Myrmecophilidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Ensifera
Superfamilia: Grylloidea

Familia:Myrmecophilidae
Subfamiliae: Myrmecophilinae - Unassigned
Name

Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1870
Type genus

Myrmecophilus Berthold, 1827
References
Links

Eades et al. Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 2.0/4.0. [17 Sep 2010]. <http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org>
Myrmecophilidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: Ant cricket
magyar: Hangyásztücskök
日本語: アリヅカコオロギ科
polski: mrowiszczakowate

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)