The other study[…]involved the larvae of the caterpillar Maculinea rebeli, an inquiline of Myrmica schenki.
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Inquiline
//ˈɪŋkwɪlaɪn//
Synonyms for "inquiline"
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French
1 entries- inquilin noun (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another species)
Malay
1 entries- inkuilin noun (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another species)
Romanian
1 entries- incvilin noun (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another species)
Russian
1 entries- инквилин noun (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another species)
Spanish
1 entries- inquilino noun (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another species)
Ukrainian
1 entries- інквілі́н noun (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another species)
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Queens of socially parasitic inquiline ants reproduce by laying eggs in the colonies of other species.
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A reproductive female inquiline gains access to a host nest and usually kills the resident queen.
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Captured prey also constitute the resource base for a community of inquiline bacteria, protozoa, and invertebrates that inhabit the water-filled pitchers. For at least two of these inquilines (the pitcher-plant mosquito Wyeomyia smithii Coquillet and the pitcher-plant midge Metriocnemus knabi Coquillet) the availability of captured prey limits individual growth, and ultimately population growth[…]
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