''Acheta'' is a

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cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

s. It most notably contains the

house cricket ''Acheta domesticus'', commonly called the house cricket, is a species of 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. ...

(''Acheta domesticus''). According to Direction 46 issued by the

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in 1956, this generic name is masculine in gender.
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. Apart from the cosmopolitan

, species are recorded from the Palaearctic realm and North America.Genus ''Acheta'' at Orthoptera Species File
(retrieved 16 August 2023)

Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: * '' Acheta angustiusculus'' Gorochov, 1993 * '' Acheta arabicus'' Gorochov, 1993 * '' Acheta brevipennis'' Chopard, 1963 * '' Acheta chudeaui'' (Chopard, 1927) * '' Acheta confalonierii'' (Capra, 1929) * ''

Acheta domesticus ''Acheta domesticus'', commonly called the house cricket, is a species of cricket (insect), cricket most likely native to Western Asia, Southwestern Asia, but between 1950 and 2000 it became the standard feeder insect for the pet and research ind ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as ''Gryllus domesticus'' Linnaeus) * '' Acheta gossypii'' (Costa, 1855) * ''

Acheta hispanicus ''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.Acheta latiusculus ''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.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 ''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.''Acheta'' at Encyclopedia of Life
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q4033254 Gryllinae Orthoptera genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus