parasitoid wasp

English

Etymology

From parasitoid +‎ wasp.

Noun

parasitoid wasp (plural parasitoid wasps)

1. (entomology) A large subportion of taxonomically closely-related wasp taxa who engage in parasitoidism; usually defined as the spider wasps (Pompilidae), ichneumonoids (Ichneumonoidea), orussoids (Orussoidea), and chalcidoids (Chalcidoidea).

Usage notes

• Certain species of hymenopterans that are referred to as parasitoid wasps, which while taxonomically accurate, is contrary with their vernacular names, chiefly the sawflies of the superfamily Orussoidea.

Translations

parasitoid wasp

• Arabic: زِنْبَار طُفَيْلِيّ m (zinbār ṭufayliyy)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 寄生蜂 (gei³ sang¹ fung¹)

  Mandarin: 寄生蜂 (zh) (jìshēngfēng)

• French: guêpe parasitoïde f
• Galician: avespa parasitoide f
• Japanese: 寄生バチ (kisei-bachi), 寄生蜂 (yadori-bachi)
• Korean: 기생벌 (gisaengbeol)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: parasittveps m, snylteveps m

• Portuguese: vespa parasitoide f
• Serbo-Croatian: parazitska osa f
• Swahili: nyigu kidusia

Further reading

• parasitoid wasp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia