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synonym Myrmecophiloidea Saussure, 1874

• Nomenclatural details:   Junior synonym
• Citations:
  • Desutter-Grandcolas. 1987. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. Nouvelle série 23(3):222  
• Scrutiny:
  • Eades, 2005, Prompted by the Jost and Shaw study (in press), the OSF committee of the Orthopterists' Society in December, 2005 reviewed the classification of extant Ensifera down to family level. This led to numerous changes in the classification used by this website, including discontinuation of the recognition of this superfamily.
• Type genus:  Myrmecophilus Berthold, 1827; priority for family-group names based on Myrmecophilus dates from Myrmecophiliens Saussure, 1874.  First use as Myrmecophiloidea by Desutter-Grandcolas, 1987.

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