postgena

postgena
n.; pl. -ae [L. post, after; gena, cheek]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
A sclerite on the posterior lateral surface of the head; postgenal adj..

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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