Ant cricket

Ant cricket
	Myrmecophilus acervorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Superfamily:	Gryllotalpoidea
Family:	Myrmecophilidae; Saussure, 1874
Synonyms
	Myrmecophiloidea Saussure, 1874; Myrmecophiliens Saussure, 1874;

The Myrmecophilidae^[1] or ant-loving crickets are rarely encountered relatives of mole crickets, and are obligate inquilines within ant nests. They are very small, wingless, and flattened, so resemble small cockroach nymphs. The few genera contain fewer than 100 species. Ant crickets are yellow, brown, or nearly black in color. They do not produce sound, and lack both wings and tympanal organs ("ears") on the front tibia.

Tribes and genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists two subfamilies:^[2]

Bothriophylacinae

Auth.: Miram, 1934; distribution: northern Africa, western Asia

tribe Bothriophylacini Miram, 1934
- Bothriophylax Miram, 1934
- Eremogryllodes Chopard, 1929
tribe Microbothriophylacini Gorochov, 2017
- Microbothriophylax Gorochov, 1993

Myrmecophilinae

Auth.: Saussure, 1874; distribution: global

tribe Myrmecophilini Saussure, 1874
- Myrmecophilus Berthold, 1827
- Myrmecophilellus Uvarov, 1940
Incertae sedis
- †Araripemyrmecophilops Martins-Neto, 1991
- Camponophilus Ingrisch, 1995

References

^ Saussure (1874) Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale 6:422.
^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

External links

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[1] Saussure (1874) Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale 6:422.

[2] Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

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