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narrowed pronotum,
paired protibial spurs, and the loss of the
transverse mesonotal groove. The
superfamily also
includes two
extinct families.
Meicai and...
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ctenidial (comb-like).
There is a
distinct V-shaped
suture between the
mesonotal prescutum and
scutum (near the
level of the wing bases). The
wings are...
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anterior margin in a
depressed band.The
thorax is rufous-brown with two grey
mesonotal bands. The
prothoracic bristles are ciliform.
Rufous legs. The
wings membrane...
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millimetres (0.015 in). The head of
minor workers are
flattened with the
mesonotal suture absent.
Major workers have a head
length of 0.78
millimetres (0...
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rubra has
fewer strong rugae, and is
smoother on the
lower half of the
mesonotal pleura than M. kotokui; its
propodeal spines are shorter, and the rugae...
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exhibits alternating dark
brown and tannish-yellow striping.
Between the
mesonotal prescutum and the
scutum there is a V-shaped
suture distinctive to all...
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Scutellum triangular and not
trapezoidal and is dark yellow, hairy.
Mesonotal plates are broad, and dull yellow. In head,
frons and
mouthparts are projected...
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Agrius luctifera but the
wings and body have a
vinaceous tint and the
mesonotal yellow spots are absent. The
black dorsal line on the
abdomen is sharply...
- are
usually allied with the
Tanyderidae based on
similarities of the
mesonotal suture, this
group being called the Ptychopteromorpha.
Ptychoptera albimana...
- (meaning it has many curves), and, like the pronotum, has 12 or more
mesonotal setae. The
mesothoracic spiracles are very
small and the
propodeal dorsum...
