''Acheta'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
s. It most notably contains the
house cricket (''Acheta domesticus''). According to Direction 46 issued by the
ICZN
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...
in 1956, this generic name is masculine in gender.
Genus ''Acheta'' at Orthoptera Species File
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Species
*'' Acheta angustiusculus''
*'' Acheta arabicus''
*'' Acheta brevipennis''
*'' Acheta chudeaui''
*''Acheta confalonierii
''Acheta'' is a genus of cricket (insect), 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.
Species
*''Acheta angustiusc ...
''
*''Acheta domesticus
''Acheta domesticus'', commonly called the house cricket, is a cricket most likely native to Southwestern Asia, but between 1950 and 2000 it became the standard feeder insect for the pet and research industries and spread worldwide. They can be ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
*'' Acheta gossypii''
*'' Acheta hispanicus''
*'' Acheta latiusculus''
*'' Acheta meridionalis''
*'' Acheta pachycephalus''
*'' Acheta rufopictus''
*'' Acheta svatoshi''
*'' Acheta turcomanus''
*'' Acheta turcomanoides''
References
''Acheta'' at Encyclopedia of Life
Gryllinae
Orthoptera genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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