stylopizationn.
/ˌstʌɪləʊpʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ Entomology.
The state of being or becoming stylopized; the process of becoming stylopized.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > state of being infested by Stylops
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1882 Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 228 The effects of stylopisation vary very much in different specimens.
1899 D. Sharp Insects ii. 300 These changes..vary much..according to the extent of the stylopisation.
1956 G. Lapage Vet. Parasitol. xiv. 416 The Strepsitera are commonly known as ‘stylops’. The bees and wasps in which they are parasitic undergo, as a result of their effects, changes known as ‘stylopisation’.
1980 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 73 448/1 Morphological characters often modified as a result of stylopization include clypeal pigmentation, pollen-carrying hairs, and wing venation.
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