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Gnathosoma

The gnathosoma (from Greek, gnáthos = "jaw" and , sóma = "body"), also called the capitulum, is the part of the body of the Acari (mites and ticks) comprising the mouth and feeding parts. These are the hypostome, the chelicerae and the pedipalps.

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