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A hyperparasite, also known as a metaparasite, is a parasite whose host is itself a parasite, often specifically a parasitoid. Hyperparasites are found mainly among the wasp-waisted Apocrita within the Hymenoptera, and in two other insect orders, the Diptera (true flies) and Coleoptera (beetles). Seventeen families in Hymenoptera and a few species of Diptera and Coleoptera are hyperparasitic. Hyperparasitism developed from primary parasitism, which evolved in the Jurassic period in the Hymenoptera. Hyperparasitism intrigues entomologists because of its multidisciplinary relationship to evolution, ecology, behavior, biological control, taxonomy, and mathematical models.

Hyperparasite - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Parasite of another parasite For the video game, see HyperParasite . A hyperparasitoid wasp ( Pteromalidae ) on the cocoons of its host, a braconid wasp (subfamily Microgastrinae ), itself a koinobiont parasitoid of Lepidoptera A hyperparasitic microsporidian , Nosema podocotyloidis , a parasite of a digenean , Podocotyloides magnatestis , itself a parasite of the fish Parapristipoma octolineatum [ 1 ] A hyperparasite , also known as a metaparasite , is a parasite whose host is itself a parasite, [ 2 &#

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