A cuticle (/ˈkjuːtɪkəl/), or cuticula, is any of a variety of tough but flexible, non-mineral outer coverings of an organism, or parts of an organism,...

but most insects digest their food in the gut. The foregut is lined with cuticule as protection from tough food. It includes the mouth, pharynx, and crop...

Strumigenys that has a long jaw, bigger jaw structure and lacks stretches in its cuticule. S. ayersthey is named after artist and human rights activist Jeremy Ayers...

Y. (1965). "Sur une architecture torsadée répandue dans de nombreuses cuticules d'Arthropodes". C. R. Acad. Sci. 261: 3665–3668. Reusch, Ernst (1869)...