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stylops /ˈstʌɪlɒps /noun (plural same)A minute insect that spends part or all of its life as an internal parasite of other insects, especially bees or wasps. The males are winged and the females typically retain a grub-like form and remain parasitic.- Order Strepsiptera, in particular genus Stylops, family Stylopidae.
Larval stages and female stylops of most families are internal parasites; adult males are free-living....- All species are fairly similar in appearance and a typical example of a male stylops is illustrated opposite.
- The Strepsiptera, from the meaning of this name, may be called the twisted-wing parasites, though the words stylops and stylopid are frequently used in referring to them.
Derivativesstylopid /stʌɪˈlɒpɪd/ noun & adjective ...- How mature stylopids penetrate the intersegmental membranes of the host has not been described.
- Male stylopids look a bit like beetles, but the females look like small grubs, with no eyes, antennae or legs.
- Transferring onto such individuals as chance may permit, the stylopids finally arrive where larvae of the proper species are available and at once attack them.
OriginLate 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek stulos 'column' + ōps 'eye, face'. |