Haustellata

(his-te-la’tii), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of NL. haustellatus: see haustellate.] 1. Haustellate or suctorial insects; a subela or superorder of Insect a, containing those which suck instead of bite, having a haustellum of some form instead of manducatory mandibles or biting-jaws: opponed to Mandibulata. The Haustellata include the orders Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hemipter a, or butterflies and moths, flies proper, and bugs. Clairville, and others. See haustellum., 2. A suborder of Anoplura, including haustellate or true lice.—3. A division of Diptera.— 4. A subcla of Crustacea, including haustellate, suctorial, or siphonostomous forms, as fish-lice. Also called Suctoria and Epizoa.