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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Glossary » P » puparium, puparia

puparium, puparia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks · Internet References
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
No Taxon (Glossary)
No Taxon (P)
No Taxon puparium, puparia
Explanation of Names
Puparium, singular. Puparia, plural.
Identification
A pupa formed from the exoskeleton of the final larval instar. Michael Allaby. A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999.
A rigid outer shell formed from the larval skin that covers some pupae (as of a dipteran fly). Merrian, Webster.
A puparium is formed in flies of the family Stratiomyidae and others that have maggots as larvae (all Cyclorrhapha). Encyclopedia Britannica.
The hardened exoskeleton of the last larval instar. Amateur Entomologists' Society
Remarks
Examples of puparia.
Internet References
Michael Allaby. A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999.
Merrian, Webster.
Encyclopedia Britannica.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 25 July, 2009 - 1:35pm
Last updated 10 January, 2013 - 11:35am

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