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|etymology=Greek <i>phthisis</i>, decline; <i>ergates</i>, worker
 
|etymology=Greek <i>phthisis</i>, decline; <i>ergates</i>, worker
|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In Formicidae, an emaciated pharate adult worker due to parasitic feeding in the larval, prepupal or pharate adult stage by the larval ant chalcid wasp of the family Eucharitidae; an infra-ergatoid form.
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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In Formicidae, an emaciated [[pharate]] [[adult]] worker due to [[parasitic]] feeding in the [[larval]], prepupal or [[pharate]] [[adult]] [[stage]] by the [[larval]] ant chalcid wasp of the family Eucharitidae; an [[infra-ergatoid form]].
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Revision as of 23:41, 13 September 2013

phthisergate (noun; Greek phthisis, decline; ergates, worker): (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Formicidae, an emaciated pharate adult worker due to parasitic feeding in the larval, prepupal or pharate adult stage by the larval ant chalcid wasp of the family Eucharitidae; an infra-ergatoid form.