Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Photo#37512
Side view of insect head

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.

Images of this individual: tag all
Insect Anatomy Frontal view of insect head Side view of insect head Posterior view of insect head

Moved
Moved from Frass.

Frassed
Moved from Glossary.

Photo
Photo 2 on this page shows several of these features.

Moved
Moved from Insects.

Labium
"Labrium" should be "labium". Good drawing.

 
Labium
Done, thanks for pointing that out!

 
Nice job.
I second the compliment on the illustration. You are a man of many talents, Chris:-)

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the compliment!