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  subfamily Gryllinae Laicharting, 1781
tribe Gryllini Laicharting, 1781
genus Acheta Fabricius, 1775

species Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Common name(s):  House cricket; Le Grillon domestique; Heimchen
• Images: (7) See all images
  • individual from Osnabrück (Germany)
  • male, tegmina expanded, hind wings removed
  • male, wings closed
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
  • Specimens in German collections (DORSA)
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (80):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.) 1:428 >> Gryllus (Acheta) domesticus  
  • Linnaeus. 1761. Fauna Sueciae sistens animalia Sueciae (Ed. 2):236 >> Gryllus domesticus  
  • Linnaeus. 1767. Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (12th ed.) 1, pt. 2:694 >> Gryllus (Acheta) domesticus  
  • Fabricius. 1787. Mantissa insectorum exhibens species nuper in Etruria collectas a Ptro Rossio 1:231 >> Acheta domestica  
  • Ramis. 1814. Specimen animalium, vegetabilium et mineralium in insula Minorica frequentiorum ad normam Linneani sistematis 60 pp.
  • Lamarck. 1835. Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vert. 4(2nd Ed.):460 >> Gryllus domesticus  
  • Charpentier. 1825. Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis 80 >> Acheta domestica
  • Fischer. 1853. Orthoptera Europaea 180, pl. IX >> Gryllus domesticus
  • Frivaldsky. 1867. Magyarországi Egyenesröpüek magánrajza. (Monographia Orthopterorum Hungariae) 76 >> Gryllus domesticus  
  • Scudder, S.H. 1869. Smithson. misc. Coll. 8:2 >> Acheta domestica  
  • Bolívar, I. 1876-1878. Sinopsis de los Ortópteros de España y Portugal 333 pp.  
  • Targioni-Tozzetti. 1882. Ortotteri agrari cioè dei diversi insetti dell'ordine degli ortotteri nocivi o vantaggiosi all'agricoltura o all'economia domestica e principalmente delle cavallette 69 >> Note: fig. 43, 44 >> Gryllus domesticus  
  • Moragues y de Manzanos. 1894. An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 23:78 >> Gryllus domesticus  
  • Beutenmüller. 1894. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 6:266 >> Acheta domesticus  
  • Lydekker. 1896. The Royal Natural History 6:177 >> Note: [figure] >> Gryllus domesticus  
  • Morse. 1920. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 35(6):391 >> Gryllus domesticus  
  • Hebard. 1925. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 51:54 >> Gryllus domesticus  
  • Krauss. 1928. Entomol. Mitteil. 17(2):140-146
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:246 >> Gryllus domesticus  
  • Uvarov. 1935. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 10 15:320 >> Gryllulus
  • Roberts. 1941. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 67:33 >> Acheta domestica  
  • ICZN. 1954. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 8:226, 227 >> Acheta domestica
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1962. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 173:129 >> Note: lectotype >> Acheta domesticus
  • Chopard [Ed.]. 1967. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 10:62, 64 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Harz. 1969. Ser. Entomol. 5:670 >> Acheta domesticus  
  • Gangwere & Morales-Agacino. 1970. Miscelánia Zoológica 2(5):1-67
  • Chopard. 1970. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent. 8(181):193 >> Note: In St Helena
  • Weissman. 1977. Entomol. News 88:246-248
  • Weissman, D.C.F. Rentz, R.D. Alexander & Loher. 1980. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 106:331 >> Note: Type lost
  • Gorochov. 1983. In Bodrova, Soboleva & Meshcheryakov [Ed.]. Systematics and ecological-faunistic review of the various orders of Insecta of the Far East 43
  • Marshall, J.A. 1983. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 78(4):386 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Bellmann. 1985. Heuschrecken: beobachten, bestimmen 118 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Bala & Kaur. 1987. Indian Zool. 11(1-2):97-99, illustr. >> Note: microsporidium host
  • Melville & J.D.D. Smith [Ed.]. 1987. Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology 222 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Renucci, C. Strambi, A. Strambi, Augier & Charpin. 1990. General & Comparative Endocrinology 78(1):137
  • Faucheux. 1990. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. France 12(1):37
  • Coast, Holman & Nachman. 1990. J. Insect Physiol. 36(7):481
  • Kämper & Kleindienst. 1990. Jour. Comp. Physiol. A. Sens. Neural & Behav. Physiol. 167(2):193
  • Coast & C.H. Wheeler. 1990. Physiological Ent. 15(1):13
  • Kaufman & M.J. Klug. 1990[1991]. Comp. Biochemistry & Physiology A Comp. Physiology 98(1):117
  • Aly. 1990. Bull. Fac. Sci. Assiut Univ. E. Zool. 19(2):165
  • Hancock, E.G. 1990. Glasgow Naturalist 21(5):618
  • Teo. 1990. In Ming & Ng [Ed.]. Essays in zoology. Papers commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Dept. of Zoology, National Univ. of Singapore 319
  • Bradley & Haynes. 1991. Comp. Biochemistry & Physiology A Comp. Physiology 98(2):213
  • Styler & Hamm. 1991. J. Invert. Pathol. 58(2):283-285
  • Baines & Downer. 1991. Arch. Insect Biochem. & Phys. 16(3):153
  • Gangwere & Llorente del Moral. 1992. Eos 68(1):77
  • Kleukers. 1992. Nieuws. Eur. Invert. Surv. Nederland Apr 21:3-10
  • Nickle. 1992. In Quintero & Aiello [Ed.]. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies 186 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Haes, E.C.M. 1993. Zoological Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 2 1993:6-8, illustr. >> Note: England; First record for Scilly Isles; Port Loe
  • Stein, W. & Haschemi. 1994. Zeit. angew. Zool. 80(2):249-258, illustr.
  • Fowles. 1994. Dyfed Invert. Grp. Newsl. 28:3 >> Note: New locality: Wales, Dyfed, Ceredigion
  • Shaw, K.C., Bitzer, Galliart, Troendle & Shaffer. 1995. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 88(3):362-365
  • Bellmann & Luquet. 1995. Guide des sauterelles, grillons et criquets d'Europe occidentale 171 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Hudecek & Suhaj. 1996. Cas. Slezsk. Mus. 45(2):183
  • Gopal & E.J. Moore. 1996. Appl. ent. Zool. 31(4):515-523, illustr.
  • Nelson & Nolen. 1997. Jour. Ins. Behav. 10(4):557
  • Dinan. 1997. Comp. Biochemistry & Physiology B Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 116B(2):129
  • Srivastava, C.N. 1997. Jour. Ent. Res. (New Delhi) 21(4):321
  • Hack. 1998. Jour. Ins. Behav. 11(6):853
  • Detzel [Ed.]. 1998. Die Heuschrecken Baden-Württembergs 291 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Heidemann. 1998. In Detzel [Ed.]. Die Heuschrecken Baden-Württembergs 26 >> Note: "Achéta" is a masculine noun, thus "domésticus" >> Acheta domesticus
  • Coray & A.W. Lehmann. 1998. Articulata Beiheft 7:90 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Defaut. 1999. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocenotiques 2:22 >> Acheta domestica
  • Sturm. 1999. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 31(2):731
  • Szövényi & B. Nagy. 1999. Savaria 25(2):110 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Ingrisch. 1999. Esperiana 7:352 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Ichikawa, Murai & Honda. 2000. Bulletin of the Hoshizaki Green Foundation 4:269 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Perez-Gelabert. 2001. Jour. Orth. Res. 10(1):69
  • Gorochov & Llorente del Moral. 2001. Graellsia 57(2):116 >> Acheta domestica
  • Defaut [Ed.]. 2001. La détermination des Orthoptères de France 29 >> Acheta domestica
  • Braud, Sardet & Morin. 2002. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocenotiques 7:9 >> Acheta domestica
  • Fontana, Buzzetti, Cogo & Odé. 2002. Guida al riconoscimento e allo studio di cavallette, grilli, mantidi e insetti affini del Veneto: Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dermaptera, Embidiina 378 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Voisin [Ed.]. 2003. Patrimoines Naturels 60:40 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 175 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 196 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Storozhenko. 2004. Dlinousye pryamokrylye nasekomye (Orthoptera: Ensifera) asiatskoi chasti Rossii [Long-horned orthopterans (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the Asiatic part of Russia] 199 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Nagy, B. 2005. Entomofauna Carpathica 17:18 >> Acheta domestica
  • Sturm. 2006. Mikrokosmos 95:305-309 >> Acheta domesticus
  • Ünal. 2006. Priamus 3:16 >> Acheta domesticus
• Scrutiny:
  • Braun, 2008
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Europe
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Sex of type:  female
  • Location of type:  LSUK London Linnean Society

• synonym aegyptiacus (Haan, 1842)
• synonym domestica Fabricius, 1787
• synonym melanocephalus Zacher, 1917
• synonym transversalis (Walker, 1871)