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parasitica

parasitica

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A former name for a group of wasps that live in or on other insects
  • proper noun
  • Archaic
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  • The classification of parasitica is no longer used in modern entomology.

Examples

  • Many species once grouped under parasitica have been reassigned based on genetic research.

  • The suborder parasitica includes various species of wasps.

  • Textbooks from the early 20th century often mention parasitica as a major wasp group.

  • Do you know about parasitica in Hymenoptera?

  • The term parasitica was widely used in earlier classifications of parasitic wasps.

  • Researchers are studying the characteristics of parasitica to understand their evolutionary history.

  • In older scientific texts, parasitica refers to a specific classification of parasitic wasps.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Parasitica was once the name for a group of wasps and comes from the Greek parasitos, 'one who eats at another's table', the same root as the English word parasite. That name showed these wasps' young grow by feeding on other insects, which is why they were called parasitica, though scientists no longer use that group name.