- mandibular sclerite
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In some larval Diptera, mouth-hooks articulating basally with the intermediate (hypostomal) sclerites.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
mandibular sclerite
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