Morphological Terms/Larva

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  • Wheeler & Wheeler (1976), Fig. 1. Measu;rements and orientation of body. A: anterior. b: body. D: dorsal. E: end. h: head. P: Posterior. S: surface. V: ventral.
  • Wheeler & Wheeler (1976), Fig. 2. Hypothetical generalized body in side view.
  • Wheeler & Wheeler (1976), Fig. 12. Hypothetical generalized head in anterior view.
  • Wheeler & Wheeler (1976), Fig. 13. Hypothetical generalized head in side view.
  • Wheeler & Wheeler (1976), Fig. 14. Parts of hypothetical generalized head, enlarged.
  • Solis et al. (2009), Fig. 6. Antennae of Camponotus textor larvae: (A) first instar larva, (B) fourth instar larva (arrows indicate basiconic sensilla on the antennae); (C) full view of mouthparts of fourth instar larva:
    cl: clypeus
    ga: galea
    pl: labial palpus
    pp: labial pseudopalpus
    la: labium
    lb: labrum
    M: mandible
    mx: maxilla
    pm: maxillary palpus
    (D) close view of the anterior surface of a mandible of a second instar larva showing the striae (arrow); (E) full view of a maxilla of a third instar larva with apical sensilla (arrows); (F) frontal view of a labium of a second instar larva showing the sensilla of a labial palpus (indicated with arrows). Sizes of scale bars: (A) 0.007 mm; (B) 0.008 mm; (C) 0.063 mm; (D) 0.007 mm; (E) 0.020 mm; (F) 0.012 mm.
  • Jacintho et al. (2024), Fig 2. Larval morphology of Acanthognathus rudis: A. Larva in the “very young” stage (Wheeler & Wheeler, 1969), zoom indicating type (iii) hairs (right); B. Larval head zoomed in profile; C. Larval head zoomed in full face view. Abbreviations: ant: antennae; clp: clypeus; lbplp: labial palp; md: mandible; mx: maxillae; mxplp: maxillary palp.

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