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Pseudocopulation, the Glossary

Index Pseudocopulation

Pseudocopulation describes behaviors similar to copulation that serve a reproductive function for one or both participants but do not involve actual sexual union between the individuals.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 30 relations: Alkane, Alkene, Bee, Coevolution, Convergent evolution, Copulation (zoology), Cryptostylis, Dasyscolia, Eucera longicornis, Exaptation, Flower, Fly, Labellum (botany), Mimicry, Mimicry in plants, Ophrys apifera, Ophrys insectifera, Ophrys speculum, Orchid, Parthenogenesis, Petal, Pheromone, Pollinator, Pollinium, Sepal, Sex pheromone, Speciation, Sperm, University of Miami, Wasp.

  2. Animal sexuality
  3. Mimicry

Alkane

In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon.

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Alkene

In organic chemistry, an alkene, or olefin, is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond.

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Bee

Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.

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Coevolution

In biology, coevolution occurs when two or more species reciprocally affect each other's evolution through the process of natural selection.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.

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Copulation (zoology)

In zoology, copulation is animal sexual behavior in which a male introduces sperm into the female's body, especially directly into her reproductive tract. Pseudocopulation and copulation (zoology) are animal sexuality and sexual acts.

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Cryptostylis

Cryptostylis, commonly known as tongue orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family.

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Dasyscolia

Dasyscolia ciliata is a species of scoliid wasp found throughout the Mediterranean.

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Eucera longicornis

Eucera longicornis is a species of bee in the family Apidae, subfamily Apinae, and tribe Eucerini, the long-horned bees.

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Exaptation

Exaptation or co-option is a shift in the function of a trait during evolution.

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Flower

A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). Pseudocopulation and flower are pollination.

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Fly

Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing".

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Labellum (botany)

In botany, the labellum (or lip) is the part of the flower of an orchid or Canna, or other less-known genera, that serves to attract insects, which pollinate the flower, and acts as a landing platform for them.

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Mimicry

In evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species.

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Mimicry in plants

In evolutionary biology, mimicry in plants is where a plant organism evolves to resemble another organism physically or chemically, increasing the mimic's Darwinian fitness. Pseudocopulation and mimicry in plants are mimicry and pollination.

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Ophrys apifera

Ophrys apifera, known in Europe as the bee orchid, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Ophrys, in the family of Orchidaceae.

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Ophrys insectifera

Ophrys insectifera, the fly orchid, is a species of orchid and the type species of the genus Ophrys.

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Ophrys speculum

Ophrys speculum, the mirror orchid, is a species of Ophrys distributed throughout the Mediterranean that is pollinated exclusively by a single species of scoliid wasp.

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Orchid

Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae, a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.

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Parthenogenesis

Parthenogenesis (from the Greek παρθένος|translit.

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Petal

Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. Pseudocopulation and Petal are pollination.

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Pheromone

A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.

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Pollinator

A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. Pseudocopulation and pollinator are pollination.

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Pollinium

A pollinium (pollinia) is a coherent mass of pollen grains in a plant that are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination, as a single unit. Pseudocopulation and pollinium are pollination.

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Sepal

A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Sex pheromone

Sex pheromones are pheromones released by an organism to attract an individual of the same species, encourage them to mate with them, or perform some other function closely related with sexual reproduction.

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Speciation

Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species.

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Sperm

Sperm (sperm or sperms) is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one).

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University of Miami

The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Wasp

A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder.

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See also

Animal sexuality

Mimicry

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocopulation

Also known as Maurice-Alexandre Pouyanne, Pouyannian mimicry, Pseudocopulating.