anterior to posterior to bearer of has characteristic continuous with continuous with adjacent to adjacent to insect sclerite head capsule labrum insect mandible The cuticle of the mouthpart and sclerite between the cuticle of the labrum and the cuticle of the insect maxilla that is attached to the head capsule by the oral foraminal conjunctiva and the cranio-mandibular muscle. insect maxilla cranio-mandibular muscle oral foraminal conjunctiva mouthpart bilaterally paired bilaterally paired