part of prescutellar area prescutellar scale Any scale occurring in the prescutellar area of the prescutum; usually occurring in a curved line on the lateral and anterior margins; those extending posteriorly from the dorsocentral scales on the lateral margins may be referred to as lateral prescutellar scales; those occurring on the anterior margin and sometimes forming a median longitudinal row may be termed median prescutellar scales. TGMA:0000278 TGMA:0000278 default_namespace