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Agriculture · Q241

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 241

Q241

Malphigian Tubules are absent in

A.
Moths
B.
Butterfly
C.
Aphids
Answer
D.
House fly

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Malphigian Tubules are absent in Aphids.
The Malpighian tubules are tubular epithelia that are diverticulae of the gut itself. Posterior to the midgut, most insects possess a segment of gut referred to as the ileum.
Malpighian tubules are near-universal in insects. Exceptionally, they are absent from the aphids (Aphidoidea), in which the gut comprises a tube without any discernible evaginations. Aphids are plant phloem sap-feeding insects of the order Hemiptera.