spermatophylax

English

Etymology

spermato- +‎ phylax

Noun

spermatophylax (plural spermatophylaxes)

1. A nutritive bolus ejected by some male insects during copulation
   • 2015 October 7, “What’s in the Gift? Towards a Molecular Dissection of Nuptial Feeding in a Cricket”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Male decorated crickets Gryllodes sigillatus transfer a spermatophore to the female during copulation that is composed of an edible gift, the spermatophylax, and the ampulla that contains the ejaculate.