polypod larva

polypod larva: (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)

1. An insect larval stage found in Lepidoptera and some Hymenoptera with thoracic appendages and caterpillar-like abdominal locomotory processes (prolegs); polypodeiform; eruciform larva; see protopod larva; campodeiform larva.

2. In parasitic Hymenoptera, it has many different forms, often unlike a normal insect.

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protopod larva — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In some parasitic Hymenoptera and Diptera, the earliest phase with segmentation absent or indistinct and with rudimentary appendages only on the head and thorax; see polypod larva, campodeiform larva … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
eruciform — adj. [L. eruca, caterpillar; forma, shape] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Having a body shaped like a caterpillar: cylindrical body, well developed head, thoracic legs, and abdominal prolegs; see polypod larva … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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