Latest revision as of 23:40, 13 September 2013
gena (noun; plural
genae; Latin
gena, cheek): (
Arthropoda:
Insecta) 1. That part of an insect
head on each
side below the eyes, bordered by the
frontal suture, and behind the eyes, by the
occipital suture. 2. In Diptera, the region lying between the
face and the lower
margin of the
eye on either
side; parafacials or
genal groove. 3. In Hymenoptera, the
lateral portions of the
head between the eyes and the insertions of the mandibles of Formicidae.