Antennophorus Explained

Antennophorus is a genus of mites in the family Antennophoridae. It was described by Haller in 1877.^[1]

Species

• Antennophorus boveni (Wisniewski & Hirschmann, 1992)
• Antennophorus grandis Berlese, 1903 - is an ectoparasite to ants of the species Lasius flavus.^[2]
• Antennophorus goesswaldi (Wisniewski & Hirschmann, 1992)
• Antennophorus krantzi (Wisniewski & Hirschmann, 1992)
• Antennophorus pavani (Wisniewski & Hirschmann, 1992)
• Antennophorus uhlmanni (Haller, 1877)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joel Hallan . Antennophoridae Species Listing . Biology Catalog . . September 12, 2010.
2. Franks . N.R. . Healey . K.J. . 1991 . Studies on the relationship between the ant ectoparasite Antennophorus grandis (Acarina: Antennophoridae) and its host Lasius flavus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) . Journal of Zoology . 225. 4 . 51–67 . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb03801.x .