oral vibrissae

oral vibrissae
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In certain Diptera, a pair of stout bristles or hairs on each side of the face, near or above the oral margin; larger than those on the vibrissal ridge.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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