First record of the Ant-loving cricket Myrmecophilus ochraceus for Zakynthos (Greece) with notes on the synonymy of Myrmecophilus salomonis (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae)

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Published: Nov 7, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.11592
Thomas Stalling
Abstract
The first record of Myrmecophilus ochraceus Fischer, 1853 (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) for Zakynthos (Greece) is given. Photographs of this species and its habitat are presented for the first time. Myrmecophilus salomonis Wasmann, 1890 is recognized as a junior synonym of Myrmecophilus ochraceus.
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