Antherophagus nigricornis · parasitism · Bombus spp.

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Antherophagus nigricornis (Cryptophagidae) is a well-documented phoretic associate of Bombus nests; hitchhiking on foragers to reach nests and feeding on nest debris is consistent with known biology.”

• entomologist · plausible

  “Antherophagus nigricornis (Cryptophagidae) is a well-documented phoretic nest inquiline of Bombus spp., with adults hitchhiking on foraging bees and larvae feeding on nest detritus.”

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