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Ant cricket
	Myrmecophilus acervorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Superfamily:	Gryllotalpoidea
Family:	Myrmecophilidae; Saussure, 1874
Synonyms
	Myrmecophiloidea Saussure, 1874; Myrmecophiliens Saussure, 1874;

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The Myrmecophilidae^[1] or ant-loving crickets are rarely encountered relatives of mole crickets. They are very small, wingless, and flattened, resembling 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.

Species of the subfamily Bothriophylacinae live in caves and the burrows of desert vertebrates rather than ant nests. The three extant ant cricket genera (subfamily Myrmecophilinae) are obligate kleptoparasites of ants. They obtain food by soliciting trophallaxis in their host ants or by scraping off waxes from the bodies of ants. ^[2]

Tribes and genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists two subfamilies:^[3]

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.
^ Hölldobler, Bert. The Guests of Ants. pp. 314–316.
^ "family Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2023-09-01.

External links

Media related to Myrmecophilidae at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Saussure (1874) Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale 6:422.

[2] Hölldobler, Bert. The Guests of Ants. pp. 314–316.

[3] "family Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2023-09-01.

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+{{Short description|Family of cricket-like animals}}
-{{Unreferenced stub|type=animal|auto=yes|date=December 2009}}
+{{Automatic taxobox
-{{Taxobox
+| image = Myrmecophila acervorum.jpg
-| name = Ant-loving crickets
+| image_caption = ''[[Myrmecophilus acervorum]]''
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| taxon = Myrmecophilidae
-| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
+| authority = Saussure, 1874
-| classis = [[Insect]]a
+| synonyms =
-| ordo = [[Orthoptera]]
+* Myrmecophiloidea <small>Saussure, 1874</small>
-| subordo = [[Ensifera]]
+* Myrmecophiliens <small>Saussure, 1874</small>
-| superfamilia = [[Grylloidea]]
-| familia = '''Myrmecophilidae'''
-| familia_authority = Saussure, 1874
-| subdivision_ranks = Genera
-| subdivision =
-''[[Myrmecophilus]]''<br/>
-''[[Myrmecophilellus]]''<br/>
-''[[Camponophilus]]''<br/>
-''[[Eremogryllodes]]''<br/>
-''[[Microbothriophylax]]''
 }}
-The '''ant-loving crickets''' are rarely-encountered relatives of [[cricket (insect)|cricket]]s, and are obligate [[inquiline]]s within [[ant]] nests. They are very small, wingless, and flattened, therefore resembling small [[cockroach]] [[nymph (biology)|nymph]]s. There are a few genera, containing fewer than 100 species.
+The '''Myrmecophilidae'''<ref>Saussure (1874) ''Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale'' 6:422.</ref> or '''ant-loving crickets''' are rarely encountered relatives of [[mole cricket]]s. They are very small, wingless, and flattened, resembling small [[cockroach]] [[nymph (biology)|nymph]]s. 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 organ]]s ("ears") on the front tibia.
+Species of the subfamily Bothriophylacinae live in caves and the burrows of desert vertebrates rather than ant nests. The three extant ant cricket genera (subfamily Myrmecophilinae) are obligate [[Kleptoparasitism|kleptoparasites]] of ants. They obtain food by soliciting [[trophallaxis]] in their host ants or by scraping off waxes from the bodies of ants. <ref>{{Cite book |last=Hölldobler |first=Bert |title=The Guests of Ants |pages=314–316}}</ref>
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Ant Cricket}}
-[[Category:Orthoptera]]
+==Tribes and genera==
+The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists two subfamilies:<ref>{{Cite web |title=family Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874: Orthoptera Species File |url=http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1128906 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=orthoptera.speciesfile.org}}</ref>
+===Bothriophylacinae===
-{{Orthoptera-stub}}
+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===
-[[fr:Myrmecophilidae]]
+Auth.: Saussure, 1874; distribution: global
-[[nl:Myrmecophilidae]]
+* tribe Myrmecophilini Saussure, 1874
-[[no:Myrmecophilidae]]
+**''[[Myrmecophilus]]'' Berthold, 1827
-[[ru:Муравьелюбы]]
+**''[[Myrmecophilellus]]'' Uvarov, 1940
-[[sk:Svrčíkovité]]
+* ''[[Incertae sedis]]''
+** †[[Araripemyrmecophilops]] Martins-Neto, 1991
+** [[Camponophilus]] Ingrisch, 1995
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+*{{Commonscat inline}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q599065}}
+{{Orthoptera|1}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Ant Cricket}}
+[[Category:Ensifera]]
+[[Category:Extant Jurassic first appearances]]