alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
The glossal flexors arise on the ventral part of the
prementum, laterally to the ventral salivarial dilatators; they insert on the anterior glossal sclerites.
Reference: Vilhelmsen, L. 1996. The preoral cavity of lower Hymenoptera (Insecta): comparative morphology and phylogenetic significance. Zoologica Scripta 25:143-170.
Cross reference:
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