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Ribaga Ent.|rɪˈbɑːgə|
The name of Constantino Ribaga (fl. 1897–1929), Italian zoologist, used attrib., in the possessive, and with of to designate a pouch on the abdomen of female insects, chiefly of the family Cimicidæ, into which spermatozoa are deposited by the male during copulation.
Orig. restricted in application to a part of the organ now so called (see quot. 1920).
1920F. W. Cragg in Indian Jrnl. Med. Res. VIII. 46 Its only attachment is to the ventral wall of the abdomen, by means of a structure to be described as the organ of Ribaga. Ibid. 51 Berlese considered that these granules are waste products, produced during the digestion of the spermatozoa, and excreted through the organ of Ribaga. 1957Richards & Davies Imms's Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) i. 189 In the Cimicidae and in Xylocoris the sperms are deposited in Ribaga's organ..and from there pass through the haemocoele to the ovaries. 1970Entomol. Abstr. II. 38/1, 5829 {female} C[imex] lectularius from a variety of sources showed 185 specimens with an abnormality of the Ribaga organ. |