hypopharyngeal glands

hypopharyngeal glands
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In bees, paired glands in the facial part of the head that open through the lateral areas of the hypopharynx; pharyngeal glands; food glands.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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