adult capitulum Anterior region of the body that contains the palps, chelicerae and hypostome. Capable of dorsal to ventral flexing motion. Homologous with the gnathosoma of mites. The capitulum articulates with the body via a cavity, the camerostome. The capitulum is located at the anterior end of the body in ixodid ticks and the larvae of many argasid ticks. It is located ventrally or subterminal, obscured by an overhang of the anterior end of the body. Fig. 2-7, Fig. 2-8, Fig. 2-9, Fig. 2-10, in Biology of Ticks ISBN:0-19-505910-7. Gnathosoma ISBN:0-19-505910-7 TADS:0000000 TADS:0000000 default_namespace organism subdivision