Figure 4: Nothomicrodon developmental stages. | Scientific Reports

Figure 4: Nothomicrodon developmental stages.

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

Figure 4

(A) Second instar larva, dissected from the host larva. (B) Early third instar larva dissected from the host. (C) Nothomicrodon third instar larva emerging from the host cuticle remains. (D) Two fully grown Nothomicrodon larvae inside a single host larva; arrows point at the scars from which the posterior spiracles protrude. Photos: H. Bahena Basave.

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