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单词 platygasterid
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platygasteridn.adj.

Brit. /ˌplatɪˈɡast(ə)rɪd/, U.S. /ˌplædiˈɡæst(ə)rəd/
Forms: 1900s– platygasterid, 1900s– platygastrid.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Platygasteridae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Platygasteridae, family name (1925 or earlier; also in form Platygastridae ) < Platygaster , genus name (attributed to Latreille 1809; < platy- platy- comb. form + ancient Greek γαστήρ stomach: see -gaster comb. form) + -idae (see -id suffix3).
Entomology.
A. n.
Any of the minute hymenopteran insects comprising the family Platygasteridae, which are parasitoids that lay their eggs within those of mealy bugs, moths, whiteflies, and especially gall midges.
ΚΠ
1927 Q. Rev. Biol. 2 414/1 Platygaster vernalis..is..a platygastrid infesting the egg of the Hessian fly.
1936 H. L. Sweetman Biol. Control Insects ix. 221 The platygasterid Polygnotus selects cecidomyiid larvae as its hosts.
1993 Amer. Naturalist 142 626 Sixteen populations..were attacked by a single species of parasitoid, an undescribed, apparently host-specific platygastrid.
1996 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 33 1389/2 Four parasitoids, originating from India, have been used for the biological control of the citrus blackfly..[including] the platygasterid Amitus hesperidum Silvestri.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the family Platygasteridae.
ΚΠ
1940 C. P. Clausen Entomophagous Insects 179 The classic series of papers by Marchal, the first of which appeared in 1898 and which dealt..with several platygasterid genera of similar habit.
1976 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 13 99 Platygasterid parasites (Proctotrupoidea) of cecidomyiids emerged during June and July.
1984 Amer. Midland Naturalist 112 10 Krombein et al. (1979) do not mention Aphidoletes as a host for platygasterid species.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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