Meaning of pronymph | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An arthropod hatchling still inside its embryonic cuticle, often specialized for breaking the eggshell or leaving the oviposition site; a prolarva.
2. A prepupa with externally visible pupal traits.

Examples

“Rudimentary mandibular and maxillary stylets of a pronymph are external, short, tubular appendages containing tips of the corresponding nymphal stylets, whose more basal parts develop⟳ inside of the head.”

“The nymphs first hatch out in a sort⟳ of safety suit⟳ that wraps all their limbs close⟳ to their body (at this stage⟳ they are called a 'pronymph'), they then work⟳ their way slowly to the surface pushing through the soil or foam above them with the help⟳ of an expanding sack in the top base⟳ of their necks […]”

“The transition from eonymph to pronymph was marked by a certain number⟳ of morphological modifications and by the progressive formation of the pupal eye.”

“2004, Nikita Kluge, Larval/pupal leg transformation and a new diagnosis for the taxon Metabola Burmeister, 1832 = Oligoneoptera Martynov, 1923, Russian Entomological Journal However, unlike other Metabola, disturbed pronymph of Sialis, after some period of immovable lying, stands on its legs, runs away and bury⟳ itself into the ground.”

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