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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
Subfamilies
	Bothriophylacinae; Myrmecophilinae;

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The Myrmecophilidae^[1] or ant-loving crickets are rarely encountered relatives of mole crickets, and are obligate inquilines within ant nests. They are very small, wingless, and flattened, therefore resembling small cockroach nymphs. There are a few genera, containing 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.

Tribes and Genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists:^[2]

Subfamily Bothriophylacinae Miram, 1934

tribe Bothriophylacini Miram, 1934
- Bothriophylax Miram, 1934
- Eremogryllodes Chopard, 1929
tribe Microbothriophylacini Gorochov, 2017
- Microbothriophylax Gorochov, 1993

Subfamily Myrmecophilinae Saussure, 1874

tribe Myrmecophilini Saussure, 1874
- Myrmecophilus Berthold, 1827
- Myrmecophilellus Uvarov, 1940
incertae cedis
- †Araripemyrmecophilops Martins-Neto, 1991
- Camponophilus Ingrisch, 1995

References

^ Saussure (1874) Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale 6:422.
^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

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

[2] Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

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-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 [[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. 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.
+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, 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. 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.
 ==Tribes and Genera==