During metamorphosis, the insect CNS undergoes both structural and allometric changes. Due to their extreme de-embryonization and parasitism, the formation of the CNS in egg parasitoids occurs at the late larval stage. Our study provides the first data on the morphological and volumetric changes of the CNS occurring during the pupal development of the parasitic wasp Trichogramma telengai Sorokina, 1987 (Trichogrammatidae). The prepupal-pupal development includes fusion and concentration of ganglia achieved by the loss of connectives. Volumetric analysis shows that during the pupal development the absolute body volume and CNS volume gradually decrease. The brain and thoracic synganglion slightly increase in volume during the pupal period and extremely decrease from late pupa to adult. The CNS neuropil volume increases from prepupa to adult. The mean cell diameter also decreases during the metamorphosis of the nervous system. The cell body rind volume decreases during pupal development; this decrease correlates with the decrease in the number of cells on the one hand and increase in the neuropilar volume on the other hand.
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