HomoeogryllusGuérin-Méneville (1847) In Lefebvre. ''Voyage en Abyssinie dans les provinces du Tigré, du Samen et de l'Amhara'' 4(6): 335 (at www.biodiversitylibrary.org) is a genus of

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 ...

in the subfamily

Cachoplistinae The CachoplistinaeSaussure (1877) ''Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve'' 25(1): 325. (on www.biodiversitylibrary.org). is a subfamily of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the family Phalangopsidae; they are sometimes called beetle crickets or bel ...

and tribe Homoeogryllini. The recorded distribution is: Africa and Peninsular Malaysia.

Species

Some species, previously placed here are now in the genus '' Meloimorpha''. The ''Orthoptera Species File''Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 6 February 2019)
/ref> lists: * '' Homoeogryllus adunctus'' Gorochov, 1988 * '' Homoeogryllus ambo'' Gorochov, 2018 * '' Homoeogryllus cavicola'' Chopard, 1950 * '' Homoeogryllus deviatus'' Desutter-Grandcolas, 1985 * '' Homoeogryllus gabonensis'' Desutter-Grandcolas, 1985 * '' Homoeogryllus longicornis'' (Walker, 1869) * '' Homoeogryllus lyristes'' Gorochov, 1988 * '' Homoeogryllus maroccanus'' Desutter-Grandcolas, 1985 * '' Homoeogryllus nigresculus'' Desutter-Grandcolas, 1985 * '' Homoeogryllus nigripennis'' Chopard, 1942 * '' Homoeogryllus orientalis'' Desutter-Grandcolas, 1985 * '' Homoeogryllus parvus'' Chopard, 1936 * '' Homoeogryllus reticulatus'' (Fabricius, 1781) * '' Homoeogryllus tessellatus'' (Serville, 1838) * '' Homoeogryllus venosus'' Saussure, 1878 * '' Homoeogryllus xanthographus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1847 – type species (as ''Homaeogryllus xanthographus'')

Species

Some species in this genus has been kept as pet since antiquity in some China and Japan for the song they produce.

References

External links

* * {{taxonbar, from=Q10525724 Ensifera genera crickets Orthoptera of Africa Orthoptera of Asia