Myrmophilellus pilipes

Myrmophilellus pilipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Myrmecophilidae
Genus:	Myrmophilellus
Species:	M. pilipes
Binomial name
	Myrmophilellus pilipes; Chopard, 1928

Diagnosis

Description

Distribution

Bhutan, Cambodia, India*, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, Mauritius, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand

Biology

Ant hosts: Myrmophilellus pilipes lives with various hosts, including Anoplolepis gracilipes, Paratrechina longicornis, Camponotus sp. (Malaysia), Diacamma spp. (Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka), Pheidole megacephala, Pheidole sp. (Malaysia), Solenopsis geminata, Dolichoderus thoracicus, Carebara diversus, Proatta butteli, Philidris cordata.

REFERENCES

Chopard L (1928) Revision of Indian Gryllidae. Rec Indian Museum 30:1–36