Mecinus pyraster

Mature larva. Body width (metathorax or abdominal segments I–II) 0.83–1.00 mm. Head capsule dark brown, narrowed bilaterally. Clypeus trapezium-shaped, anterior margin distinctly sinuated. Epipharynx with three medium, finger-shaped als of almost equal length. Maxilla with one stps and two pfs equal in length; mala with six finger-like dms of different size (dms1–2 medium, dms3–6 long to very long) and five vms different in length. Maxillary palpi: basal palpomere slightly wider than distal, both palpomeres almost equal in length. Pronotum with two as, one ds, two sls, two ls, and three pls. Dorsal parts of abdominal segments I–VII with five setae (d1 placed anteromedially, d2–4 posteromedially, d5 posterolaterally); abdominal segment VIII with only four very long setae dorsally. Abdominal segments I–VIII with one very short prs, three very short pds arranged along posterior margin, two very short ss, two eps different in length, one medium ps, one medium lsts, and two very short eus. Abdominal segments I–VI of almost equal length, segments VII–IX decreasing gradually, segment X reduced to three anal lobes (lateral largest, dorsal smallest or absent).

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