agriotypiform

agriotypiform
adj. [Gr. agrios, wild; typos, type; L. forma, shape]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Hymenoptera, referring to the peculiar form of larval Agriotypidae, with the first instar having a heavily sclerotized, mandibulate head, rows of spiniform setae on the succeeding segments, and a slender, bifurcate caudal appendage.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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