The myrmecophilic cricket myrmecophilus in Spain (Orthoptera, Myrmecophilidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-328

  Espadaler, X ^a   Olmo Vidal, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Ants; Crickets; Formicidae; Iberian peninsula; Myrmecophilidae; Myrmecophilus acervorum; Myrmecophilus ochraceus; Spain

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS; FORMICIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; LASIUS; MESSOR; MONOMORIUM; MYRMECOPHILUS; ORTHOPTERA; TETRAMORIUM;

EID: 79952943876     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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