Definition of homopteran in English:
homopteran
nounhəˈmɒpt(ə)r(ə)nhɒˈmɒpt(ə)r(ə)nhōˈmäptərən
Entomology A bug of the group Homoptera.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the first field experiments to detect adaptive population structure was conducted with Nuculaspis californica, a highly sessile homopteran scale insect that displayed local adaptation to individual ponderosa pine trees.
- Other studies have shown a similar association between ant tending level and homopteran survivorship.
- At least one study has shown that leaf-chewing insects took longer to recover from defaunation than did other more mobile taxonomic groups, such as homopterans.
- Other tended homopterans consisted of a small colony of aphids feeding on P. tremuloides (aphids were removed prior to the experiment).
- More than half of the arthropods were spiders, followed by coleopterans, orthopterans, and homopterans.
- Benefit to homopterans is tested by manipulating the presence or abundance of ants, and the density of predators is compared between treatment and control groups.
adjectivehəˈmɒpt(ə)r(ə)nhɒˈmɒpt(ə)r(ə)nhōˈmäptərən
Entomology Relating to or denoting homopterans.
Example sentencesExamples
- The recognition of homopterans by tending ants is critical in ant/homopteran trophobiosis.
- Associations of Hymenoptera with Homoptera have intrigued ecologists and evolutionary biologists as model systems of mutualism.
Derivatives
adjective
Entomology Feeding on homopterous honeydew is a logical extension of the typical nectar-feeding habit of adult Lepidoptera.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many additional homopterous insects were controlled either completely or substantially, and some partially.
- Insect biology, behavior, and dynamics are key areas of emphasis for research utilizing homopterous and lepidopterous pests in a citrus production system.
- However, the fossil is still very fragmentary and although it might well be homopterous, its family position is most obscure.
- From 1979-1988, this group concentrated its attentions on the homopterous pests of alfalfa, i.e., potato leafhopper, meadow spittlebug and the 3 aphid species, pea aphid, spotted alfalfa aphid, and blue alfalfa aphid.