Ant Cricket Myrmecophilus americanus

Classification

Myrmecophilidae [family]
Myrmecophilus [genus] (1)
americanus [species]

Classification

Myrmecophilidae [family]
Myrmecophilus [genus] (1)
americanus [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Aruba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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    Notes on presence status Uncertain about its original native range, might be in the West Indies (Wetterer & Hugel, 2009).

    Publications

    • Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Introduced agricultural pests, plant and animals diseases and vectors in the Dutch Caribbean, with an “Alert species” list. 1-35. IMARES, Wageningen.
    • Wetterer, J.K., Hugel, S. 2009. Worldwide spread of the Ant Cricket Myrmecophilus americanus, a symbiont of the Longhorn Crazy Ant, Paratrechina longicornis. Sociobiology 52: 157-165.