Glossary of arthropod cuticle

This is a glossary of terms used in the description of arthropod cuticle, including that of insects such as ants. For reasons still under investigation, these animals can have surface textures spanning and combining cracks, excavations, imbrications, mealiness, punctures, reticulations, roughness, scratches, spots, wrinkles, and more. As such, hundreds of technical terms have been adapted for use in description of individual specimens from which taxa are defined.

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file:Discothyrea dryad.stl|thumb|alt=ant|The mandibles of Discothyrea dryad are roughly sculptured with piligerous '''punctulae'''

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file:Proceratium bruelheidei.stl|thumb|alt=ant|the abdominal segments 5, 6, & 7 of Proceratium bruelheidei are very superficially '''reticulate'''

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file:Martialis heureka CASENT0106181 1.jpg|thumb|alt=ant|the lateral surfaces of the propodeum of Martialis heureka are faintly '''striate'''