spermatophylax
English
Etymology
spermato- + phylax
Noun
spermatophylax (plural spermatophylaxes)
- A nutritive bolus ejected by some male insects during copulation
- 2015 October 7, “What’s in the Gift? Towards a Molecular Dissection of Nuptial Feeding in a Cricket”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- Male decorated crickets Gryllodes sigillatus transfer a spermatophore to the female during copulation that is composed of an edible gift, the spermatophylax, and the ampulla that contains the ejaculate.
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