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Definition of INQUILINE

Inquiline
Inquiline In"qui*line, n. [L. inquilinus a tenant, lodger.] (Zo["o]l.) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.

Meaning of INQUILINE from wikipedia

- In zoology, an inquiline (from Latin inquilinus, "lodger" or "tenant") is an animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an...
- One species of Inquiline is known to live in the gall alongside the gall-causer, and a second may be a gall-causer or an inquilineEpitrimerus ****i...
- characteristic plant galls they induce themselves, but many species are instead inquilines of other gall wasps, such as those of the genus Synergus. The plant galls...
- pubescens). A mite, Cecidophyopsis vermiformis is an inquiline of Acalitus calycophthirus, as well as an inquiline of Aceria tenella on hornbeam and Phytoptus...
- consuming the food stores of the ants, or avoiding predators. These inquilines may bear a close resemblance to ants. The nature of this ant mimicry (myrmecomorphy)...
- their mimicry and the larvae adopt diverse lifestyles including being inquiline scavengers inside the nests of social insects. Some brachycerans are agricultural...
- tumida) that infests honey bee nests, while many species are parasitic inquilines or commensal in the nests of ants. A few groups of beetles are primary...
- the gall wasps, ultimately leading to the hosts' demise. Additionally, inquilines live commensally within the galls without harming the gall wasps. Oak...
- identification. Inquiline Diptacus sacramentae are mites found on the underside of leaves and also live commensally in the gall as an inquiline. D. sacramentae...
- Rabdophaga strobilina is a gall midge and inquiline of Rabdophaga rosaria and Rabdophaga terminalis; also gall midges. It was first described by Johann...