hyperparasitoid

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ parasitoid.

Noun

hyperparasitoid (plural hyperparasitoids)

1. A secondary parasitoid, developing or subsisting on another parasitoid.
   • 2015 August 14, “Aphid Parasitoid Mothers Don't Always Know Best through the Whole Host Selection Process”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Explanations for the mismatch between mother preference and host suitability can include threat of hyperparasitoids, host defence, and learning of plant-host complex cues.