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Adults and larvae or nymphs of microinsects display both similar and different miniaturization-related features. The nature of differences in such features depends above all on the type of metamorphosis and mode of life. In hemimetabolous microinsects, as in larger holometabolous insects, the body plans of adults and nymphs are almost identical, and many organ systems have much more complex structure than those of larvae of holometabolous insects of the same size class. This is true, above all, of the central nervous system and musculature. In the smallest insects, as in other animals, the relative volumes of organs change during ontogeny; different groups of microinsects strongly differ in patterns of this allometry.
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Polilov, A.A. (2016). Effects of Miniaturization at Different Stages of the Life Cycle. In: At the Size Limit - Effects of Miniaturization in Insects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39499-2_11
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