Acheta

Acheta
	Acheta domesticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Subfamily:	Gryllinae
Tribe:	Gryllini
Genus:	Acheta; Fabricius, 1775
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Acheta Linnaeus, 1758, 1758; Gryllulus Uvarov, 1935;

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.^[3] Apart from the cosmoplitan house cricket, species are recorded from the Palaearctic realm and North America.^[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

Acheta angustiusculus Gorochov, 1993
Acheta arabicus Gorochov, 1993
Acheta brevipennis Chopard, 1963
Acheta chudeaui (Chopard, 1927)
Acheta confalonierii (Capra, 1929)
Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus domesticus Linnaeus)
Acheta gossypii (Costa, 1855)
Acheta hispanicus Rambur, 1838
Acheta latiusculus Gorochov, 1993
†Acheta marioni Théobald, 1937
Acheta meridionalis (Uvarov, 1921)
Acheta pachycephalus (Karsch, 1893)
Acheta pantescus Massa, Cusimano, Fontana & Brizio, 2022
Acheta pulchellus Gorochov, 2017
Acheta rufopictus Uvarov, 1957
Acheta svatoshi Gorochov, 1988
Acheta turcomanoides Gorochov, 1993
Acheta turcomanus Gorochov, 1978

References

^ Fabricius (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus 279.
^ ^a ^b ^c Genus Acheta at Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 16 August 2023)
^ [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.

External links

Acheta at Encyclopedia of Life
Data related to Acheta at Wikispecies

[1] Fabricius (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus 279.

[OSF-2] Genus Acheta at Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 16 August 2023)

[3] [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.

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