Ovipore

An ovipore is a pore-like sexual organ of a female insect that gets inseminated by the spermatophores ejected by the aedeagus of a male insect during copulation. The spermatophores that pass through the ovipore are stored in most insect species in another organ called spermatheca.

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This insect anatomy-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Reproductive system Sexual anatomy Insect anatomy Insect anatomy stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая? SR Lord Nelson class Matthew Goldstein Look at other dictionaries: Lepidoptera — Taxobox name = Butterflies / skippers, moths fossil range=Jurassic Recent image width = 250px image caption = The Clipper Parthenos sylvia regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera… …   Wikipedia Spermatophore — Mating of the leaf insect Phyllium siccifolium; the white ball near the bottom of the picture is a spermatophore. A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and… …   Wikipedia Hepialidae — Taxobox name = Hepialidae image caption = Gold Swift male calling regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera subordo = Glossata infraordo = Exoporia superfamilia = Hepialoidea familia = Hepialidae familia authority …   Wikipedia Aedeagus — An aedeagus (plural aedeagi ) is a reproductive organ of male insects through which they secrete sperm from the testes during copulation with a female insect. The sperm contains capsules called spermatophores, which contain the spermatozoa. In… …   Wikipedia Exoporia — Taxobox name = Exoporia regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta superordo = Amphiesmenoptera ordo = Lepidoptera subordo = Glossata infraordo = Exoporia diversity = 68 genera and at least 625 species diversity link = Lepidopteran… …   Wikipedia Édéage — Édage de Tormissus linsi (famille des Hydrophilidae). L édéage est l organe reproductif de l insecte mâle par lequel est sécrété le sperme pendant la copulation avec un insecte femelle. Le sperme contient des capsules appelées spermatophores, qui …   Wikipédia en Français 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”