jugum, juga, jugal lobe

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

No Taxon (Glossary --use Taxonomy, then Info tabs to view entries)

No Taxon (J)

No Taxon jugum, juga, jugal lobe

Explanation of Names

From Latin, jugum, yoke.

Identification

jugum noun, plural juga - paired outer lobes on the front of the head in heteroptera. The juga surround the central area, the tylus.

Photos showing the tylus and juga:

jugal lobe noun - (hymenoptera) the posterior area of the wing behind the first anal vein and set off from the others by the jugal fold and a notch in the margin of the wing.

Photos and diagrams illustrating the jugal lobe:

See Also

tylus

claval lobe

Print References

Gordh, A Dictionary of Entomology, p. 488 (1)

Internet References

Hymenoptera glossary

Works Cited

1.	A Dictionary of Entomology By George Gordh, David H. Headrick

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 2 September, 2007 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 15 November, 2007 - 3:16am

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