Cervix (insect anatomy)

The cervix in insects is a membrane that separates the head from the thorax and is composed of structures from both of these. A pair of lateral cervical sclerites are embedded in the cervix.^[1]^:39

Footnotes

↑ Scoble (1995) Ch.3:The adult thorax - a study in function & effect (pp 39-91).

References

Scoble, M. J. (1995) The Lepidoptera: form, function and diversity. The Oxford University Press, Oxford UK. ISBN 0-19-854952-0.

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