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  tribe Myrmecophilini Saussure, 1874
genus Myrmecophilus (Berthold, 1827)
subgenus Myrmecophilus (Berthold, 1827)

species Myrmecophilus (Myrmecophilus) pergandei Bruner, 1884

• Common name(s):  eastern ant cricket
• Images:
  • female (body length 4 mm)
  • male (body length 3.85 mm)
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (11):
  • Bruner, L. 1884. Canadian Ent. 16(3):42 >> Myrmecophila pergandei  
  • Scudder, S.H. 1899. Psyche 8(283):425 >> Myrmecophila pergandei
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1912. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 64(1):128 >> Myrmecophilus pergandei  
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of north-eastern America 661 >> Myrmecophila pergandei  
  • Hebard. 1920. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 46:98  
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:257 >> Myrmecophila pergandei  
  • Hayes, W.P. 1942. Entomol. News 53:139
  • Hebard. 1945. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 71(1124.45):97  
  • Chopard. 1968. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 12:248 >> Myrmecophilus
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 211, Plate 47 >> Myrmecophilus pergandei
  • Hill, J.G. 2009. Jour. Orth. Res. 18(1):57 >> Myrmecophilus pergandei
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., District of Columbia, Washington D.C
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Sex of type:  female
  • Location of type:  ANSP Philadelphia