glossa (noun; Greek
glossa, tongue): (
Arthropoda:
Insecta) One of a pair of
terminal lingular lobes of the
labium of certain
insects, between the paraglossae; the medium
ligula.
a. In
adult Hymenoptera, the
fused glossae that form the tongue.
b. In Thysanoptera, the
median ligula that forms the
apical tip of the
wall of the
mouth cone.