Back طفيفات التحول Arabic Nekompletna metamorfoza BS Hemimetabolisme Catalan Hemimetabolisme Danish Hemimetabolismo Spanish Vaegmoone Estonian Metamorfosi bakun Basque دگردیسی ناقص Persian Osittainen muodonvaihdos Finnish Paurométabole French
Hemimetabolism or hemimetaboly, also called partial metamorphosis and paurometabolism,[1] is the mode of development of certain insects that includes three distinct stages: the egg, nymph, and the adult stage, or imago. These groups go through gradual changes; there is no pupal stage. The nymph often has a thin exoskeleton and resembles the adult stage but lacks wings and functional reproductive organs.[2] The hemimetabolous insects differ from ametabolous taxa in that the one and only adult instar undergoes no further moulting.[3]
- ^ McGavin, George C. Essential Entomology: An Order-by-Order Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. pp. 20.
- ^ Baluch, Page (April 29, 2011). "Incomplete Metamorphosis Has Three Stages: Egg, Nymph, and Adult". ASU - Ask A Biologist. Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Gullan, P. J.; Cranston, P. S. (2014). The Insects: An Outline of Entomology (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. p. 241.