Figure 3. Piercing-sucking mandibles. A–C in REVIEW Going underwater: multiple origins and functional morphology of piercing-sucking feeding and tracheal system adaptations in water scavenger beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea)

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Figure 3. Piercing-sucking mandibles. A–C, Berosus patruelis Berg, 1885, first-instar larva, SEM micrograph: A, left mandible, ventral view; B, detail of mandibular teeth, ventral view; C, right mandible, dorsal view. D–F, Laccobius hammondi Gentili, 1984, third-instar larva, SEM micrograph, dorsal view: D, left mandible; E, detail of mandibular teeth; F, right mandible. G–I, Oocyclus iguazu (Oliva, 1996) third-instar larva, SEM micrograph, dorsal view; G, left mandible; H, detail of mandibular teeth; I, right mandible.Published as part of <i>Rodriguez, Georgina, Fikáček, Martin, Minoshima, Yȗsuke N, Archangelsky, Miguel & Torres, Patricia L M, 2021, REVIEW Going underwater: multiple origins and functional morphology of piercing-sucking feeding and tracheal system adaptations in water scavenger beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea), pp. 1-30 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (1)</i> on page 8, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa132, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10114862">http://zenodo.org/record/10114862</a&gt