gnathal pouch

gnathal pouch
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
a. The concave surface below the oral plate; the oral chamber. b. In Hymenoptera, used as a receptacle for food particles and detritus in ants.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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