Glossary of arthropod cuticle

This is a glossary of terms used in the description of arthropod cuticle, including that of insects such as ants. For reasons still under investigation, these animals can have surface textures spanning and combining cracks, excavations, imbrications, mealiness, punctures, reticulations, roughness, scratches, spots, wrinkles, and more (generically, 'sculpturing' or 'microsculpture').

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