Hyperparasite

Go to navigation Go to search For the video game, see HyperParasite. A hyperparasitoid wasp (Pteromalidae) on the cocoons of its host, a braconid wasp (subfamily Microgastrinae), itself a parasitoid koinobiont of Lepidoptera A hyperparasitic microsporidian, Nosema podocotyloidis, a parasite of a digenean, Podocotyloides magnatestis, itself a parasite of Parapristipoma octol fish ine atum[1]
A hyperparasite, also known as a metaparasite, is a parasite whose host, often an insect, is also a parasite,[2] often specifically a parasitoid.[a][3] Hyperparasites are mainly found among the wasp-waisted Apocrita. in the Hymenoptera, and in two other orders of insects, the Diptera (true flies) and the Coleoptera (beetles). Seventeen families of Hymenoptera and a few species of Diptera and Coleoptera are hyperparasitic.

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Go to navigation Go to search For the video game, see HyperParasite.

A hyperparasitoid wasp (Pteromalidae) on the cocoons of its host, a braconid wasp (subfamily Microgastrinae), itself a parasitoid koinobiont of Lepidoptera

A hyperparasitic microsporidian, Nosema podocotyloidis, a parasite of a digenean, Podocotyloides magnatestis, itself a parasite of Parapristipoma octol fish ine atum[1]

A hyperparasite, also known as a metaparasite, is a parasite whose host, often an insect, is also a parasite,[2] often specifically a parasitoid.[a][3] Hyperparasites are mainly found among the wasp-waisted Apocrita. in the Hymenoptera, and in two other orders of insects, the Diptera (true flies) and the Coleoptera (beetles). Seventeen families of Hymenoptera and a few species of Diptera and Coleoptera are hyperparasitic.