Coleopterans are holometabolous group, meaning that its members all transform from larvae to adults via a pupal stage. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
PUPA - The nonfeeding stage between the larva and adult in the metamorphosis of holometabolous insects, during which the larva typically undergoes complete transformation within a protective cocoon or hardened case. From Wordnik.com. [Defining Ourselves] Reference
"The honeybee immune system, like other species of holometabolous insects, depends on two main categories of defense reactions: the cell-mediated responses such as phagocytosis and encapsulation of foreign objects, and cell-free defense mechanisms represented by the anti-microbial immune proteins" (Response of the Apoidea to fungal infections by Glinski and Buczek - PDF format). From Wordnik.com. [Bee nonsense] Reference
Development can be ametabolous, paurometabolous, or holometabolous. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
In addition, the EcR-B1 isoform of holometabolous insects had a novel microdomain at the N-terminal end. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
As with all holometabolous insects, the silkworm has four distinctive developmental stages in its life cycle, including egg, larva, pupa, and adult. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Moreover, the novel microdomain in the isoform-specific region of the holometabolous insect EcR-B1 isoform suggests that the holometabolous insect EcR-B1 acquired additional transcriptional regulation mechanisms. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
Although distinct physiologic functions of the EcR isoforms have been characterized in higher holometabolous insects, they remain unclear in basal direct-developing insects, in which only A isoform has been identified. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
They certainly aren’t very closely related to holometabolous insects, the insects that undergo complete metamorphosis–beetles, wasps, ants, house flies, butterflies, moths, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
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