euphorine
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A parasitic wasp of the subfamily Euphorinae (a subfamily of Braconidae), characterized by two submarginal cells in the forewing and, usually, a petiolate first gastral tergite.
Euphorines are rather unusual hymenopterans in attacking the adult stage of various insects.
The life cycles of these euphorine parasitoids are synchronized with those of their hosts.
Synonym of phenylurethan, when used medicinally.
Dr. Sansoni (Therap. Monatsh., September, 1890) has made a number of observations on the action of euphorine in disease.
Euphorine, it would appear, exerts its specific action directly on the micro-organism; but in the tissues -- in other words, in clinical cases -- this action is notably increased by the circumstance that euphorine decomposes, and the decomposition, in part, generated phenic acid.
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3Euphorines are rather unusual hymenopterans in attacking the adult stage of various insects.
WiktionaryThe life cycles of these euphorine parasitoids are synchronized with those of their hosts.
WiktionaryAlthough euphorines usually oviposit between abdominal sclerites, often near the anus, some species exhibit a well-pronounced preference for different sites such as the mouth (Wylie, 1985), whilst oth
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