ethospecies

English

Etymology

etho- +‎ species

Noun

ethospecies (plural ethospecies)

  1. (biology) A species that is reproductively isolated from other morphologically similar species due to its breeding behaviour.
    • 2014, Peter N. Witt, Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance:
      For these and other reasons we suggest that S. rovneri is an ethospecies, morphologically similar to but reproductively isolated from its sibling species by courtship behavior, particularly acoustic communication.
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