Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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Abbreviation:

Clp

Variants:

Pl. clypei; Adj. clypeal

Definition:

The facial area delimited above by the epistomal suture and below by the clypeolabral suture; giving origin to the dorsal cibarial muscles; conspicuous and projecting in adult mosquitoes. In larval insects, the dorsal apotome, if present, is commonly formed from parts of the frons and clypeus; often misidentified in mosquito larvae. In mosquito pupae, the usually poorly delimited, conspicuously bulged area between the anterior margins of the lateralia.

Synonyms:

Adults: epistom, face, fronto-clypeus, postclypeus. Pupae: clypeal plate, clypeal sheath.