''Gryllus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of field cricket ( Orthoptera,

Gryllidae The family ''Gryllidae'' contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets. Having long, whip-like antennae, they belong to the Orthopteran suborder Ensifera, which has been greatly reduced in the last 100 years (''e ...

Gryllinae Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae. They hatch in spring, and the young crickets (called nymphs) eat and grow rapidly. They shed their skin (molt) eight or more times before ...

). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...

is ''

Gryllus campestris ''Gryllus campestris'', the European field cricket or simply the field cricket in the British Isles, is the type species of crickets in its genus and tribe Gryllini. These flightless dark colored insects are comparatively large; the males ra ...

'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1950s, native field crickets in eastern North America were all assigned to a single species, ''Acheta assimilis'' Fabricius. Although regional variation in calling song and life history were noted,Rehn, J.A.G., and Hebard, M. (1915). The genus ''Gryllus'' (Orthoptera) as found in America. ''Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.'' 67:292-322.Fulton, B. B. 1952. Speciation in the field cricket. Evolution 6, 283-295. no morphological characters could be found to reliably distinguish these variants.Alexander, R.D. (1957). The taxonomy of the field crickets of the eastern United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Acheta). ''Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am.'' 50:584-602. Building upon the pioneering work of Fulton, Alexander used male calling song, life history and crosses between putative species to revise the taxonomy of gryllines in the eastern United States, and recognized five species, although at the time they were still classified in the genus ''Acheta''.

Species

The genus contains the following species : *''

Gryllus abditus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Otte & Peck, 1997 *''

Gryllus abingdoni ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Otte & Peck, 1997 *''

Gryllus abnormis ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1 ...

'' Chopard, 1970 *'' Gryllus alogus'' Rehn, 1902 – damp-loving field cricket *''

Gryllus amarensis ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1 ...

'' (Chopard, 1921) *''

Gryllus ambulator ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Saussure, 1877 *''

Gryllus argenteus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' (Chopard, 1954) *'' Gryllus argentinus'' Saussure, 1874 *''

Gryllus armatus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Scudder, 1902 *'' Gryllus assimilis'' (Fabricius, 1775) – Jamaican field cricket *''

Gryllus ater ''Miogryllus convolutus'' is a species of cricket from South America. Description ''M. convolutus'' exists in a number of forms. Most strikingly, there are micropterous (small-winged) and macropterous (large-winged) forms, but there is also vari ...

'' Walker, 1869 *''

Gryllus barretti ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Rehn, 1901 *''

Gryllus bellicosus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Otte & Cade 1984 *''

Gryllus bicolor ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Saussure, 1874 *''

Gryllus bimaculatus ''Gryllus bimaculatus'' is a species of cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae. Most commonly known as the two-spotted cricket, it has also been called the "African" or "Mediterranean field cricket", although its recorded distribution also includes ...

'' De Geer, 1773 *''

Gryllus braueri ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' (Karny, 1910) *''

Gryllus brevecaudatus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' (Chopard, 1961) – short-tailed field cricket *''

Gryllus brevicaudus ''Gryllus brevicaudus'', the short-tailed field cricket, is a species of cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each ...

'' Weissman, Rentz, Alexander & Loher 1980 *''

Gryllus bryanti ''Gryllus bryanti'' is a species of cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae. ''G. bryanti'' lives on islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Eleuthera Island and Andros Island in the Bahamas.Otte, D., and Pérez-Gelabert, D.E. 2009. Caribbean Cricket ...

'' Morse, 1905 *''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758 *''

Gryllus capitatus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Saussure, 1874 *''

Gryllus carvalhoi ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' (Chopard, 1961) *''

Gryllus cayensis ''Gryllus cayensis'', known generally as the keys wood cricket or South Florida taciturn wood cricket, is a species of cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the ...

'' Walker, 2001 – Keys wood cricket *''

Gryllus chaldeus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' (Uvarov 1922) *'' Gryllus chappuisi'' (Chopard, 1938) *'' Gryllus chichimecus'' Saussure, 1897 *''

Gryllus cohni ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1 ...

'' Weissman, Rentz, Alexander & Loher 1980 *''

Gryllus comptus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Walker, 1869 *'' Gryllus conradti'' (Bolivar, 1910) *'' Gryllus darwini'' Otte & Peck 1997 *''

Gryllus debilis ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1 ...

'' Walker, 1871 *''

Gryllus firmus ''Gryllus firmus'', commonly known as the sand field cricket, is a species of cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae. It is found in the southeastern United States. Description ''Gryllus firmus'' is very similar in appearance to other crickets found ...

'' Scudder, 1902 – sand field cricket *'' Gryllus fultoni'' (Alexander, 1957) – southern wood cricket *'' Gryllus fulvipennis'' Blanchard, 1854 *'' Gryllus galapageius'' Scudder, 1893 *'' Gryllus genovesa'' Otte & Peck 1997 *'' Gryllus insularis'' Scudder, 1876 *''

Gryllus integer ''Gryllus integer'', commonly known as the western trilling cricket, is one of many species of field cricket (subfamily Gryllinae) in the genus ''Gryllus''. It is called the "triller" field cricket because its song is nearly continuous rather tha ...

'' Scudder, 1901 – western trilling cricket *''

Gryllus isabella ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1 ...

'' Otte & Peck 1997 *'' Gryllus jallae'' Giglio-Tos, 1907 *'' Gryllus kapushi'' Otte, 1987 *'' Gryllus krugeri'' Otte, Toms & Cade 1988 *'' Gryllus lineaticeps'' Stål, 1861 – variable field cricket *'' Gryllus luctuosus'' (Bolivar, 1910) *'' Gryllus madagascarensis'' Walker, 1869 *'' Gryllus marchena'' Otte & Peck 1997 *'' Gryllus maunus'' Otte, Toms & Cade 1988 *''

Gryllus maximus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1 ...

'' (Uvarov 1952) *'' Gryllus meruensis'' Sjöstedt, 1909 *''

Gryllus miopteryx ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Saussure, 1877 *'' Gryllus multipulsator'' Weissman 2009Long-chirp field cricket
Singing Insects of North America (SINA) – Long-chirp Field Cricket *'' Gryllus mzimba'' Otte, 1987 *'' Gryllus namibius'' Otte & Cade 1984 *'' Gryllus nigrohirsutus'' Alexander, 1991 *''

Gryllus nyasa ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Otte & Cade 1984 *'' Gryllus opacus'' Chopard, 1927 *''

Gryllus ovisopis ''Gryllus ovisopis'', the taciturn wood cricket, is a species of cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae. They hatch in spring, and the young ...

'' Walker, 1974 – taciturn wood cricket *''

Gryllus parilis ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1 ...

'' Walker, 1869 *'' Gryllus pennsylvanicus'' Burmeister, 1838 – fall field cricket *''

Gryllus personatus ''Gryllus personatus'', the badlands cricket, is a species of cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae. They hatch in spring, and the young cr ...

'' Uhler, 1864 – Badlands cricket *''

Gryllus peruviensis ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Saussure, 1874 *'' Gryllus pinta'' Otte & Peck 1997 *'' Gryllus quadrimaculatus'' Saussure, 1877 *''

Gryllus rhinoceros ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1 ...

'' Gorochov, 2001 *''

Gryllus rixator ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1 ...

'' Otte & Cade 1984 *''

Gryllus rubens ''Gryllus rubens'', commonly known as the southeastern field cricket, is one of many cricket species known as a field cricket. It occurs throughout most of the Southeastern United States. Its northern range spans from southern Delaware to the ...

'' Scudder, 1902 – eastern trilling cricket *'' Gryllus scudderianus'' Saussure, 1874 *''

Gryllus signatus ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Walker, 1869 *'' Gryllus spinulosus'' Johannson, 1763 *'' Gryllus subpubescens'' (Chopard, 1934) *''

Gryllus texensis ''Gryllus texensis'' is a species of cricket described by William H. Cade and Otte in (2000). Cade and Otte clarify that field crickets collected in the Southeastern United States from Florida to Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ' ...

'' Cade & Otte 2000 – Texas trilling cricket *'' Gryllus urfaensis'' Gumussuyu, 1978 *''

Gryllus veletis ''Gryllus veletis'', commonly known as the spring field cricket, is abundant throughout eastern North America. ''G. veletis'' is a solitary, aggressive, omnivorous, burrow-inhabiting species of cricket (insect), cricket. This species is commonly ...

'' (Alexander & Bigelow 1960) – spring field cricket *'' Gryllus vernalis'' Blatchley, 1920 – northern wood cricket *'' Gryllus vicarius'' Walker, 1869 *'' Gryllus vocalis'' Scudder, 1901 – vocal field cricket *''

Gryllus zaisi ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket ( Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid- ...

'' Otte, Toms & Cade 1988 *'' Gryllus zambezi'' (Saussure, 1877)

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