Myrmecophilus albicinctus
Myrmecophilus albicinctus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Myrmecophilidae |
Genus: | Myrmecophilus |
Species: | M. albicinctus |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecophilus albicinctus Chopard, 1924 |
There are sixty-three species of myrmecophiles in the genus Myrmecophilus.
Diagnosis
Description
Distribution
India (type)
Biology
Ant host: Camponotus mitis, Anoplolepis gracilipes
REFERENCES
- Chopard, L. 1924: The fauna of an island in the Chilka Lake. 1, the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Barkuda Island. – Records of the Indian Museum 26: 165-191.
- Hölldobler, B. and Christina L. Kwapich, 2022. The Guests of Ants: How Myrmecophiles Interact with Their Hosts. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. 566 pp.