Myrmecophilidae
Also known as: Ameisengrillen, Ant Crickets, Ant cricket, Mierenkrekels, Mravoljupci, Mrowiszczakowate, ant crickets, ant-loving cricket
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Orthoptera |
| Family | Myrmecophilidae |
| Published in | Saussure, H.de (1874) Etudes sur les insectes orthoptères, famille des gryllides. In Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris. Vol. 6, 296–515 pp. Available from http://books.google.com/books?id=PVZSAA |
| Habitat | TERRESTRIAL |
| Genera | 7 |
| Species records held | 88 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 113 |
| GBIF key | 8554 |
Genera in Myrmecophilidae
- Myrmecophilus — 64 species: Myrmecophilus acervorum, Myrmecophilus aequispina, Myrmecophilus albicinctus, Myrmecophilus americanus, Myrmecophilus antilucanus, Myrmecophilus arboreus, Myrmecophilus australis, Myrmecophilus balcanicus
- Eremogryllodes — 14 species: Eremogryllodes balouchi, Eremogryllodes bifurcatus, Eremogryllodes dilutus, Eremogryllodes fiorii, Eremogryllodes fitzgeraldi, Eremogryllodes iranicus, Eremogryllodes major, Eremogryllodes monodi
- Bothriophylax — 5 species: Bothriophylax arab, Bothriophylax kiritshenkoi, Bothriophylax richteri, Bothriophylax rjabovi, Bothriophylax semenovi
- Myrmophilellus — 2 species: Myrmophilellus meneliki, Myrmophilellus pilipes
- Araripemyrmecophilops — 1 species: Araripemyrmecophilops gracilis
- Camponophilus — 1 species: Camponophilus irmi
- Microbothriophylax — 1 species: Microbothriophylax mica
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.