AGRIOTYPIFORM

adj. [Gr. agrios, wild; typos, type; L. forma, shape]

(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)

In Hymenoptera, referring to the peculiar form of larval Agriotypidae, with the first instar having a heavily sclerotized, mandibulate head, rows of spiniform setae on the succeeding segments, and a slender, bifurcate caudal appendage.