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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | Copyright

dulosis (adj. dulotic) The slave-making behaviour of certain parasitic ant species, in which the workers raid nests of other species and remove pupae. These are then reared as slaves in the nest of the dulotic ant species, and pass on foraged food to their captors.

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	dulosis Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology dulosis(adj. dulotic ) The slave-making behaviour of certain parasitic ant species, in which the workers raid nests of other species and remove pupae. These are then reared as slaves in the nest of the dulotic ant species, and pass on foraged food to their captors.
	slave-making ant Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology slave-making ant See DULOSIS .
	helotism Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology helotism A relationship between two organisms (e.g. some groups of ants, see DULOSIS ) in which one ‘enslaves’ the other for its own benefit.
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