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Melanogryllus

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Genus of crickets

Melanogryllus
Melanogryllus desertus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Gryllinae
Tribe: Gryllini
Genus: Melanogryllus
Chopard, 1961
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Melanogryllus is a genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae and tribe Gryllini, erected by Lucien Chopard in 1961. Species appear to be widely distributed (but records are probably incomplete) including: North Africa, mainland Europe (not Scandinavia or the British Isles) and Asia (India, Mongolia and Taiwan).

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Melanogryllus afghan Chopard, 1968
  2. Melanogryllus bilineatus Yang & Yang, 1994
  3. Melanogryllus carmichaeli (Chopard, 1928)
  4. Melanogryllus chopardi Bey-Bienko, 1968
  5. Melanogryllus conscitus (Walker, 1869)
  6. Melanogryllus desertus (Pallas, 1771) - type species (as Gryllus desertus Pallas)

References

  1. Chopard LM (1961) Les divisions du genre Gryllus basées sur l'étude de l'appareil copulateur (Orth. Gryllidae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología 37(3), 267–287.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File: Genus Melanogryllus Chopard, 1961 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 22 April 2023)

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