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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Komatsu T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4926664 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ZooKeys 20160516 589
Myrmecophilus americanus and Myrmecophilus albicinctus are typical myrmecophilous insects living inside ant nests. These species are ecologically important due to the obligate association with tramp ant species, including harmful invasive ant species. However, the taxonomy of these "white-banded ant crickets" is quite confused owing to a scarcity of useful external morphological characteristics. Recently, Myrmecophilus albicinctus was synonymized with Myrmecophilus americanus regardless of the a ...[more]