Ant cricket

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, therefore resembling small cockroach nymphs. There are a few genera, containing 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.

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

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
  • incertae cedis
    • †Araripemyrmecophilops Martins-Neto, 1991
    • Camponophilus Ingrisch, 1995
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References
  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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