Model 11: Female larva, external view.

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Female late secondary instar larva of Xenos vesparum (Strepsiptera, Xenidae). Ventral side (physiological dorsal side) facing upwards. The specimen was reared in June 2019 from in laboratory infested hosts (Polistes dominula, Hymenoptera, Vespidae) by Hans Pohl. It is deposited at the Phyletisches Museum, Jena as histological sections (PMJ Str_00036). 3D model published in: Weingardt, M., Beutel, R. G., Pohl, H., 2023. Xenos vesparum (Strepsiptera: Xenidae)—a new insect model and its endoparasitic secondary larva. Insect Systematics and Diversity 7: 1–40. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad003. The isosurface is based on a µCT-image stack. Raw data are available from: https://www.morphosource.org/concern/media/000474620?locale=en