FIRST RECORD OF ANT-LOVING CRICKETS (ORTHOPTERA, MYRMECOPHILIDAE, MYRMECOPHILINAE) IN NEW-CALEDONIA

Authors
DESUTTERGRANDCOLAS L
Citation
L. Desuttergrandcolas, FIRST RECORD OF ANT-LOVING CRICKETS (ORTHOPTERA, MYRMECOPHILIDAE, MYRMECOPHILINAE) IN NEW-CALEDONIA, Australian journal of entomology, 36, 1997, pp. 159-163
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Australian journal of entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
13266756
Volume
36
Year of publication
1997
Part
2
Pages
159 - 163
Database
ISI
SICI code
1326-6756(1997)36:<159:FROAC(>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Myrmecophilus quadrispina (Perkins 1899) has been described from Hawai i and found in the Samoan Islands. In both places it has been consider ed an introduced species. It is reported here from the Loyalty Islands (Lifou). This is the first occurrence of a myrmecophiline cricket in the New Caledonian area. The species is redescribed, and its male and female genitalia examined. Its biology and behaviour at Lifou Island a re briefly documented. A key to Myrmecophilus spp. from the Australian region is given.