hyperparasite

Noun

hyperparasite (plural hyperparasites)

1. Any parasite whose host is a parasite.
   • Nose′ma [...] A genus of protozoa, including the supposed hyperparasite of the malarial organism; [...]1914, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, “Nose′ma”, in A Practical Medical Dictionary [...], 3rd revised edition, New York, N.Y.: William Wood and Company, →OCLC, page 628
   • Tuberculina maxima Rost., a fungus hyperparasite of blister rust, was variably common to abundant over the area during the test period, and it caused some uncertainties in assessing effectiveness of fungicidal treatments.1967, Clarence R. Quick, “Methods”, in Chemical Control of Blister Rust on Sugar Pine … Two Fungicides Show Promise in California Tests (U.S. Forest Service Research Note; PSW-147), Berkeley, Calif....
2. (specifically) An insect that parasitizes another parasitic insect.
   • Parasites and Hyperparasites.— [...] How the Pteromalus contrived to introduce its eggs into the Tetrastichus, and how the Tetrastichus managed to oust the Microgaster must for the present remain open questions for the consideration of the learned.1863, Edward Newman, “Parasites and Hyperparasites”, in Edward Newman, editor, The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History, volume XXI, London: John Van Voorst, […], →OCLC, page 8609
   • Though itself attacked by several hymenopterous hyperparasites, it [Paratheresia claripalpis, a species of fly] is still capable of maintaining a high rate of borer parasitization, one recorded instance being 73.7%; [...]1951 February, H. M[artin]-L[eake], “The Sugar Cane Mouth Borer in Peru”, in James P. Ogilvie, editor, The International Sugar Journal: A Technical & Commercial Periodical Devoted Entirely to the...