Definition:
Clavate is a term used to describe certain insect antennae. The term comes from the Latin clava, meaning club. Clavate antennae terminate in a gradual club or knob (unlike the capitate antennae, which end with an abrupt, pronounced knob).
Clavate is a common morphological form of antennae found in some insect groups. This antennae form is found most often in beetles, such as in carrion beetles.
Clavate is just one of many morphological forms of insect antennae. See also:
- aristate
- capitate
- filiform
- flabellate
- geniculate
- lamellate
- moniliform
- pectinate
- plumose
- serrate
- setaceous
- stylate
Source: Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Edition, by Charles A. Triplehorn and Norman F. Johnson
