prothetelyn.

1911 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 4 313 The discs have developed with abnormal rapidity; thus producing larvae which possess characters that normally do not make their appearance until the pupal or adult condition is reached. This abnormal condition has been termed ‘prothetely’ by Kolbe (1903).

1940 R. Goldschmidt Material Basis Evol. iv. 283 The actual working of this timing mechanism can be inferred from cases of so-called prothetely, where a single larval organ, e.g. wings or antennae, metamorphoses alone.

1986 Jrnl. Insect Physiol. 32 813 Precocene III induced both precocious adult development (prothetely) and metathetely in all three species.

1924 Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. Biol. Sci. 1 142 Evidently there have been two factors responsible for the appearance of the prothetelic characters.

1960 H. Oldroyd tr. Jeannel Introd. Entomol. iv. 83 (caption) Prothetelic larva of Tenebrio molitor..showing rudiments of wings.

1988 Canad. Jrnl. Zool. 66 2295 The insects died in or shortly after an unsuccessful ecdysis, some of them exhibiting slightly prothetelic wings.

1925 Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. 6 211 (title) A prothetelous larva of Monocrepidius exsul (Elaterid[a]e, Coleoptera).

1936 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 29 269 Larger numbers of prothetelous larvae were observed..after exposure of mature larvae to a temperature of 44°C.

2002 Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae 48 (Suppl. 2) 41 Most of these [snakefly] larvae become prothetelous, i.e. they develop pupal or imaginal characters, e.g. compound eyes, wing pads, and appendages on the abdomen.