''Myrmecophilus'' or ant crickets, is a

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orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – gras ...

n insects in the

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Myrmecophilidae. This genus contains the majority of myrmecophilous (ant-loving) species in this small, obscure family.

Species

With a worldwide distribution, species include:Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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, 1799) *'' M. aequispina''

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, 1923 *'' M. americanus'' Saussure, 1877 *'' M. arboreus'' Maeyama & Terayama, 1994 *'' M. australis'' Tepper, 1896 *'' M. baronii'' Baccetti, 1966 *'' M. brevipalpis''

, 1948 *'' M. bifasciatus''

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, 1846 *'' M. bituberculatus'' Ingrisch, 2001 *'' M. chocolatinus'' Gorochov, 1992 *'' M. concolor''

, 1928 *'' M. cottami''

, 1922 *'' M. crenatus'' Gorochov, 1986 *'' M. denticaudus'' Bei-Bienko, 1967 *'' M. dubius'' Saussure, 1877 *'' M. escherichi'' Schimmer, 1911 *'' M. formosanus'' Shiraki, 1930 *'' M. gigas'' Ichikawa, 2001 *'' M. gracilipes''

, 1924 *'' M. haeckeli'' Fernando, 1962 *'' M. hebardi'' Mann, 1920 *'' M. hirticaudus''

, 1846 *'' M. horii'' Maruyama, 2004 *'' M. inaequalis'' Ingrisch, 2010 *'' M. ishikawai'' Maruyama, 2004 *'' M. jordanicus'' Stalling, 2024 *'' M. keyi'' Baccetti, 1975 *'' M. kinomurai'' Maruyama, 2004 *'' M. kubotai'' Maruyama, 2004 *'' M. leei'' Kistner & Chong, 2007 *'' M. longitarsis''

, 1925 *'' M. manni'' Schimmer, 1911 *'' M. mauritanicus'' ( H. Lucas, 1849) *'' M. mayaealberti'' Hugel & Matyot, 2006 *'' M. mjobergi''

, 1925 *'' M. myrmecophilus'' (Savi, 1819) *'' M. nigricornis''

, 1963 *'' M. nebrascensis'' Lugger, 1898 *'' M. nonveilleri'' Ingrisch & Pavicévić, 2008 *'' M. ochraceus'' Fischer, 1853 *'' M. oculatus'' Miram, 1930 *'' M. oregonensis'' Bruner, 1884 *'' M. orientalis'' Stalling, 2010 *'' M. pallidithorax''

, 1930 *'' M. parachilnus'' (Otte & Alexander, 1983) *'' M. pergandei'' Bruner, 1884 *'' M. polyrhachi'' Ingrisch, 1987 *'' M. quadrispina'' Perkins, 1899 *'' M. sanctaehelenae''

, 1970 *'' M. sapporensis'' Matsumura, 1904 *''

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'' Gorochov, 1994 *'' M. sinicus'' Bei-Bienko, 1956 *'' M. surcoufi''

, 1919 *'' M. teranishii'' Teranishi, 1914 *'' M. termitophilus'' Maran, 1959 *'' M. testaceus''

, 1925 *'' M. tetramorii'' Ichikawa, 2001 *'' M. tindalei'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 *'' M. wahrmani''

, 1963 *'' M. zorae'' Karaman, 1963

External links

Myrmecophilus.de
(in German) {{Taxonbar , from=Q146742 Ensifera genera