The northernmost known observation of Myrmecophilus acervorum and the first records of Myrmecophilidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera) from Latvia

By

Balodis, Aleksandrs
Starka, Rūta
Telnov, Dmitry

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-04-25

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

34

Pages

169--173

Subjects

ant cricket , Baltic region , Distribution , faunistic

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.138202

 

Abstract

The first observations of myrmecophilous ant cricket Myrmecophilus acervorum (Panzer, 1799) and the family Myrmecophilidae from Latvia are presented. The observations were made in two locations subject to flooding in springtime. Adult and juvenile female individuals were observed. The discussed records appear to be the northernmost known distribution limit of this species.