Optical photomicrographs and scanning electron photomicrographs of third instar of Anastrepha aphelocentema 6 cephaloskeleton, lateral view 7 cephaloskeleton, dorsal view 8 prothoracic spiracle, lateral view 9 prothoracic spiracle, dorslateral view 10 caudal segment 11 anal lobe. Abbreviations: CS, total length of cephaloskeleton; MHa, mouthhook length a; MHb, mouthhook length b; MHc, mouthhook height c; IS, intermediate sclerite; DA, dorsal arch; DC, length of sclerotized area of dorsal cornu; N, notch; VC, length of ventral cornu; D1, D2, dorsal tubercles and sensilla; I1, I2, intermediate tubercles and sensilla; L1, lateral tubercle and sensillum; V1, V2, ventral tubercles and sensilla. Scale bars: 50 μm (8); 100 μm (9, 11); 200 μm (6, 7); 500 μm (10).

 
 
  Part of: Rodriguez EJ, Steck GJ, Moore MR, Norrbom AL, Diaz J, Somma LA, Ruiz-Arce R, Sutton BD, Nolazco N, Muller A, Branham MA (2022) Exceptional larval morphology of nine species of the Anastrepha mucronota species group (Diptera, Tephritidae). ZooKeys 1127: 155-215. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1127.84628