- epistomal
- ep·i·stom·al
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epistomal
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epistomal ridge — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The cranial inflection of the epistomal sulcus … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
epistomal — |epə|stōməl, ə̇ˈpistəm adjective : of or relating to an epistome … Useful english dictionary
epistomal sulcus or suture — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The groove situated between the frons and clypeus that unites with the anterior ends of the subgenal sulcus extending to the anterior tentorial pits … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Stomotheca — is the term applied to the feeding apparatus in front of the mouth of harvestmen, and sometimes the related scorpions. Usually it consists of the epistome (labrum), two pairs of coxapophyses (endites, maxillary lobes) and often a labium.[1] The… … Wikipedia
anterior tentorial pits — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) External depressions in the epistomal suture marking the base of the anterior tentorial arm(s) … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
clypeus — n. [L. clypeus, shield] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) The anterior tagma between eyes and cheliceral bases in arachnids. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) That part of the head bearing the labrum. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The sclerite on the lower part… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
frons — n.; pl. frontes [L. frons, fore part of anything, face] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The head sclerite bounded by the postfrontal suture dorsally and the epistomal suture ventrally; the frons is delimited in various ways by different authors and in… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
frontal suture — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. One of two sutures arising at the anterior end of the coronal suture which extends ventrad toward the epistomal suture. 2. In Diptera, a suture shaped like an inverted U , having the base crossing the face above the bases … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
frontoclypeal area — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The front of the head, that is divided by the epistomal sulcus (or suture) into the frons above and the clypeus below … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
frontoclypeal sulcus or suture — see epistomal suture … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
