stylops


stylops

(ˈstaɪlɒps) n, pl -lopes (-ləˌpiːz) (Animals) any insect of the order Strepsiptera, including the genus Stylops, living as a parasite in other insects, esp bees and wasps: the females remain in the body of the host but the males move between hosts[C19: New Latin, from Greek, from stulos a pillar + ōps an eye, from the fact that the male insect has stalked compound eyes]