adultoid reproductive

adultoid reproductive
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In higher termites, a replacement reproductive following the disappearance of the primary reproductive, that is an imaginal already present, or a nymph reared to an imago stage and morphologically indistinguishable from the primary; see primary reproductive, nymphoid reproductive, ergatoid reproductive.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • primary reproductive — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Isoptera, the queen or male termite derived from winged adults, that establish a colony; see adultoid reproductive, nymphoid reproductive, ergatoid reproductive …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • supplementary reproductive — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Isoptera, a queen or male, in the form of adultoid, nymphoid or ergatoid, that take over as a functional reproductive after the removal of the primary reproductive of the same sex …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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