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proctotrupid, a. and n. Ent.|prɒktəʊˈtruːpɪd|
Also Procto-, -trypid.
[f. mod.L. family name Proctotrupidæ, f. generic name Proctotrupes (P. A. Latreille Précis des Caractères génériques des Insectes (1796) 108), f. procto- + Gr. τρυπ-ᾶν to bore: see -id3.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating a proctotrupid.
B. n. A small wasp belonging to the family Proctotrupidæ or the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, which include parasitoids of insects and spiders.
1869Packard Guide Stud. Insects (1872) 131 note, An exceedingly minute Proctotrupid fly, supposed to be parasitic on Anthophorabia megachilis. 1891[see chalcid a. and n.]. 1932Riley & Johannsen Med. Entomol. xxiv. 422 In California a little proctotrupid..invades houses in numbers in the fall. 1932E. Step Bees, Wasps, Ants Brit. Isles 184 The wings are much simpler..in the Chalcids and Proctotrypids. 1972L. E. Chadwick tr. Linsenmaier's Insects of World 300/2 Equally small and also at home in the water are a few proctotrupids. |