mouth hooks

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mouth hooks: (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Cyclorrhapha 2nd instars, cuticular claw-like structures, one on each side of the atrial opening, thought to articulate with a small ventral sclerite that may represent the maxillary cardo; mandibular sclerites.