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Mechanics of Food Handling by Chewing Insects

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Food handling in chewing insects consists of two separate functions: cutting the food into fragments that can be ingested, and passing these fragments back into the foregut. The processes of prey capture in predaceous insects or manipulation of the food prior to feeding in phytophagous insects are not considered here.

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Chapman, R.F. (1995). Mechanics of Food Handling by Chewing Insects. In: Chapman, R.F., de Boer, G. (eds) Regulatory Mechanisms in Insect Feeding. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1775-7_1

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