| distinctive features of the alimentary canal of a fungus-feeding hemipteran, mezira granulata (heteroptera: aradidae). | hemiptera (insecta) have specialized mouthparts for fluid feeding as well as distinctive midgut epithelia. the gut epithelia of mezira granulata, a member of an unusual family of hemiptera - the aradidae - are described in this manuscript. species of this family are thought to feed on fungi instead of plant or animal materials, as is more typical of the hemiptera. the midgut lumen is lined by perimicrovillar membranes rather than by the peritrophic membranes formed by specialized midgut cells of ... | 2009 | 19166969 |