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. 2018 Dec 18;6:e6089. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6089

Table 1. Generalized staging criteria for pupal development of B. impatiens.

Stage Staging criteria
Primary Secondary
P0 White eyed, >7 metasomal segments First abdominal segment not retracted
P1 White eyed, six or seven metasomal segments Leg segment cylindrical and transparent
P2 White-eyed, Leg segments flat, and opaque
P3 Yellow-eyed Tanned suture on tegula/forewing junction*
P4 Peach-eyed Dotted ommatidia
P5 Orange-eyed Both hexagonal and dotted ommatidia
P6 Red-eyed Hexagonal ommatidia
P7/7L Maroon-Brown-eyed Tanned meso-coxa/mesepisternum suture*
P8 Brown-eyed Hexagons at eye center filled
P9 Red tinge on mesosoma Tanned suture on corner of scutellum
P10 Black medial strip on A2
P11 Broken apical metasomal stripes Peppering at frontal line
P12/12L Complete apical metasomal stripes Gray antennal scape
Black setae star to turn orange
P13/13L Blackening of lateral-basal proboscis Black antennal scape, tergites grayish-orange
P14 Abdomen fully black Flagellomere grayish orange
P15 Antennae fully black Whole body black
P16 Leg twitching Extended and wrinkled metasoma

Note:

*

B. impatiens only.