Fig. 1: head, lateral - anterior - posterior view Machimus

Fig. 1: 1 = compound eye, comp eye [1] 2 = ocellar tubercle; ocellar plate; vertical triangle [1/3]; ocellarium [2]; ocellar prominence [6] 3 = ocellus (pl. ocelli), oc [1/5] 4 = antennal socket, ant soc [1] 5 = occiput, ocp [1]; lateral occipital region [6] 6 = vertex, vrt; epicranium [1/2]; postfrons; posterior vertex [6] 7 = frons [1/2/3/6]; front [1]; postantennal region; anterior vertex [6] 8 = face, fc [1/2]; prefrons [6] 9 = postcranium [1]; postocular area [2] 10 = facial gibbosity [1/2/3]; facial protuberance [3]; median fascial plate [1] 11 = parafacial area, pafc [1/6] 12 = lower fascial margin [1/3]; epistomal suture [1]; oral border [2]; oral margin; epistosoma [5]; postclypeus - with frontoclypeal suture [6] 13 = palpus (pl. palpi), plp [1]; maxillary palpi [6] 14 = proboscis [1] 15 = fused prementum and labellae (sg. labella) [1/2/6] 16 = gena (pl. genae), gn [1/6]; bucca, cheek, jowl [1] 17 = lower part of the occiput 18 = postgena, pgn [1] 19 = ? clypeaus?, subcranial cavity [1] 20 = posterior tentorial pit, p tnt pit [1] 21 = paravertex ?, pavt [1] 22 = median occipital sclerite, m ocp scl; epicephalon; cerebrale [1/6]; median occipital region [6] 23 = occipital foramen, ocp for [1/6] 24 = postocciput (= rim of occipital foramen) [1] 25 = hypostomal bridge, hyps brg; pseudogula [6]

 

Fig. 2: head, mouthparts Triorla

Fig. 2: 1 = palpus (pl. palpi), plp [1]; maxillary palpus [1/2/5] 2 = labrum, lbr [1/2/4/5/6]; labrum-epipharynx [1] 3 = hypopharynx, hyphar (with salivary canal) [1/2/4/5] 4 = stipes (pl. stipites) of maxilla; lacinia [1]; maxilla (pl. maxillae) [4/5]; galea [2/6] 5 = labium, lab; united second maxillae [1/4/5] 6 = fused postmentum [1]; mentum [2] 7 = fused prementum and labellae (sg. labella) [1/2/6] 8 = fused labial palpus [Dikow, pers. comm.]; paraglossa (pl. paraglossae) [2] 9 = cardo of maxilla [1/2]

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