postclypeus

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postclypeus (noun; Latin post, after; clypeus, shield): (Arthropoda: Insecta) In some insects, the posterior or upper division of the clypeus differentiated by a suture from the anteclypeus, the ginglymus of the mandible attaches here; nasus; prefrons

See also: anteclypeus.