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Myrmecophilus
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Myrmecophilus

Myrmecophilus or ant crickets, is a genus of orthopteran insects in the family Myrmecophilidae. This genus contains the majority of symbiotic 'ant-loving' species in this small, obscure family.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Myrmecophilus

subgenusMyrmecophilus

Myrmophilina

subgenusMyrmophilina

Oriental Ant Cricket

speciesMyrmecophilus orientalis

Paramyrmecophilus

subgenusParamyrmecophilus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50160.