stylopization
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Noun[edit]
stylopization (uncountable)
- (entomology) Parasitization by strepsipteran insects.
- 1909, William Dwight Pierce, A monographic revision of the twisted winged insects comprising the order Strepsiptera Kirby:
- Stylopization may so change a species that it can not be identified unless one understands the direction of the changes under such conditions.
- 2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, page 3598:
- Parasitization by Strepsiptera (stylopization) may affect morphology and behavior of the host.