Acheta domestica Linnaeus 1758 (house cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

Alternative combination: Gryllus domesticus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Acheta according to O. F. Müller 1776

See also Fabricius 1775, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1767 and Scopoli 1763

Sister taxon: Acheta marioni

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acheta domestica in the database

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