gynopara

English

Noun

gynopara (plural gynoparae)

1. 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).