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hypermetamorphosis Entom.|ˌhaɪpəmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs|
[f. hyper- 5 + metamorphosis.]
An extreme form of metamorphosis occurring in certain insects (esp. in beetles of the family Meloidæ), in which the animal passes through two or more different larval stages. So hypermetaˈmorphism, the character of undergoing hypermetamorphosis; also hypermetaˈmorphic, -morˈphotic adjs., characterized by hypermetamorphism.
1875W. Houghton Sk. Brit. Ins. 155 Hypermetamorphosis of the larva, as in the Meloidæ. 1875Darwin Anim. & Pl. xxvii. (ed. 2) II. 363 Certain beetles..undergo what has been called a hyper-metamorphosis—that is, they pass through an early stage wholly different from the ordinary grub-like larva. 1881R. McLachlan in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 147/1 ‘Hypermetamorphism’..in which the larva at one period of its life assumes a very different form and habit from those of another period. Ibid. 149/1 The extraordinary genus Sitaris (equally hypermetamorphotic), a parasite in bees' nests. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 508 In a few instances (Mantispa among Neuroptera, Meloidæ among Coleoptera) there is a hyper-metamorphosis. The first larva is Campodeiform, the second more or less eruciform. |