nounWord forms: pluralpalps or palpi (ˈpælpaɪ) zoology
1.
either of a pair of sensory appendages that arise from the mouthparts of crustaceans and insects
2.
either of a pair of tactile organs arising from the head or anterior end of certain annelids and molluscs
Derived forms
palpal (ˈpalpal)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from French, from Latin palpus a touching
Examples of 'palps' in a sentence
palps
Abundant sensilla are distributed on the surface of maxillary and labial palps.
Na Ma, Jing Huang, Baozhen Hua 2013, 'Functional Morphology and Sexual Dimorphism of Mouthparts of the Short-Faced ScorpionflyPanorpodes kuandianensis (Mecoptera: Panorpodidae)', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0060351. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Detailed drawings of the male body, male palps and the female epigynum are also provided.
Rozwałka Robert, Rutkowski Tomasz, Sienkiewicz Paweł, Renn Katarzyna 2015, 'Occurrence of Talavera aperta (Miller, 1971) (Araneae: Salticidae) in Poland', Biological Lettershttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biolet.2015.52.issue-1-2/biolet-2015-0010/biolet-2015-0010.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We performed single unit recordings from all olfactory sensilla in the antennae and maxillary palps.
Zainulabeuddin Syed, Julien Pelletier, Eric Flounders, Rodrigo F Chitolina, WalterS Leal 2011, 'Generic insect repellent detector from the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3059203?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Identify the soft body, the foot, the gills, the palps, and the mouth.
Worrallo Whitney; Frederic Lucas; Harold Shinn; Mabel Smallwood A Guide for the Study of Animals (1911). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
Maxillary palps carried higher numbers of all types of sensilla than labial palps.
Mervat A. Seada, Amal M. Hamza 2018, 'Differential morphology of the sensory sensilla of antennae, palpi, foretarsi andovipositor of adult Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)', Annals of Agricultural Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0570178318300022. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons are found within specialized sensory hairs on antenna and maxillary palps.
Chun-Chieh Lin, Christopher J Potter 2015, 'Re-Classification of Drosophila melanogaster Trichoid and Intermediate Sensilla UsingFluorescence-Guided Single Sensillum Recording.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4592000?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These sensillum types are unevenly distributed between antennae and palps.
Elisabeth J Eilers, Giovanni Talarico, Bill S Hansson, Monika Hilker, Andreas Reinecke 2012, 'Sensing the underground--ultrastructure and function of sensory organs in root-feedingMelolontha melolontha (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) larvae.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3405142?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three types of sensilla on both maxillary and labial palps were characterized: trichodea,basiconica, and two subtypes of sensilla styliconica.
Mervat A. Seada, Amal M. Hamza 2018, 'Differential morphology of the sensory sensilla of antennae, palpi, foretarsi andovipositor of adult Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)', Annals of Agricultural Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0570178318300022. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For further understanding of the chemosensory functions of mouthpart organs, we conducted transcriptome analysis on labial palps and proboscises.
Mengbo Guo, Mengbo Guo, Qiuyan Chen, Yang Liu, Guirong Wang, Zhaojun Han 2018, 'Chemoreception of Mouthparts: Sensilla Morphology and Discovery of Chemosensory Genesin Proboscis and Labial Palps of Adult Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)',Frontiers in Physiologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.00970/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our results provide information on the different olfactory roles of locust antennae and palps at the molecular level.
Hongwei Li, Peng Wang, Liwei Zhang, Xiao Xu, Zewen Cao, Long Zhang 2018, 'Expressions of Olfactory Proteins in Locust Olfactory Organs and a Palp Odorant ReceptorInvolved in Plant Aldehydes Detection', Frontiers in Physiologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.00663/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)