Melanogryllus
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
Desert Cricket
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOrthoptera
- FamilyGryllidae
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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: Melanogryllus afghan Chopard, 1968 Melanogryllus bilineatus Yang & Yang, 1994 Melanogryllus carmichaeli (Chopard, 1928) Melanogryllus chopardi Bey-Bienko, 1968 Melanogryllus conscitus (Walker, 1869) Melanogryllus desertus (Pallas, 1771) - type species (as Gryllus desertus Pallas)