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Übersetzung für 'sphragis' von Englisch nach Deutsch

sphragis [mating / copulation plug]

Sphragis {f} [Kopulationspfropfen]entom.zool.

• Sphragis {f} [Kopulationspfropfen] = sphragis [mating / copulation plug]

• Japanese entomologists have intensively studied the phylogeography, population dynamics and other aspects of the biology of "Luehdorfia japonica" including the role of the sphragis.
• The forewing spots usually have a less well-developed pigmentation and the sphragis is smaller than in "P.
• Imago: Adult males have been known to guard females with which they have recently mated, possibly to ensure that the sphragis (mating plug) does not become dislodged by another male, as it will not fully harden until approximately one day later.
• The tawny coster is one of a group of butterflies where females feature a sphragis (copulatory plug) which is formed after a mating session.
• Before baking, each prosphoron is stamped with a special seal called "sphragis" or "Panagiari", usually bearing, among other things, the image of a cross with the Greek letters IC XC NIKA ("Jesus Christ conquers") around the arms of the cross.

• Butterflies of the Parnassinae (family Papilionidae) and some Acraeini (family Nymphalidae) add a post-copulatory plug, called the sphragis, to the abdomen of the female after copulation preventing her from mating again.
• Females tend to fly closer to the ground in search of suitable larval food plants, and if already mated, will signal their unavailability in flight by raising the abdomen and lowering the wings to display the sphragis.
• In a few taxa of the Lepidoptera, especially "Heliconius", pupal mating is an extreme form of reproductive strategy in which the adult male mates with a female pupa about to emerge, or with the newly moulted female; this is accompanied by other actions such as capping of the reproductive system of the female with the sphragis, denying access to other males, or by exuding an anti-aphrodisiac pheromone.