Larval primary interneuron that expresses even-skipped and has its soma in the ventrolateral cortex of the ventral nerve cord (Patel et al., 1989; Wang et al., 2022). It is produced by a type 0 division of neuroblast NB3-3 (Wang et al., 2022). There are approximately 5 of these cells per thoracic hemineuromere and around 9 per abdominal hemineuromere (Schmidt et al., 1997).