CU
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Cuticle
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Altered colour, thickness, pilosity or sculpture of the cuticle compared to healthy conspecifics
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IC
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Intercaste
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Morphology combining characteristics of two or more healthy castes of same species
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PG
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Physogastry
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Gaster enlarged or distended due to presence of a parasite
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PR
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Proportions
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Altered proportions of morphological structures (e.g., appendage length, head width) compared to healthy conspecifics of same caste
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SXR
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Reduced sex characters
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Reduction of gonads, ocelli, wings or thoracic sclerites in specimens otherwise corresponding to gyne or male morphology
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