Teleogryllus commodus

Teleogryllus commodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Grylloidea
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Gryllinae
Genus: Teleogryllus
Species: T. commodus
Binomial name
Teleogryllus commodus
(Walker,1869)
Synonyms

Gryllus commodus Walker [1]
Gryllus carbonarius Audinet-Serville 1839
Gryllus fuliginosus Audinet-Serville 1839
Gryllus servillii de Saussure 1877

Teleogryllus oceanicus, commonly known as the black field cricket is a cricket species native to Australia.

Inbreeding avoidance

Male T. commodus use advertisement calling to attract mates. Inbred males call less often than out-bred males. Female T. commodus prefer males with a more frequent calling effort, so that inbred males suffer reductions in mating success.[2] Male calling rate likely serves as an indicator to females of genome-wide heterozygosity and/or male condition.

References

  1. Drayton JM, Milner RN, Hunt J, Jennions MD (2010). "Inbreeding and advertisement calling in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus: laboratory and field experiments". Evolution 64 (10): 3069–83. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01053.x. PMID 20662924.
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