trophophoretic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From trophophoresy + -etic or tropho- + phoretic.
Adjective
[edit]trophophoretic (not comparable)
- (biology, entomology) Exhibiting trophophoresy.
- 2006, Insect Systematics & Evolution, page 198:
- This latter form of trophobiosis has been termed trophophoresy (LaPolla et al. 2002). Only two ant genera are known to contain trophophoretic species: Acropyga (Formicinae), in which all 37 species are thought to be trophophoretic, and [...]
- 2012, Eli M. Sarnat, Evan P. Economo, The Ants of Fiji, →ISBN, page 43:
- In the Solomons, A. lauta is reported as being trophophoretic (Johnson et al., 2001), and has been associated with the mealybugs Eumyrmoccus kolobangarae and E. kusiacus (LaPolla, 2004).