Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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Abbreviation:

DAp

Definition:

In many immature insects, the cranial area bounded laterally by the frontal ecdysial lines and apically by an imaginary line between the most apical parts of the frontal ecdysial lines; there is no necessary homology between the cranial area included in the dorsal apotome of different insects. In mosquito larvae, perhaps homologous with the dorsal apotome of mosquito pupae.

Synonyms:

Larva: apotome, cephalic apotome, facial apotome; at least partial synonyms as used by some authors include: clypeofrons, clypeus, epistoma, frons, frons-clypeal area, front, frontoclypeus. Pupae: head-shield, head shield, vertex plate, vertical plate.