inquiline in English
noun
1
an animal exploiting the living space of another, e.g., an insect that lays its eggs in a gall produced by another.
Consequently, there is no need to invoke allopatric conditions to explain the patterns of variation seen in both the gall inducer and its inquiline beetle.
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1. The cynipid wasp ''Periclistus brandtii'' is an inquiline that lives harmlessly within the Bedeguar gall and like ''Diplolepis rosae'' itself, is often parasitised by insects referred to as parasitoids or even by hyperparasitoids in some cases.