Acheta

Short description: Genus of crickets

Acheta

Acheta domesticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Orthoptera
Suborder:  | Ensifera
Family:  | Gryllidae
Subfamily:  | Gryllinae
Tribe:  | Gryllini
Genus:  | Acheta
Fabricius, 1775[1][2]
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

1. ↑ Fabricius (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus 279.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.

## External links

* Acheta at Encyclopedia of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q4033254 entry

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*[†]: Extinct