ethospecies

English

Etymology

From 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.