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Head orange-brown; mesosoma orange brown, with propodeum and usually metathorax dark brown to black;metasomadark brown to black.
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Other distinguishing characteristics include the top of the head, themetasomaand propodeum, being covered by shallow puncture marks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The female ovipositor is sometimes short, but if not, it is recurved and lies along the dorsal side of themetasoma, a unique feature.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Themetasomais mostly obscured by a large bubble.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Themetasomais longer than the mesosoma, at 225m in.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Head and thorax largely pale brown, mesoscutum usually darker centrally than at the sides,metasomablack.
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The undamagedmetasomacan then be washed in alcohol and remounted with the original specimen. xi.
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This can be done in a number of ways, most of which usually result in themetasomaitself being destroyed.
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The average length of the entire pupa is 3.2 mm, of head 1.0 mm, of mesosoma 1.4 mm, ofmetasoma1.6 mm.
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Head and mesosoma of male largely pale brown, contrasting with darkmetasoma.
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Emarginations of the metasomal tergites were measured with themetasomatilted by approximately 15° towards the observer.
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When probes were long, lasting greater than c. 40 s, pumping movements in themetasomawere observed.
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Loss of mucosal epithelium also occurred when this tissue was trapped between adjacent folds of the acanthocephalan'smetasoma.
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Ovipositor sheath almost twice length ofmetasoma; ovipositor not narrowed apically.
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Ovipositor sheath equal to or greater than length ofmetasoma.
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Ovipositor sheath 1.5 times longer thanmetasoma.
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Head almost entirely orange-brown, antennae dark; mesosoma varying from orange brown anteriorly, darker brown posteriorly to entirely brown (males often darker than females);metasomadark brown to black.
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