kleptobiosisn.

/ˌklɛptəʊbʌɪˈəʊsɪs/

Forms: In quots. clepto-.

Etymology: < Greek κλέπτης thief, κλέπτειν to steal + βίωσις way of life.

Zoology.

Among ants and certain other social insects, an association in which a small species feeds on the refuse of a neighbouring nest inhabited by a larger species, or robs returning workers of the host species of the food they are carrying.

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kleptobiosis1901

1901 W. M. Wheeler in Amer. Naturalist 35 516 I have therefore adopted the following headings... Cleptobiosis. Wasmann's ‘Diebsameisen’; first regular form of compound nest.

1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants xxiii. 426 Cleptobiosis.—Forel..suggests that this term be restricted to those cases in which small ants establish their nests near or on the nests of larger species and either feed on the refuse food or waylay the workers when they return to their home and compel them to give up their booty.

1923 W. M. Wheeler Soc. Life Insects v. 200 1. Brigandage (Cleptobiosis). 2. Thievery (Lestobiosis).

1927 H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe Guests of Brit. Ants iii. 78 Ants exhibit a variety of associations, symbiotic, mutualistic, and parasitic... Such associations consist of—Cleptobiosis (originally used to denote thievery, now applied to brigandage by Wheeler); Lestobiosis [etc.].

1928 W. M. Wheeler Soc. Insects 279 Certain small but aggressive species..deserve the name of brigands (cleptobiosis).

1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xix. 381/2 Members of the melipomine genus Lestrimelitta do engage in nest robbing, or ‘cleptobiosis’.

Derivatives

ˌkleptobiˈotic adj.

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kleptobiotic1901

1901 W. M. Wheeler in Amer. Naturalist 35 529 All the known cleptobiotic ants are of minute size and of subterranean habits.

1928 W. M. Wheeler Soc. Insects 278 Compound nests may be divided into several minor categories, the cleptobiotic, lestobiotic.

1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xix. 377/2 As a rule, cleptobiotic aculeates prey on only one or a very few species of other aculeates.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	kleptobiosis
释义	kleptobiosisn. /ˌklɛptəʊbʌɪˈəʊsɪs/ Forms: In quots. clepto-. Etymology: < Greek κλέπτης thief, κλέπτειν to steal + βίωσις way of life. Zoology. Among ants and certain other social insects, an association in which a small species feeds on the refuse of a neighbouring nest inhabited by a larger species, or robs returning workers of the host species of the food they are carrying. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined as social insect or association of > in which small species takes food from large kleptobiosis1901 1901 W. M. Wheeler in Amer. Naturalist 35 516 I have therefore adopted the following headings... Cleptobiosis. Wasmann's ‘Diebsameisen’; first regular form of compound nest. 1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants xxiii. 426 Cleptobiosis.—Forel..suggests that this term be restricted to those cases in which small ants establish their nests near or on the nests of larger species and either feed on the refuse food or waylay the workers when they return to their home and compel them to give up their booty. 1923 W. M. Wheeler Soc. Life Insects v. 200 1. Brigandage (Cleptobiosis). 2. Thievery (Lestobiosis). 1927 H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe Guests of Brit. Ants iii. 78 Ants exhibit a variety of associations, symbiotic, mutualistic, and parasitic... Such associations consist of—Cleptobiosis (originally used to denote thievery, now applied to brigandage by Wheeler); Lestobiosis [etc.]. 1928 W. M. Wheeler Soc. Insects 279 Certain small but aggressive species..deserve the name of brigands (cleptobiosis). 1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xix. 381/2 Members of the melipomine genus Lestrimelitta do engage in nest robbing, or ‘cleptobiosis’. Derivatives ˌkleptobiˈotic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > of or relating to kleptobiosis kleptobiotic1901 1901 W. M. Wheeler in Amer. Naturalist 35 529 All the known cleptobiotic ants are of minute size and of subterranean habits. 1928 W. M. Wheeler Soc. Insects 278 Compound nests may be divided into several minor categories, the cleptobiotic, lestobiotic. 1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xix. 377/2 As a rule, cleptobiotic aculeates prey on only one or a very few species of other aculeates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1901
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