Attaphila bergi

Attaphila bergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattoidea
Family:	Ectobiidae
Genus:	Attaphila
Species:	A. bergi
Binomial name
Attaphila bergi Bolivar, 1901

There are nine species of myrmecophiles in the genus Attaphila.

Distribution

Argentina, Uruguay

Biology

While the Orthoptera, as a rule, are large or medium-sized insects, both Myrmecophila and Attaphila are so far below even the average stature of insects of this order that we must conclude either that they have become reduced in size secondarily in adaptation to their present habitat and companionship, or that they were originally diminutive species, and, for that very reason, better able to enter into symbiotic relationship with the ants. The latter alternative seems to be the more probable

Host ant: Acromyrmex lundii, Acromyrmex lobicornis, and Amoimyrmex silvestrii

REFERENCES

• Bohn, H. Nehring, V., Rodriquez, J. and Klass, K-D. 2021. Revision of the genus Attaphila (Blattodea: Blaberoidea), myrmecophiles living in the mushroom gardens of leaf-cutting ants. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79:205-280.

• Bolívar I (1901) Un nuevo ortóptero mirmecófilo Attaphila Bergi. Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 1(10): 331–336.