Acheta

Acheta is a genus of crickets. It most notably contains the house cricket Acheta domesticus. According to Direction 46 issued by the ICZN in 1956, this generic name is masculine in gender.[1][2]

Acheta
Acheta domesticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Tribe: Gryllini
Genus: Acheta
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

15, See text.

Species
  • Acheta angustiusculus
  • Acheta arabicus
  • Acheta brevipennis
  • Acheta chudeaui
  • Acheta confalonierii
  • Acheta domesticus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Acheta gossypii
  • Acheta hispanicus
  • Acheta latiusculus
  • Acheta meridionalis
  • Acheta pachycephalus
  • Acheta rufopictus
  • Acheta svatoshi
  • Acheta turcomanus
  • Acheta turcomanoides

References
  1. Determination of the gender attributable to the generic names Acheta Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Insecta, Order Orthoptera) and Geotrupes Latreille. 1796 (Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera) (variation of Rulings given in Opinions 299 and 346 respectively). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 12: 433–440.
  2. Genus Acheta at Orthoptera Species File


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