frontal gland

frontal gland
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Isoptera, a large median gland beneath the integument of the head in certain soldier- termites, opening through the fontanelle or frontal pore, which produces secretions.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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