Research Article

Nonintegrated Host Association of Myrmecophilus tetramorii, a Specialist Myrmecophilous Ant Cricket (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae)

Table 1

Host ant species investigated and numbers of Myrmecophilus spp. and M. tetramorii crickets collected.

Host subfamilyHost genusHost speciesTotal no. of cricketsNo. of M. tetramorii

FormicinaeCamponotus japonicus 80
obscuripes 10
Formica hayashi 40
japonica 171
sanguinea 10
yessensis 10
Lasius capitatus 10
flavus 50
fuji 30
japonicus 400
nipponensis 70
sakagamii 20
spathepus 50
orientalis 20
umbratus 10
Polyrhachis lamellidens 10
Polyergus samurai 20
MyrmicinaeAphaenogaster japonica 10
Myrmica jessensis 10
kotokui 10
Pristomyrmex punctatus 10
Tetramorium tsushimae 7933
TermitesReticulitermes speratus 10
Outside ant nest20

Total  18734