Antennophoridae is a family of
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...
s in the order
Mesostigmata.
Genera
Antennophoridae contains five genera, with nine recognized species. ''
Antennophorus grandis'' is an
ectoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
on ants of the species ''
Lasius flavus
The yellow meadow ant (''Lasius flavus''), also known as the yellow hill ant, is a species of ant occurring in Europe (where it is one of the most common ants), Asia, and North Africa. Populations in North America are now considered a different, ...
''.
* ''
Antennophorus''
Haller, 1877
* ''
Echinomegistus''
Berlese, 1903
* ''
Antennomegistus''
Berlese, 1903
* ''
Celaenosthanus''
Vitzthum, 1930
* ''
Neomegistus''
Trägårdh, 1906
References
Mesostigmata
Acari families
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