Anthia sexguttata have which type of mouth part?
A. Biting and Chewing type
B. Sponging type
C. Piercing & sucking type
D. Siphoning type
Answer: Option A
Solution(By Examveda Team)
Anthia sexguttata have Biting and Chewing type of mouth part.Anthia sexguttata, the six-spot ground beetle, is a beetle of the Family Carabidae.
It is formed of two walls the dorsal thick chitinous and the ventral thin and membranous. The dorsal and the ventral surfaces of the postclypeus are glabrous.
The labrum is a large, thick, chitinous and rectangular sclerite movably articulated to the preclypeus by a clypeolabral suture. Its dorsal surface is pubescent.
All the incisors and molars of the right and left mandibles are monocuspid. The mandibles form an efficient organ for seizing and grasping prey. The mandible of A. sexguttata is hollowed out and bears a prominent ridge on its dorsal surface.
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