Eastern Ant Cricket

The general form of the insect, when looking at it from above, is oval, with the smallest part being at the head. The latter is depressed and deeply sunken into the front margin of the pronotum. The basal joint of the antennae is very large and globular, with a few short bristle-like hairs encircling the insertion of the second joint. The remaining joints gradually decrease in size toward the apex. The antennae are as long as the body, with the base being pale yellowish and the remaining portion rufous. The eyes are small and black, composed of a group of ocelli-like cells. They are situated immediately behind the base of the antenna, and in dried specimens, they are partly concealed by the front margin of the pronotum. The anterior legs are small and slightly compressed, and they are unarmed. The posterior femora are greatly enlarged, compressed, ovate incrassate, while the tibiae are stout, slightly compressed, shorter than the femora, and furnished with four movable spines on the inner and two on the outer edge. The apex has four long spurs, and the tarsi are plain. The cerci are stout, acuminate, slightly thickest in the middle, quite hairy, and as long as the abdomen. They are a trifle heaviest in the male. The ovipositor is slender and larger than usual, with the valves of equal lengths. The insect has a big and wide pronotum that is narrow in front and wide at the back. …

They have been found in the United States, in the following states: Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.