part of larval stipes Abbr: Stp in ISBN:0-937548-00-6. TGMA:0000894 TGMA:0000894 The distal subdivision of the maxilla bearing the galea, lacinia and maxillary palpus. In mosquito larvae, the lateral part of the stipes, the merostipes of dixid larvae, either 1) has been incorporated into the maxillary palpus, 2) remains as a band of cuticle, merostipital process, attached to the base of the palpus or 3) exists as a small sclerite, merostipital sclerite, below the palpus; the mesal part of the stipes has united with the galea and lacinia to form the maxillary body (the maxillary body consists of distinct galea- and laciniastipes in some species). default_namespace laciniastipes galeastipes