planidium

English
Planidium (in this case a triungulin and other instars of a Meloid beetle

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek πλανής (planḗs, “wanderer”)[1]

Noun

planidium (plural planidia)

  1. The first-instar larva of any species of parasitoidal insect in which the life cycle is an example of hypermetamorphosis; so called because the first instar wanders in search of the host, whereas the rest of the instars remain stationary while they feed until they pupate.

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References
  1. Liddell, Henry George, Scott, Robert (1863) A Greek-English Lexicon‎, Clarendon Press
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