ant-cricketとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

ant cricket (複数形 ant crickets)

1. Any of various small insects of the family Myrmecophilidae that live commensally with ants.
   • 1911 February 1, William M. Mann, “Notes on the guests of somee Californian ants”, in Psyche, volume 18, page 28:

     The Californian ant-cricket, Myrmecophila formicarum Scudder occurs in practically every nest.

   • 2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 209:

     Grylloidea contains the familiar crickets (Gryllidae) as well as the mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae) and ant crickets (Myrmecophilidae). Each of these families have a worldwide distribution, but only the gryllids are of any significant diversity.

Further reading

• Ant cricket on Wikipedia.