Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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Abbreviation:

cs

Definition:

The median longitudinal suture on the dorsal surface of the head (vertex). In mosquitoes, partly apodematous but becoming shallower anteriorly; passing forward from the upper margin of the occipital foramen to the frons where the postfrontal sutures diverge from it.

Synonyms:

coronal sulcus, longitudinal suture, median coronal sulcus, median cranial sulcus, median suture of the occiput, stem of the epicranial suture