Diskuse:Nymfa (biologie)

I don't know what the word in your language means.

Please note that the current set of interwiki links CANNOT be correct.

The French word "Nymphe" is mostly equivalent to the English word "Pupa" The English word "Nymph" is mostly equivalent to the French word "Larve"

The French use the word "Larve" for ANY juvenile stage - hemimetabole or holometabole regardless

Also note that the image "Cetoine_global.jpg" (showing the pupa of a beetle) currently in use on many wikis is a "Nymphe" in the French sense of the word only, NOT in the English sense. In English it would be a good image for the article on "Pupa"

Please decide if your article on Nymfe should link to the English "Nymph" OR to the French "Nymphe" and restore the interwiki accordingly

Thank you for your time. Our definition is the same as in the English Wikipedia: nymph is the immature form of some invertebrates, particularly insects, which undergoes gradual metamorphosis (hemimetabolism) before reaching its adult stage. Unlike a typical larva, a nymph's overall form already resembles that of the adult. --Vojtech.dostal (diskuse) 14. 10. 2012, 07:33 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up Vojtech. Below is a new insight that you may or may not want to add as information to your article

Three versions of usage are identified (up to now):

• "English" ALL juvenile stages between egg and imago in HEMImetabolous insects
• "Italian" Intermediate stage (last stage only) between "larva" and imago in HEMImetabolous insects. Equivalent of last "nymph" stage ONLY in "English" version)
• "French" : Intermediate stage (1) between larva and imago in some HOLOmetabolous insects

I will try to compile a list of good interwikis for the various conotations on the English Talk Page, please feel free to add/discuss your views there. 82.74.136.83 14. 10. 2012, 13:14 (UTC)