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,[1] 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').

As such, hundreds of technical terms have been adapted for use in description of individual specimens from which taxa are defined.

see also rastrate, scarifiedsee also colliculate, granulate, papillaterare; see also atomarius, irrorate, maculaterare; see also coriaceous, coriarioussee also areolate, goffered, reticulatesee also areolatesee also alveolate, areate, goffered, reticulatesee also salebrose, scabrous, squarroserare; see also adsperse, irrorate, maculate.rare; see also porcate, sulcaterare; see also clathrate, reticulateantonym: ecarinate; diminutive: carinulate; see also costate, cristate, porcatesee also costulate, cristulatesee also vermicular, vermiculatesee also imbricate, scutate squamatediminutive: catenulate; see also consuterare; see also canaliculate, fluted, striate, strigaterare; see also impressed, lacunose, variolatesee also cancellate, reticulatesee also acinose, granulate, papillateantonym: sparsesee also intricate, obscureantonyms: dispersed, sparse; see also conflectedsee also catenaterare; see also alutaceous, coriariousrare; see also alutaceous, coriaceousrarerare; see also fatiscent, fissate, rimosediminutive: costulate; see also carinate, cristate, porcatediminutive: crenulatediminutive: cristulate; see also carinate, costate, porcatesee also carinulaterare; see also glabrous, immaculate, investitus, nudesee also sparseantonym: carinatediminutive: echinulatesee also sculpturedrare; see also impressedrare; see also lacunoseantonym: plicaterare; see also fossulate, scrobiculatesee also farinose, pollinose, pruinose, pulverulent, rorulentsee also farinaceous, pollinose, pruinose, pulverulent, rorulentsee also corticinus, fissate, rimoseraresee also corticinus, fatiscent, rimoserare; see also canaliculate, channelledsee also exsculptate, lacunose, scrobiculatediminutive: foveolate; see also lacunose, punctatediminutive: punctate; see also foveolatesee also denudate, immaculate, investitus, nuderare; see also alveolate, areolate, cancellate, clathrate, reticulatesee also acinose, farinoserare; see also strigatesee also cataphracted, scutate, squamateantonym: maculate; see also denudate, glabrous, investitus, nuderare; see also cicatrose, lacunose, variolateantonym: punctateantonym: munite; see also muticrare; antonym: notatesee also intervalsee also intersticesee also confused, obscuresee also denudate, glabrous, immaculate, nudesee also adsperse, atomarius, farinose, maculatesee also excavated, foveate, impressed, variolaterare; see also glabrous, micans, nitid, politusdiminutive: lineolaterare; antonym: immaculate; see also adsperse, atomarius, irroratesee also sculpturesee also glabrous, levigate, nitid, politusantonym: inermissee also inermissee also glabrous, levigate, micans, politussee also acinose, colliculate, torulose, tuberculate, verrucoserare; antonym: innotate; see also impressed, maculate, ordinatesee also denudate, glabrous, immaculate, investitussee also confused, intricatesee also perlatesee also acinose, colliculate, papillulate, pustulatesee also papillatesee also ordinatesee also plicateantonym: explicate; see also plica, striatesee also glabrous, micans, nitidrare; see also farinaceous, farinose, pruinose, pulverulent, rorulentsee also canaliculate, carinate, costate, cristate, striate, sulcatesee also protuberancesee also prominentsee also farinaceous, farinose, pollinose, pulverulent, rorulentsee also farinaceous, farinose, pollinose, pruinose, rorulent, squarroseantonym: impunctate; diminutive: puncticulate, punctulate; see also foveate, foveolatesee also punctulatesee also puncticulatesee also acinose, colliculate, papillatesee also aciculate, scarifiedsee also alveolate, areolate, cancellate, clathrate, goffereddiminutive: rimulose; see also corticinus, fatiscent, fissate, rivose, undosediminutive: rivulose; see also rimose, venosesee also farinaceous, farinose, pollinose, pruinose, pulverulent, squarrosediminutive: rugulose; see also salebrose, scabroussee also scabriculousrare; see also asperous, rugose, scabrous, squarrosesee also murriculate, shagreeneddiminutive: scabriculous; see also rugose, salebrose, squarrosesee also aciculate, rastratesee also exsculptate, fossulatesee also maculationsee also embosseddiminutive: scutellate; see also cataphracted, imbricate, squamaterare; see also cataphracted, imbricate, squamaterarerare; see also scabriculousantonyms: conflected, connected; see also dispersedsee also perlate, tuberculatediminutive: spinulate; see also echinatesee also echinulaterare; see also cataphracted, imbricate, scutatesee also pulverulent, rugose, salebrose, scabrousdiminutive: striolate; see also strigatediminutive: strigulate; see also hatched, striatesee also striolatesee also strigulatesee also canaliculate, porcatesee also cancellate, clathratediminutive: torulose; see also nodulate, tuberculate, verrucosesee also torosesee also nodulate, torose, verrucosesee also vermiculatesee also cicatrose, impressed, lacunosesee also cariose, undose, vermiculatesee also cariose, undose, vermicularsee also nodulate, torose, tuberculaterare This article incorporates text from a publication with contents licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0: Shattuck, Steve, ed.

"Surface Sculpturing II".