Saltatorious

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Sal`ta`to´ri`ous

Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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For example high abundances of the cynipid gall wasp Neuoterus saltatorious have been shown to result in decreased body weight and high overwinter mortality for a threatened lepidopteran, through a decrease in foliar nitrogen (Prior and Heilman, 2010).

Evidence for plant-mediated competition between defoliating and gall-forming specialists attacking solidago altissima

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