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Acheta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Gryllidae

Scientific name
  
Acheta

Higher classification
  
Field cricket

Order
  
Orthoptera

Suborder
  
Ensifera

Subfamily
  
Gryllinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
House cricket, Cricket, Insect, Gryllus, Orthoptera

Huiskrekel house cricket acheta domesticus in thailand


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.

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Species

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

    • References

    Acheta Wikipedia
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