parafacial

The parafacial or parafacialia is the area between ptilinal fissure and the compound eye of dipterans.{{cite book |last=Rognes |first=Knut |title=Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark |series=Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica |volume=24 |date=1991 |type=Hardback |publisher=Brill |location=Lieden |isbn=90-04-09304-4 |pages=1–272 }}