Aracamby

Aracamby is a genus of crickets in the family Phalangopsidae, native to the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil. Unusually for crickets, they appear to not provide paternal investments to their mates.[2]

Aracamby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Phalangopsidae
Subfamily: Luzarinae
Genus: Aracamby
de Mello, 1992[1]
Species

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Species

Currently accepted species include:

  • Aracamby balneatorius de Mello, 1992
  • Aracamby mucuriensis de Mello, 1992
  • Aracamby picinguabensis de Mello, 1992

References
  1. Jour. Orth. Res. 1:50 (1992)
  2. Mello, Francisco de A.G. de (2007). "Female monopolization and paternity assurance in South American crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea): Mating plugs, extra claspers and forced copulation". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 47 (20): 245–257. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492007002000001.
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