Myrmecophilus manni

Myrmecophilus manni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Myrmecophilidae
Genus:	Myrmecophilus
Species:	M. manni
Binomial name
Myrmecophilus manni (Schimmer, 1911)

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

Distribution

MEXICO; USA: Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Washington (type)

Biology

Ant host: Camponotus vicinus , Novomessor albisetosus and Formica obscuripes

to solict trophallaxis, the desert ant cricket, Myrmecophilus manni, duplicates the antennal drumming sequence used by ants during their exchange with nestmates.

REFERENCES

• Hebard, M. 1920. A revision of the North American species of the genus Myrmecophila. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc.(Phila). 46:91-111.
• Henderson, G. and R.D. Akre. 1986a. Biology of the myrmecophilous cricket, Myrmecophila manni (Orthoptera:Gryllidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59(3); 454-467.
• Henderson G, Akre RD. 1986b. Dominance hierarchies in Myrmecophila manni, Orthoptera: Gryllidae. Pan. Pac. Entomol. 62: 24-28.
• Henderson G, Akre RD. 1986c. Morphology of Myrmecophila manni, a myrmecophilous cricket, Orthoptera:Gryllidae. J. Entomol. Soc. B C. 83: 57-62.
• Hölldobler, B. and Christina L. Kwapich, 2022. The Guests of Ants: How Myrmecophiles Interact with Their Hosts. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. 566 pp.
• Hölldobler. 1947. Studien über die Ameisengrille (Myrmecophila acervorum Panzer) im mittleren Maingebiet. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft (Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch.) 20:607-648
• Schimmer (1911) Eine neue Myrmecophila-Art aus den Vereinigten Staaten (Orth.). Bemerkungen über neue Fundorte und Wirtsameisen von M. acervorum, M. ochracea und M. salomonis. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 443–448.