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Photo#37512
Side view of insect head
Copyright © 2005 Chris Wirth

Side view of insect head
Derived from several figures in (1).

On the left, the commonly defined areas of the head are shown.
Clp, clypeus
E, compound eye
Fr, frons
Ge, gena
Lb, labium (with labial palpus)
Lm, labrum
Md, mandible
Mx, maxilla (with maxillary palpus)
Oc, occiput
Poc, postocciput
sge, subgena
Vx, vertex

On the right, "the common external sulci ... (generally called “sutures”)" (Snodgrass 1960) are shown.
cas, circumantennal
cos, circumocular
es, epistomal
ocs, occipital
pos, postoccipital
sgs, subgenal
sos, subocular

These images replace, in part, two hand-drawn figures uploaded in 2005 which were improperly removed and frassed in January 2025.

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Insect Anatomy Frontal view of insect head Side view of insect head Posterior view of insect head
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Contributed by Chris Wirth on 17 November, 2005 - 9:13pm
Last updated 27 January, 2025 - 10:19pm

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Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Chris Wirth, 25 January, 2025 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Glossary.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 24 January, 2025 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Photo
Photo 2 on this page shows several of these features.
… Stephen Hart, 5 March, 2015 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Insects.
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2007 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

Labium
"Labrium" should be "labium". Good drawing.
… Sean McCann, 17 November, 2005 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Labium
Done, thanks for pointing that out!
… Chris Wirth, 18 November, 2005 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

 
Nice job.
I second the compliment on the illustration. You are a man of many talents, Chris:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 November, 2005 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the compliment!
… Chris Wirth, 18 November, 2005 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

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