hyperparasitoid

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ parasitoid

Noun

hyperparasitoid (plural hyperparasitoids)

  1. A secondary parasitoid, developing or subsisting on another parasitoid.
    • 2015 August 14, “Aphid Parasitoid Mothers Don't Always Know Best through the Whole Host Selection Process”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0135661:
      Explanations for the mismatch between mother preference and host suitability can include threat of hyperparasitoids, host defence, and learning of plant-host complex cues.
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