Myrmecophilus albicinctus

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Myrmecophilus albicinctus
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.