part of larval maxillary palpus merostipital process Applied to non Anopheles mosquitoes. in ISBN:0-937548-00-6. In many culicine larvae, a small, strongly sclerotized band or strip of cuticle which is attached to the base of the maxillary palpus; articulated to the base of the mandible just mesal to the postartis; homologous with the merostipes of dixids and the merostipital sclerite of some other culicines; completely incorporated into the maxillary palpus in toxorhynchitines, anophelines and some culicines permitting the maxillary palpus to articulate directly with the base of the mandible, as well as with the postartis in anophelines. TGMA:0001460 TGMA:0001460 default_namespace exoparartis lateral artis maxillary apodeme sclerotized process sclerotized rod secondary process short sclerotized rod