Gynopara

Quick meaning: Gynopara is a noun meaning 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.

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

And in the absence of evidence to the contrary, one must conclude that the gynopara constitutes a distinct form in these species.

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.

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).

Word Forms

• gynoparae

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