phylacobiosis

phylacobiosis
n. [Gr. phylax, guard; biosis, manner of life]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
A form of symbiosis in which a species of Formicidae lives in the hills of Termitidae supposedly acting as a guard or protector.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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