Lesser field cricket (Melanogryllus desertus)

Melanogryllus desertus
Other common names
Lesser Field-cricket, desert cricket, steppe cricket
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Subfamily:	Gryllinae
Tribe:	Gryllini
Genus:	Melanogryllus
Scientific name
Melanogryllus desertus (Pallas, 1771)
Geography
Native countries:
Albania Bulgaria Cyprus Italy Georgia (country) Kyrgyzstan China Moldova Romania Russia Austria Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Slovakia Spain Turkey Slovenia Croatia Montenegro France Greece Kazakhstan North Macedonia Serbia Armenia Monaco Portugal Ukraine Uzbekistan Kosovo
Pest status
Known pest
Sound
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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Biology

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Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
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Specimen contributors for this species

Natural history collections are built by people. The specimens that document this species were collected in the field, preserved in collections, and identified by generations of researchers and naturalists. Bionomia helps make these often-overlooked contributions visible by linking specimen records to the people behind them.

The contributors shown here are drawn from specimen records made available through GBIF and attributed to individuals by Bionomia. Each list shows up to the 20 people with the most specimens for this species, ranked from most to fewest.

Collected by

These people collected specimens of this species in the field, helping build the physical record of where and when it has occurred.

• Viacheslav Krylenko — 5 specimens collected
• Марина Горбунова — 4 specimens collected
• Sebastian Ćato — 3 specimens collected

• Павел Голяков — 2 specimens collected
• Alexandr Stanislavschi — 2 specimens collected

Identified by

These people examined specimens and determined their taxonomic identity—an essential step in turning a collected specimen into a useful biodiversity record.

• Josip Skejo — 8 specimens identified
• Viacheslav Krylenko — 4 specimens identified
• Sebastian Ćato — 3 specimens identified

• Марина Горбунова — 3 specimens identified
• Slobodan Ivkovic — 1 specimen identified