Journal of Orthoptera Research (Nov 2022)

First record of Myrmecophilus (Myrmecophilus) quadrispinus for Peru and South America (Orthoptera, Myrmecophilidae)

  • Nicolás Naveda Yuan,
  • Thomas Stalling

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.31.84157
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 2
pp. 197 – 200

Abstract

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The first record of the ant cricket Myrmecophilus (Myrmecophilus) quadrispinus Perkins, 1899 for Peru and South America is presented. This species was discovered in the city of Lima in the nests of the ant species Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895, and Pheidole sp. Westwood, 1939 under a square brick and a stone in two urban gardens.