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Ant crickets
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Superorder:	Exopterygota
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Superfamily:	Grylloidea
Family:	Myrmecophilidae
Genera
	Myrmecophilus a few others

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The ant crickets are rarely-encountered relatives of crickets, and are obligate associates of ant nests. They are very small, wingless, and flattened, therefore resembling small roach nymphs. There are a few genera, containing fewer than 100 species.

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 | name = Ant crickets
 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia
-| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
+| phylum = [[Arthropoda]]
-| classis = [[Insect]]a
+| classis = [[Insecta]]
+| subclassis = [[Pterygota]]
+| infraclassis = [[Neoptera]]
+| superordo = [[Exopterygota]]
 | ordo = [[Orthoptera]]
 | subordo = [[Ensifera]]
-| familia = [[Gryllidae]]
+| superfamilia = [[Grylloidea]]
-| subfamilia = '''Myrmecophilinae'''
+| familia = '''Myrmecophilidae'''
 | subdivision_ranks = Genera
 | subdivision =
+''Myrmecophilus''
-See text.
+a few others
 }}
-The '''ant crickets''' are a group of [[cricket (insect)|cricket]]s in the subfamily '''Myrmecophilinae'''.
+The '''ant crickets''' are rarely-encountered relatives of [[cricket (insect)|cricket]]s, and are obligate associates of [[ant]] nests. They are very small, wingless, and flattened, therefore resembling small [[roach]] [[nymph]]s. There are a few genera, containing fewer than 100 species.
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