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

By

Yuan, Nicolás Naveda
Stalling, Thomas

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-11-1

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

31

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

197--200

Subjects

Ants , Faunistics , first record , myrmecophiles , Neotropics , South America

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.31.84157

 

Abstract

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.