pronymph

== English == === Etymology === From pro- +‎ nymph. === Noun === pronymph (plural pronymphs) An arthropod hatchling still inside its embryonic cuticle, often specialized for breaking the eggshell or leaving the oviposition site; a prolarva. A prepupa with externally visible pupal traits. 1998, Martine Hamel et al., The effects of 20-hydroxyecdysone on breaking diapause of Diprion pini L. (Hym., Diprionidae), Blackwell Science, pages 337-346 The transition from eonymph to pronymph was marked by a certain number of morphological modifications and by the progressive formation of the pupal eye. 2004, Nikita Kluge, Larval/pupal leg transformation and a new diagnosis for the taxon Metabola Burmeister, 1832 = Oligoneoptera Martynov, 1923, Russian Entomological Journal However, unlike other Metabola, disturbed pronymph of Sialis, after some period of immovable lying, stands on its legs, runs away and bury[sic] itself into the ground.