Attaphila schuppi

There are nine species of myrmecophiles in the genus Attaphila.

Diagnosis
Female: Characterised by a series of unique features: Transversal ridge of T2–5 mesally and laterally with a small but distinct anterior excurvation (much weaker present also in A. multisetosa), transversal ridge absent on T7, cerci longer than wide

Distribution
Brazil

Biology
While the Orthoptera, as a rule, are large or medium-sized insects, both Myrmecophila and Attaphila are so far below even the average stature of insects of this order that we must conclude either that they have become reduced in size secondarily in adaptation to their present habitat and companionship, or that they were originally diminutive species, and, for that very reason, better able to enter into symbiotic relationship with the ants. The latter alternative seems to be the more probable

Ant host Acromyrmex niger