- planidium
- pla·nid·i·um
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Planidium — A planidium is a specialized type of first instar insect larva, seen in groups that are parasitoids; they are generally flattened, highly sclerotized, have legs, are quite mobile, and sometimes have eyes. They occur in the orders Hymenoptera,… … Wikipedia
planidium — n.; pl. idia [Gr. dim. plane, wanderer] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The free living, active, first instar larva of some parasitic hypermetamorphic Neuroptera, Coleoptera (triungulin), all Strepsiptera (triungulinid), Diptera, Lepidoptera and… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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Acroceridae — Small headed flies Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
planidiiform — |planə|dīəˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: New Latin planidium + English iform : resembling a planidium … Useful english dictionary
Beetle — Beetles redirects here. For the band, see The Beatles. For the car, see Volkswagen Beetle. This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). Beetle Temporal range: 318–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Strepsiptera — Taxobox name = Strepsiptera fossil range=Middle Cretaceous Recent image caption = male regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Strepsiptera ordo authority = Kirby, 1813 subdivision ranks = Families subdivision =… … Wikipedia
Mimicry — For other uses, see Mimic (disambiguation). Plate from Henry Walter Bates (1862) illustrating Batesian mimicry between Dismorphia species (top row, third row) and various Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second row, bottom row) In … Wikipedia
Ripiphoridae — Taxobox name = Wedge shaped beetles image width = 250px image caption = Ripiphorus diadasiae male regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera subordo = Polyphaga infraordo = Cucujiformia superfamilia = Tenebrionoidea … Wikipedia
triungulinid — n. [L. tres, three; ungula, claw] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) First instar larva of some hypermetamorphic Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and the Strepsiptera (triungulinid), which are active, compodeiform oligopods; see planidium … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
