User:Ralf Muschall/Prolegtable

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translated version of a german table that went into Proleg

  • change in content: I added the absolute segment position (e.g. S4 for A1) because that one is easier to see in live specimens; and I removed the second column because it would be redundant in English
More information Larvae of, Group/ Family ...
Number of prolegs on insect larvae at abdominal segments A1–A9/10=S4-12/13 (T1–3: thorax segments with 6 legs)
Larvae ofGroup/
Family		OrderA1=S4A2=S5A3=S6A4=S7A5=S8A6=S9A7=S10A8=S11A9/10=S12/13
(anal proleg
pygopodium)		legs
total
incl T1–3
Butterflies/MothsmanyLepidoptera--2222--216
Archaic mothsMicropterygidaeLepidoptera22222222224
Owlet mothsNoctuidae (some)Lepidoptera---222--214
Owlet mothsNoctuidae (some)Lepidoptera----22--212
Geometer mothsGeometridaeLepidoptera-----2--210
SawfliesSymphyta (many)Hymenoptera-2222222222
SawfliesSymphyta (some)Hymenoptera-222222-220
SawfliesSymphyta (some)Hymenoptera-22222--218
some? PamphiliidaePamphiliinaeHymenoptera--------28
MecopteraallMecoptera22222222224
CaddisfliesallTrichoptera--------28
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