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SISTENS [1 record]

Record 1 2019-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A wingless parthenogenetic form of a plant louse.

OBS

sistens; sistentes: plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Les œufs issus des émigrants ailés [des Adelgidae] donnent naissance à une génération qui subira au premier stade larvaire une longue diapause pour ne reprendre son développement qu'au printemps suivant; cette génération a reçu le nom de «sistens», la larve primaire étant appelée le «néosistens».

Spanish

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