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User:Ralf Muschall/Prolegtable

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translated version of a german table that went into Proleg

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  • 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
Number of prolegs on insect larvae at abdominal segments A1–A9/10=S4-12/13 (T1–3: thorax segments with 6 legs)
Larvae of Group/
Family
Order A1=S4 A2=S5 A3=S6 A4=S7 A5=S8 A6=S9 A7=S10 A8=S11 A9/10=S12/13
(anal proleg
pygopodium)
legs
total
incl T1–3
Butterflies/Moths many Lepidoptera - - 2 2 2 2 - - 2 16
Archaic moths Micropterygidae Lepidoptera 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 24
Owlet moths Noctuidae (some) Lepidoptera - - - 2 2 2 - - 2 14
Owlet moths Noctuidae (some) Lepidoptera - - - - 2 2 - - 2 12
Geometer moths Geometridae Lepidoptera - - - - - 2 - - 2 10
Sawflies Symphyta (many) Hymenoptera - 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 22
Sawflies Symphyta (some) Hymenoptera - 2 2 2 2 2 2 - 2 20
Sawflies Symphyta (some) Hymenoptera - 2 2 2 2 2 - - 2 18
some? Pamphiliidae Pamphiliinae Hymenoptera - - - - - - - - 2 8
Mecoptera all Mecoptera 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 24
Caddisflies all Trichoptera - - - - - - - - 2 8