postocellar glands

postocellar glands
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Hymenoptera, a mass of glands situated above the ocelli in the drone and queen bees; detached lobes of the cephalic salivary glands.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • cephalic salivary glands — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A pair of glands lying against the posterior wall of the head of bees, that unite with the thoracic salivary gland to form a common duct; see postocellar glands …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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