Figure 3: Parasitized A. chartifex larva and developmental stages of Nothomicrodon. | Scientific Reports

Figure 3: Parasitized A. chartifex larva and developmental stages of Nothomicrodon.

From: Rediscovery and reclassification of the dipteran taxon Nothomicrodon Wheeler, an exclusive endoparasitoid of gyne ant larvae

Figure 3

(A) A. chartifex larva with sclerotized oviposition scar where the posterior respiratory process of the parasitoid fly larva protrudes. (B) Nothomicrodon egg attached to the host cuticle, the host larva has been dissected. (C) Egg. (D) First instar larva dissected from its host. Photos: H. Bahena Basave and G. Pérez-Lachaud.

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