A new species of ant-loving cricket from Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain (Orthoptera, Myrmecophilidae)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2013.v69.073Keywords:
Taxonomy, new species, Myrmecophilus fuscus, ant guest, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, SpainAbstract
A new species of ant-loving cricket, Myrmecophilus fuscus sp. n., is described and illustrated, based on individuals collected on the Balearic island of Mallorca, Spain. Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869) was the host ant species. The habitat was evergreen oak forest. The holotype specimen was deposited in the collection of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève. The species is closely related to Myrmecophilus acervorum (Panzer, [1799]) and belongs to the subgenus Myrmecophilus Berthold, 1827.
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