Orthoptera20 species

Family Ant Crickets (Myrmecophilidae)

Myrmecophilidae is a family in the order Orthoptera. Browse 20 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Myrmecophilidae (20)

Old World Ant Cricket

Myrmecophilus americanus

Identification: Dark brown with a lighter stripe on the posterior half of mesonotum; no other North American ant cricket has this color pattern (Wetterer & Hugel 2014) Originally described from 'Colombia', but apparently native instead to tropical As

Desert Ant Cricket

Myrmecophilus manni

Identification: David Ferguson: "Apparently (???) the only way to tell them apart is that M. oregonensis runs darker as adults, and averages larger. Supposedly, M. oregonensis is from the Sierra westward to the coast and M. manni is east on the dry s