Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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In many animals, a circular or semicircular strip or band at the back of the head or front of the trunk or thorax, the morphological makeup varying with the taxa. In mosquito larvae, the modified, usually heavily pigmented, posterior rim of the cranium, including much of the postocciput, the back edge of the gula and a band just in front of the main part of the postoccipital suture.

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