posted on 2025-08-20, 02:52authored byErick J. Rodriguez, Gary J. Steck, Matthew R. Moore, Allen L. Norrbom, Jessica Diaz, Louis A. Somma, Raul Ruiz-Arce, Bruce D. Sutton, Norma Nolazco, Alies Muller, Marc A. Branham
<p><b>Table 5.</b> Larval characters and character states used for comparative morphology of the pseudocephalon.</p><table><tr><th>Character</th><th>State</th></tr><tr><td>1. Preoral organ and preoral lobe</td><td>0, fused; 1, separate</td></tr><tr><td>2. Position of the preoral organ</td><td>0, lateral to the mouthhook; 1, anterolateral to the mouthhook; 2, anterior to the mouthhook</td></tr><tr><td>3. Posterior margin of the oral ridges</td><td>0, entire to serrate; 1, entire to emarginate; 2, at least some dentate; 3, all or most fringed</td></tr><tr><td>4. Accessory plates</td><td>0, present, bordering each oral ridge; 1, anteriorly absent, but medially and posteriorly bordering each oral ridge; 2, completely absent</td></tr><tr><td>5. Posterior margin of the accessory plates</td><td>0, entire to serrate; 1, entire to emarginate; 2, dentate; 3, fringed</td></tr><tr><td>6. Vertical comb-like processes</td><td>0, absent; 1, present</td></tr></table><p>Notes:</p>Published as part of <i>Rodriguez, Erick J., Steck, Gary J., Moore, Matthew R., Norrbom, Allen L., Diaz, Jessica, Somma, Louis A., Ruiz-Arce, Raul, Sutton, Bruce D., Nolazco, Norma, Muller, Alies & Branham, Marc A., 2022, Exceptional larval morphology of nine species of the Anastrepha mucronota species group (Diptera, Tephritidae), pp. 155 in ZooKeys 1127</i> on page 155, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1127.84628