The deutosternal groovehypognathal groove:
(also hypognathal gutter, subcapitular groove, deutosternal groove or gutter) the median longitudinal gutter running on the subcapitulum of parasitiform mites that receives the tritosternum.
or gutter usually has a
series of transverse rows of small denticlesdenticles:
small tooth-like processes, e.g., on the subcapitula of ticks and many mesostigmatans.
, but in monogynaspids that feed on
fungi, nectar, or pollen the gutter is narrow and has only a few relatively
large teeth per row.
Author: David E. Walter
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