Embryonic staging and developmental events in <i>M. abdita</i>.

<p>Embryos are shown as lateral views: anterior is to the left, dorsal is up. Stage numbers (roughly corresponding to Bownes' stages in <i>D. melanogaster </i><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0084421#pone.0084421-CamposOrtega1" target="_blank">[27]</a>) are shown in red at the top left, and time after egg laying (AEL) in hrs:min in white at the bottom left corner of each panel. White arrows and bars indicate morphological landmarks. See main text for a detailed description, and <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0084421#pone-0084421-g003" target="_blank">Figure 3</a> for comparative timing of stages with reference to <i>D. melanogaster</i>.