part of epicranial plate gular area In most insects, the midventral rear part of the head and midventral part of the cervix; bounded anteriorly by a pregular suture (if present) or by an imaginary line between the front edges of the posterior tentorial pits, laterally by the gular suture (if present) and a line projected posteriad from it or (if the gular suture is absent) by a line projected posteriad from the back edge of the posterior tentorial pit, and posteriorly by the prosternum; may consist entirely of gular membrane or, especially in prognathous insects, of membrane and one or more sclerites (the gula). In mosquito larvae, includes the midventral rear edge of the cranium and a large area of gular membrane. TGMA:0000726 TGMA:0000726 default_namespace anatomical surface