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Agriculture · Q247

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 247

Q247

Stylets are present in the mouth parts of following

A.
Plant bug
Answer
B.
Cockroach
C.
Leaf hoppers
D.
Rhinoceros beetle

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Stylets are present in the mouth parts of Plant bugs.
Both mandibles and maxillae are modified into long slender sclerotized hair-like structure called stylets. They are lying close together and suited for piercing and sucking.
The tips of the stylets may have minute teeth for piercing the plant tissue. The inner maxillary stylets are doubly grooved on their inner faces.