Myrmecophilus or ant crickets, is a genus of orthopteran insects in the family Myrmecophilidae. This genus contains the majority of myrmecophilous (ant-loving) species in this small, obscure family.
Species
With a worldwide distribution, species include:
- M. acervorum <small>(Panzer, 1799)</small>
- M. aequispina <small>Chopard, 1923</small>
- M. americanus <small>Saussure, 1877</small>
- M. arboreus <small>Maeyama & Terayama, 1994</small>
- M. australis <small>Tepper, 1896</small>
- M. baronii <small>Baccetti, 1966</small>
- M. brevipalpis <small>Chopard, 1948</small>
- M. bifasciatus <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1846</small>
- M. bituberculatus <small>Ingrisch, 2001</small>
- M. chocolatinus <small>Gorochov, 1992</small>
- M. concolor <small>Chopard, 1928</small>
- M. cottami <small>Chopard, 1922</small>
- M. crenatus <small>Gorochov, 1986</small>
- M. denticaudus <small>Bei-Bienko, 1967</small>
- M. dubius <small>Saussure, 1877</small>
- M. escherichi <small>Schimmer, 1911</small>
- M. formosanus <small>Shiraki, 1930</small>
- M. gigas <small>Ichikawa, 2001</small>
- M. gracilipes <small>Chopard, 1924</small>
- M. haeckeli <small>Fernando, 1962</small>
- M. hebardi <small>Mann, 1920</small>
- M. hirticaudus <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1846</small>
- M. horii <small>Maruyama, 2004</small>
- M. inaequalis <small>Ingrisch, 2010</small>
- M. ishikawai <small>Maruyama, 2004</small>
- M. jordanicus <small>Stalling, 2024</small>
- M. keyi <small>Baccetti, 1975</small>
- M. kinomurai <small>Maruyama, 2004</small>
- M. kubotai <small>Maruyama, 2004</small>
- M. leei <small>Kistner & Chong, 2007</small>
- M. longitarsis <small>Chopard, 1925</small>
- M. manni <small>Schimmer, 1911</small>
- M. mauritanicus <small>(H. Lucas, 1849)</small>
- M. mayaealberti <small>Hugel & Matyot, 2006</small>
- M. mjobergi <small>Chopard, 1925</small>
- M. myrmecophilus <small>(Savi, 1819)</small>
- M. nigricornis <small>Chopard, 1963</small>