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Posterior view of insect head
Copyright © 2025 Chris Wirth

Posterior view of insect head
Derived from a figure in (1).

The commonly defined areas of the posterior insect head are shown:
compound eyes (in grey)
For, occipital foramen
Ge, gena
Lb, labium (with labial palpus)
Md, mandible
Mx, maxilla (with maxillary palpus)
Oc, occiput
Poc, postocciput
pt, posterior tentorial pit
sge, subgena
Vx, vertex

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Contributed by Chris Wirth on 26 January, 2025 - 12:03am
Last updated 27 January, 2025 - 10:17pm

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