EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2007

  • question_answer
    The organs that assist in sound production in mosquito are

    A)  hairy appendages          

    B)  mouth parts

    C)  hemielytra                        

    D)  halters

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     In mosquito, metathorax bears a pair of small drumstick shaped or club-shaped processes called halters of balancers. These represent rudimentary hind wings, useless for flight and probably sensory in function. These are supposed to produce characteristic sound.


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