pupa adectica (English spelling) pupa adectica

…It is found in the Trichotoptera, which pupate in the water, tear the cocoon with their mandibles, and emerge to the surface before evolving into wings, as well as in the Neuroptera and Mecoptera. Pupa with immobile mandibles is called a soft-jawed pupa (pupa adectica), which is further divided into naked pupae and covered pupae. In the naked pupa (pupa exarata), the antennae, legs, and wings are detached from the body surface, and so it is also called a free pupa. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…水中で蛹化し繭を大あごで切り裂いて水上に浮上後羽化する毛翅類をはじめ，脈翅目･長翅目などにみられる。大あごが不動のものを軟顎蛹pupa adecticaと称し，これをさらに裸蛹と被蛹に分ける。裸蛹pupa exarataは触角，脚，羽は体表から離れ，このため自由蛹ともいう。…

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