Meaning Hyperparasitism
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Hyperparasitism[but see preferred term hyperparasitoidism for those that are parasitoids]; parasitism of a parasite. A second-arriving parasite attacks the first, and is a hyperparasite of the host.
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Hyperparasitism, feeding by parasitoids on other parasitoids, e.g., many Chalcidoidea, Cynipoidea, Ichnenmonidae, Ceraphronoidea, and Trigonalyoidea (Hymenoptera) (Gauld and Bolton).
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