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in·qui·line

(ĭn′kwə-līn′, -lĭn, ĭng′-)

An animal that characteristically lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.

adj.

Being or living as an inquiline.

[Latin inquilīnus, lodger, tenant : in-, in; see in-² + colere, to inhabit; see k^wel- in Indo-European roots.]

in′qui·lin·ism (-lə-nĭz′əm), in′qui·lin′i·ty (-lĭn′ĭ-tē) n.

in′qui·lin′ous (-lī′nəs) adj.

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inquiline

(ˈɪnkwɪˌlaɪn)

(Zoology) an animal that lives in close association with another animal without harming it. See also commensal¹

adj

(Zoology) of or living as an inquiline

[C17: from Latin inquilīnus lodger, from in-² + colere to dwell]

inquilinism, inquilinity n

inquilinous adj

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in•qui•line

(ˈɪn kwəˌlaɪn, -lɪn)

n.

an animal that lives in the coat, nest, burrow, etc., of another animal, usu. without harm to the host.

[1635–45; < Latin inquilīnus tenant]

in`qui•lin′i•ty (-ˈlɪn ɪ ti) n.

in`qui•li′nous (-ˈlaɪ nəs) adj.

inquiline

an animal that inhabits the burrow, nest, or other habitation of another animal. — inquiline, adj.

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Inquiline communities in pitcher plants as a prototypical metacommunity, p.

Colonization and development of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) in the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)

Abstract: Sixty-four inactive nests of the solitary mud-daubing wasp Brachymenes dyscherus, reused by 5 inquiline species, were collected at Fazenda Santa Carlota, Cajuru, Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1995 and 1996.

Inquilines of Brachymenes dyscherus nests with special reference to Monobia schrottkyi

Evolutionarily, miniaturization would be favored until the amount of food needed to produce an inquiline queen is less than that required for a host worker.

Selfish larvae: development and the evolution of parasitic behaviour in the hymenoptera

Notes on the life history, parasites and inquiline associates of Anthophora abrupta Say, and some comparisons with the habits of certain other Anthophorinae (Hymenoptera).

The use of root plates for nesting sites by Anthophora abrupta (Hymenoptera: Apidae) may be common within forested habitats

These inquiline crickets live in ant nests and exploit food resources in diverse ways (i.e., eating ant eggs, larvae, and nest debris; licking the surfaces of the ants' bodies; disrupting ant trophallaxis; or feeding via direct mouth-to-mouth transfer) [2-8].

Nonintegrated host association of Myrmecophilus tetramorii, a specialist myrmecophilous ant cricket (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae)

Besides the galler and the inquiline, four parasitoids species which belong to a new Tetrastichinae genus (Eulophidae), Platygastridae, Pteromalidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera) were found (Maia and Azevedo, 2009).

Two new species of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Erythroxylum ovalifolium Peyr. (Erythroxylaceae) from the Barra de Marica restinga, Marica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Duas novas especies de dipteros galhadores (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associadas com Erythroxylum ovalifolium Peyr. (Erythroxylaceae) da restinga de Barra de Marica, Marica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

An inquiline relationship between the tailless whip-scorpion Phrynus gervaisii and the giant tropical ant Paraponera clavata.

Distribucion, mortalidad y asociacion con plantas, de nidos de Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la isla de Barro Colorado, Panama

obtusiventris (Hymenoptera; Eurytomidae) and the beetle Mordellistena unicolor (Coleoptera; Mordellidae), attack during the summer months (for convenience we will refer to these three species collectively as parasitoids, even though the latter is technically an inquiline that frequently preys on the gallmaker).

The extent and nature of variation in phenotypic solution

Mealybugs are also a common inquiline inside galls produced by Gynaikothrips and may be a source of honeydew for T.

Development of Thripastichus gentilei (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in the thrips Gynaikothrips uzeli (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

McMillan, "A contribution to the life history of a hover fly Microdon dimorphon Ferg., a dipterous inquiline," Western Australian Naturalist, vol.

Review and phylogenetic evaluation of associations between Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) and ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

We tested the hypothesis that Pachypsylla celtidismamma nipple gallmakers experience intraspecific competition and also interspecific competition (from an inquiline Pachypsylla species infesting their galls), and that competition would be reflected in negative relationships between gallmaker densities and individual performance.

Larval performance and association within and between two species of hackberry nipple gall insects, Pachypsylla spp. (Homoptera: Psyllidae)

Captured prey also constitute the resource base for a community of inquiline bacteria, protozoa, and invertebrates that inhabit the water-filled pitchers.