Homoeogryllus

Homoeogryllus
Homoeogryllus orientalis male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Phalangopsidae
Subfamily:	Cacoplistinae
Tribe:	Homoeogryllini
Genus:	Homoeogryllus Guérin-Méneville, 1847
Synonyms
Homaeogryllus Guérin-Méneville, 1847

Homoeogryllus is a genus of cricket in the subfamily Cachoplistinae 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 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

• Data related to Homoeogryllini at Wikispecies
• Media related to Homoeogryllus at Wikimedia Commons