basal pigment cell

basal pigment cell
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
When present, a second sleeve of pigment cells that surrounds the proximal end of the retinulae; see corneal pigment cells, accessory pigment cells.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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