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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)A mixture of salivary secretions and regurgitated intestinal contents received from another insect; see proctodeal feeding.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
stomodeal feeding
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proctodeal feeding — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Isoptera, a drop of the contents of the rectal pouch being obtained from the anus of another termite; see stomodeal feeding … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Trophallaxis — is the transfer of food or other fluids among members of a community through mouth to mouth (stomodeal) or anus to mouth (proctodeal) feeding. It is most highly developed in social insects such as ants, termites, wasps and bees. The word was… … Wikipedia
