Adoretus Latiusculus
''Adoretus'' is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles. They are native to Africa and Asia, and two species occur in Europe. Description ''Adoretus'' beetles are elongate and oval in shape, 10-12 long, and brown with a covering of white/cream Seta, setae. The head has a broad, circular Clypeus (arthropod anatomy), clypeus with a reflexed margin. Underneath this is a Labrum (arthropod mouthpart), labrum with a median apical projection overhanging the mentum. There is a pair of Antenna (biology), antennae, each with 9-10 segments and a 3-segmented club. The Prothorax, pronotum has a thickened setose border. The Elytron, elytra are irregularly coarsely punctate, and the disc usually has 2-3 raised longitudinal lines. There are three pairs of legs. The first pair has two or three teeth on each tibia. The tarsi of the second and third leg pairs are simple and asymmetrical. The tibiae of the last leg pair have truncate apices, each with two apical spurs situated close together. D ...
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Mentum
The mentum is an anatomical structure, a projecting feature that is near the mouth of a variety of animals: *In insects, the mentum is the distal part of the labium. The mentum bears the palps, glossae, paraglossae, and/or ligula. *On the human face, the mentum refers to the protruding part of the chin. *In certain sea snails, marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ... mollusks, the mentum is a thin projection of the soft parts of the animal, below the mouth. It is found in the family Pyramidellidae. References Insect anatomy Human anatomy Gastropod anatomy {{animal-anatomy-stub ...
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