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Simulium microlepidum Elsen, Fain & de Boeck 1983

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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developmental mode

Insect Development
holometabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

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feeding structure

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
sucking mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/sucking

Definition: Mouthparts adapted for the take-up of liquids via suction through a tubular proboscis.

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(adult)

trophic guild

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
filter feeder
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1252491

Definition: a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure

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(larval stage)