clypeus
noun
the area of the facial wall of an insect's head between the labrum and the frons, usually separated from the latter by a groove.
clypeal
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a word derived from
clypeus.
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Frontal suture: Diptera; separates the frontal lunule from that part of the head above it: in Coleopteran; = clypeal suture.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
The head is longer vertically than horizontally, the frontal, or clypeal region is broad, and greater in extent than the epicranio-occipital region.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
The antennæ are inserted high up on the head, next the ocelli, falling down over the clypeal region.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
