''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

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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 *''Myrmecophilus concolor, M. concolor''

, 1928 *''Myrmecophilus cottami, M. cottami''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

, 1970 *''Myrmecophilus sapporensis, M. sapporensis'' Shōnen Matsumura, Matsumura, 1904 *''Myrmecophilus seychellensis, M. seychellensis'' Gorochov, 1994 *''Myrmecophilus sinicus, M. sinicus'' Bei-Bienko, 1956 *''Myrmecophilus surcoufi, M. surcoufi''

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

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

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

External links

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