Myrmecophilus balcanicus

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Myrmecophilus balcanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Myrmecophilidae
Genus: Myrmecophilus
Species: M. balcanicus
Binomial name
Myrmecophilus balcanicus
Stalling, 2013

There are sixty-three species of myrmecophiles in the genus Myrmecophilus.

Diagnosis

Description

Distribution

Macedonia

Biology

Ant hosts: Lasius niger, Cataglyphis nodus, Pheidole pallidula

REFERENCES

  • Stalling, Thomas. (2013). Myrmecophilus balcanicus, a new species of ant-loving cricket from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, with notes on the synonymy of Myrmecophilus zorae. Entomologia Hellenica. 22. 29-34. 10.12681/eh.11526.