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clyp·e·us

 (klĭp′ē-əs)
n. pl. clyp·e·i (-ē-ī′)
A shieldlike plate on the front of the head of an insect.
[New Latin, from Latin clipeus, round shield.]
clyp′e·al (-ē-əl) adj.
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clypeus

(ˈklɪpɪəs)
n, pl clypei (ˈklɪpɪˌaɪ)
(Zoology) a cuticular plate on the head of some insects between the labrum and the frons
[C19: from New Latin, from Latin clipeus round shield]
ˈclypeal adj
clypeate adj
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clyp•e•us

(ˈklɪp i əs)

n., pl. clyp•e•i (ˈklɪp iˌaɪ, -iˌi)
a rounded plate at the front of an insect's head, above the mouthparts.
[1825–35; < New Latin; Latin clypeus, clipeus round shield]
clyp′e•al, adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.clypeus - a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's headclypeus - a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head
protective covering - the tough natural covering of some organisms
insect - small air-breathing arthropod
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Clypeus finely longitudinally striated forming a triangular shape with distinct clypeal carina.
FIRST RECORDS OF TWO SPECIES OF GENUS MESSOR FOREL, 1890 (FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) ALONG WITH TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH APHIDS FROM POTHWAR REGION OF PAKISTAN
In the bachue species group, which contains most of the species, the first antennal flagellomere is distinctly longer than the second flagellomere, the clypeus is maculated with yellow or cream, the fifth sternum bears stout spines midapically, and the seventh tergum is medially emarginate on its distal margin.
Una especie nueva de Andinopanurgus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) de las grandes alturas del sur de Peru
Clypeus reddish brown; usually with yellow on the head, posterior margin of pronotum, metanotum, and posterior margin of T1 ...
Claves taxonomicas para las especies de avispas eusociales de Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)
Paxillus MacLeay, 1819 can be recognized by anterior angles of clypeus, in dorsal view, not visible, very reduced, completely under the frons; external tubercles with an acute apex, directed downwards; prosternal process always pentagonal; metasternal disc glabrous and wholly delimited (Reyes-Castillo, 1973).
NUEVA ESPECIE DE PAXILLUS MACLEAY, 1819 (COLEOPTERA: PASSALIDAE: PASSALINAE) DE LA AMAZONIA BRASILENA
5 Paraclypei equal to clypeus; 2nd antennae distinctly longer than 3rd; parameral blade apically bilobed, inner spine of blade of paramere less prominent with indistinct ridge ....
Description of Two New Species of Oriental Genus Halys Fabricius (Pentatomoidae, Pentominae, Halyini) from Sindh, Pakistan with a Key of its Nine Asian Species
Metope wide (L:W at widest point 1.14), sharply enlarged above clypeus (near level of antennae in frontal view), with distinct median carina running from fastigium to level of antennae, obsolete ventrad of antennae.
A new tribe of Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with revision of the genus Buca and description of asymmetric hind leg spinulation
Scutellum densely setose; forewing with 3RSb vein 3.73 to 3.74 times longer than 3RSa vein; face 1.21 to 1.25 times wider than longer; clypeus brown T.
A new species of Tanycarpa Forster (1862) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Alysiinae) from Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Uma nova especie de Tanycarpa Forster (1862) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) do Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
The neotropical genus Disceratus Scudder 1869 comprises five species of yellowish or reddish brown, short-legged and brachypterous katydids that are distinguished by two knobs or spiniform processes on the clypeus, and elongated mandibles in males.
Notes on the tropical Andean genus Disceratus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Pseudophyllinae), the probable male of D. nubiger, and its calling song
Eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.17, AME-ALE 0.19, PME-PME 0.41, PME-PLE 0.49, AME-PME 0.26, ALE-PLE 0.25, clypeus height at AME 0.06, clypeus height at ALE 0.09.
Olios sjostedti Lessert, 1921 (Araneae: Sparassidae): first description of the female and first records from South Africa and Botswana
Moreover, the female has lateral vertical seta reduced, almost indistinguishable from the setulae around it; clypeus yellow; and stemites 3-6 with small anterior apodemes (Figs.
Descripcion de la hembra de la enigmatica Batrachophthalmum quimbaya (Diptera: Richardiidae)
The genus Cyphonotus Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 differs from all other Palaearctic and NW Oriental genera of Melolonthini by the following combination ofcharacters: body large and stout (26-40 mm), outer margin of protibia with three strong teeth, subapical calcar of protibia missing in both sexes, clypeus with widely rounded anterior angles, antennal club 4-segmented and very short in both sexes (Baraud, 1992; Medvedev, 1951).
First record of Cyphonotus testaceus (Pallas, 1781) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini) from Pakistan
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