Aracamby

Aracamby
Scientific 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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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]

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. hdl:11449/28486.