gynopara
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[edit]Noun
[edit]gynopara (plural gynoparae)
- A viviparous female aphid that is born in the autumn on a secondary host, then flies to the primary host where she produces new females that mate and deposit eggs.
- 1900, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection - Volume 2081, page 196:
- Field experience has shown that the arrival of a single gynopara (and one or more males) is sufficient to produce a severe infestation over the entire tree the following spring.
- 1966, Advances in Insect Physiology, page 213:
- And in the absence of evidence to the contrary, one must conclude that the gynopara constitutes a distinct form in these species.
- 2012, A.F.G. Dixon, Aphid Ecology: An optimization approach, page 94:
- Sex allocation by dimorphic host-alternating species, however, can best be described as sequential hermaphroditism: gynoparae are produced before males (Figure 5.5; Dixon and Glen, 1971).