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Myrmecophilus (Myrmecophilus) aequispina Chopard, 1923

Ligurian Ant-cricket
CollectionObject 1517580; NHMUK015982104, b4d5d9b1-1d9e-4842-86f9-498d09cdaf07: dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517580; NHMUK015982104, b4d5d9b1-1d9e-4842-86f9-498d09cdaf07: dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517580; NHMUK015982104, b4d5d9b1-1d9e-4842-86f9-498d09cdaf07: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Myrmecophila [sic] acervorum aequispina Chopard, 1923: 30.

    Holotype; male; NHMUK015982104; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); France: Languedoc-Roussillon: Pont du Gard

  • Myrmecophila [sic] major Hölldobler, 1947: 637.
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  • Myrmecophilus aequispina Chopard, 1923 in Stalling & Birrer, 2013
  • Myrmecophilus aequispina Chopard, 1923 in Pelozuelo, Costes & Stalling, 2016

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Baccetti, B. (1966) Notulae orthopterologicae. XXII. Il genere Myrmecophilus Berth. in Italia. Redia, 50, 1–33.
  • Chopard, L. (1923) Notes sur quelques formes du genre Myrmecophila (Orth. Gryllidae) et diagnose d'une sous-espèce nouvelle de France. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 28, 29–30. Available at http://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1923_num_28_2_27104
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  • Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 12, pp. 213–500.
  • Defaut, B. (1999) Synopsis des orthoptères de France. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, 2, 87 pp. Available at http://ascete.org/ressources/le-synopsis-des-orthopteres-de-france/
  • Defaut, B. (2001) La détermination des Orthoptères de France. Bedeilhac, 85 pp.
  • Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1–749.
  • Hölldobler, K. (1947) Studien über die Ameisengrille (Myrmecophila acervorum Panzer) im mittleren Maingebiet. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 20, 607–648. Available at http://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=seg-001%3A1946%3A20%3A%3A658#658
  • Massa, B., Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2012) In Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera. Calderini, Bologna. Vol. 48, 563 pp.
  • Nagy, B. (2005) Orthoptera fauna of the Carpathian basin - recent status of knowledge and a revised checklist. Entomofauna Carpathica, 17, 14–22.
  • Pelozuelo, L., Costes, A. & Stalling, T. (2016) Premiere mention du Grand Fourmigril, Myrmecophilus aequispina Chopard, 1923, dans le departement de l'Ardeche (Orthoptera, Myrmecophilidae). Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, 21, 41–43.
  • Stalling, T. & Birrer, S. (2013) Identification of the ant-loving crickets, Myrmecophilus Berthold, 1827 (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae), in Central Europe and the northern Mediterranean Basin. Articulata, 28(1-2), 1–11. Available at http://dgfo-articulata.de/downloads/articulata/articulata_28_2013/Articulata_28_Stalling-Birrer.pdf
  • Voisin, J.-F. (2003) Atlas des Orthoptères et des Mantides de France. Patrimoines Naturels, 60, 1–104.

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