CEMENT LAYER

cement layer: translation

1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata)

In Acari, the outer layer of cerotegument.

2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)

The thin layer outside the wax of certain insect bodies, that may consist of tanned protein or a shellac-like substance and may function in protecting the wax or take the form of meshwork reservoirs of lipids.