unsclerotic en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + sclerotic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) Not sclerotic.
We speculate that the white regions (lacking pigmentation, unsclerotic) on female tergite may help to accurately perceive and accept the male aedeagus.
2015 May 1, Yan Wang, Ji Ma, Xinfang Mao, “Development of a Nondestructive Method for Sexing Live Adult Sternoplax souvorowiana (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)”, in Journal of Insect Science, volume 15, →DOI: