dorsal scale
From ZooTerms (Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology)
dorsal scale: 1. (G.T.)
2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) a. The wax and exuviae cover resting tentlike over the body of armored scale. b. Usually two peglike cibarial setae borne lateral and/or posterior to the anterior hard palate of the clypeopalatum of mosquitoes.
