dulosis
/djʊːˈləʊsis
/noun [mass noun] Entomology
The practice by slave-making ants of capturing the pupae of other ant species and rearing them as workers of their own colony.On the other hand, one person's comment refers to dulosis as ‘little better than a euphemism’....
- Their attack on the pet class is presented as an example of dulosis.
- This parasitic relationship in which workers of a parasitic ant species capture brood from other colonies and rear them as enslaved nestmates is referred to as dulosis.
Derivatives
dulotic
- Facultative slave-making ants, like those in the sanguinea complex, represent an intermediate parasitic group, between freeliving species on the one hand, and obligatory dulotic species on the other.
- The slave-maker, or dulotic, ant species are typically specialized for raiding nests of host species for their brood.
- This dulotic character of many ants continues to stimulate research.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Greek doulōsis 'slavery', from doulos 'slave'.
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