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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Phalangopsidae |
| Subfamily: | Luzarinae |
| Genus: | Aracamby de Mello, 1992[1] |
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Species
editCurrently accepted species include:
- Aracamby balneatorius de Mello, 1992
- Aracamby mucuriensis de Mello, 1992
- Aracamby picinguabensis de Mello, 1992
References
edit- ^ Jour. Orth. Res. 1:50 (1992)
- ^ 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.