Myrmecophilus nebrascensis

Myrmecophilus nebrascensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Myrmecophilidae
Genus:	Myrmecophilus
Species:	M. nebrascensis
Binomial name
Myrmecophilus nebrascensis Lugger, 1898

Distribution

Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Biology

Ant host: Crematogaster, Formica neorufibarbis, Formica obscuripes, Pogonomyrmex barbatus

REFERENCES

• Hebard, M. 1920. A revision of the North American species of the genus Myrmecophila (Orthoptera; Gryllidae; Myrmecophilinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 46: 91–111.

• Masloski KE, Greenwood C. 2013. First record of Myrmecophilus nebrascensis Lugger 1898 (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) in Beaver County, Oklahoma. Journal of Orthoptera Research 22: 69–71.

• Saussure, H. 1877. Gryllides. Mém. So. Phys. Hist. Natur. Genève. 25: 111–341.

• Wheeler WM. 1900. The habits of Myrmecophila nebrascensis Bruner. Psyche: 111-115.