kleptoparasite, kleptoparasitism

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · See Also · Internet References

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

No Taxon (Glossary)

No Taxon (K)

No Taxon kleptoparasite, kleptoparasitism

Explanation of Names

From Greek klepto (κλεπτω)- "to steal" + parasite

Identification

kleptoparasite (also cleptoparasite) noun - an organism that lives off of another by stealing its food, rather than feeding on it directly. (In some cases this may result in the death of a host, for example, if the larvae of the host are thereby denied food.)

See Also

parasite, parasitism

parasitoid

Internet References

Wikipedia--Kleptoparasitism

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 2 September, 2007 - 7:14pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 28 October, 2016 - 4:22pm

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