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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Ant Crickets (Myrmecophilidae)

Family Myrmecophilidae - Ant Crickets

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References
Family Myrmecophilidae - Myrmecophilus pergandei Cricket nymph ? - Myrmecophilus Myrmecophila manni - Myrmecophilus manni Myrmecophilus sp. - Myrmecophilus Myrmecophilus sp. - Myrmecophilus M.pergandei? - Myrmecophilus Piggy Cricket - Myrmecophilus Orange bug - Myrmecophilus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Family Myrmecophilidae (Ant Crickets)
Other Common Names
Ant-loving Crickets
Numbers
4 species in 1 genus in North America listed at Singing Insects of North America
Range
most of United States plus southwestern British Columbia
Myrmecophilus manni: western states
M. nebrascensis: southcentral states
M. oregonensis: west coast states and southwestern BC
M. pergandei: eastern states
Internet References
classification and common names reference (Orthoptera Species File)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 June, 2007 - 2:35pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 30 January, 2008 - 8:31pm

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