax of pseudomyrmecinae larva …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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