Sentence examples for and the proboscis of from inspiring English sources

Although he never used the term coevolution, he did refer to "a race in gaining length between the nectary of Angraecum and the proboscis of certain moths" (Darwin 1862).

Female mosquitoes were sedated for 1 min at 4°C, and the proboscis of each mosquito was placed in a plastic pipette tip containing mineral oil.

Compared with those of Hymenoptera and Diptera, the proboscis of Lepidoptera is a relatively simple organ.

The protruding hindquarters create a sore, connecting the surface of the skin to the epidermis and, through the proboscis of the flea, to the dermis.

Microfilia eventually migrate into the bloodstream and are drawn into the proboscis of a mosquito when it bites the host.

The morphology and functional mechanism of the proboscis of Lepidoptera has been reviewed by Krenn et al. (2005) and Krenn (2010).

Control assays keeping the linear heat source at the same temperature as the background (i.e., 33°C), revealed a quite homogeneous distribution of bites, with mean distance of 5.4±2.2 mm between the linear source and the spot contacted by the proboscis of bugs (Figure. 1).

Plant viruses, however, have not evolved their own systems for injecting nucleic acids into host cells, and so they are transmitted by the proboscis of insects that feed on plants.

b Short-tubed flowers (28 millimeters) that are mismatched to the proboscis of a fly and thus receive less pollen on stigmas (Pauw et al. 2009).

For example, mismatches in the length of the proboscis of the fly Moegistorhynchus longirostris and the tube length of its nectar host plant Lapeirousia anceps (Fig. 3) lead to lowered pollination success (Pauw et al. 2009).

To verify this, we searched for coeloconic sensilla using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and no coeloconic thermo-hygroreceptors could be observed on the proboscis of R. prolixus.