Myrmecophilus pergandei

Myrmecophilus pergandei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Myrmecophilidae
Genus:	Myrmecophilus
Species:	M. pergandei
Binomial name
Myrmecophilus pergandei Bruner, 1884

Diagnosis

Subgenus: Myrmophilina

Distribution

USA: Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Biology

Ant host: Lasius umbratus, Camponotus castaneus, Camponotus chromaiodes, Camponotus herculeanus, Camponotus novaeboracensis, Formica obscuriventris, Formica pallidefulva, Formica subsericea, Aphaenogaster treatae, Crematogaster lineolata, Tapinoma sessile

REFERENCES

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