PLATE 1.14. QUEEN CERVIX

TOP Ventral cervix (neck) region showing the rather narrow and mombranous character of the cervix, which connects the head to the rounded right and left episternal plates of the thorax (bottom) The surface of the cervix is studded with circumferentially arranged, tiny cuticular scales. (x 90)

BOTTOM Dorsal cervix region. The cervix, with several folds and covered with small cuticular studs, visibly connects the prescutum of the thorax (bottom) to the occipital region of the head. (x 67)