Clypeus
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The clypeus is one of the sclerites that make up the face of an arthropod. In insects, the clypeus delimits the lower margin of the face, with the labrum articulated along the ventral margin of the cl
Yellow clypeus of a bee
The clypeus of this jumping spider is covered with red scales.
Arthropod mouthparts
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The mouthparts of arthropods have evolved into a number of forms, each adapted to a different style or mode of feeding. Most mouthparts are modified pairs of appendages, which in ancestral forms would
Chewing mouthparts of a grasshopper. Legend: lr, labrum; md, mandibles; mx, maxillae; hp hypopharynx; lb, labium.
Ventral view of forcipules of a centipede, arising from the first body segment