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| | Phylum Arthropoda |
 | | They have two pairs of antennae, mandible-type mouthparts (of different evolutionary origin than mandibles in insects), and other mouthparts which include two pairs of maxillae and three pairs of maxillipeds, all of which are formed from modified appendages. |
 | | Most also have both compound and simple eyes; mouthparts (covered by a labrum in front, and highly modified in some orders) which include mandibles, maxillae, and a labium; three pairs of walking legs, one on each of the three thoracic segments. |
 | | The piercing-sucking mouthparts of mosquitoes are notorious, but interestingly, only female mosquitoes bite people: they need the protein from a blood meal for their developing eggs. |
| biology.clc.uc.edu /courses/bio106/arthrpod.htm (2157 words) |
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