corypha

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corypha (noun; plural coryphae; Greek koryphe, top): (Arthropoda: Insecta) That region of certain scarabaeoid larvae, between the epipharynx and the clithra, sometimes bearing setae; often merged with the acropariae into a common apical region when the clithra are absent.