Acheta

Acheta
Acheta domesticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Suborder:Ensifera
Family:Gryllidae
Subfamily:Gryllinae
Genus:Acheta
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

15, See text.

Acheta is a genus of field crickets. It most notably contains the house cricket Acheta domestica. According to the Code of Zoological Nomenclature, this generic name is feminine in gender. For this reason, the specific names (epithets) must agree in gender with the generic name, and therefore be written in the feminine gender.

Species

  • Acheta angustiuscula
  • Acheta arabica
  • Acheta brevipennis
  • Acheta chudeaui
  • Acheta confalonierii
  • Acheta domestica Linnaeus, 1758
  • Acheta gossypii
  • Acheta hispanica
  • Acheta latiuscula
  • Acheta meridionalis
  • Acheta pachycephala
  • Acheta rufopicta
  • Acheta svatoshi
  • Acheta turcomana
  • Acheta turcomanoides

References


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