MYRMECOPHILUS-ARBOREUS, A NEW MYRMECOPHILOUS CRICKET ATTENDING ARBOREAL ANTS FROM PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA (ORTHOPTERA, GRYLLIDAE)

Authors
MAEYAMA T TERAYAMA M
Citation
T. Maeyama et M. Terayama, MYRMECOPHILUS-ARBOREUS, A NEW MYRMECOPHILOUS CRICKET ATTENDING ARBOREAL ANTS FROM PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA (ORTHOPTERA, GRYLLIDAE), Sociobiology, 23(3), 1994, pp. 241-245
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Sociobiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03616525
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
241 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-6525(1994)23:3<241:MANMCA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A new species of myrmecophilous cricket, Myrmecophilus arboreus, from Papua New Guinea is described and illustrated. This species occurs in nests of arboreal ants such as Camponotus sp., Crematogaster sp., and Tapinoma sp. This is the first record of the genus from New Guinea.