Classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Gryllidae
Genus: Oecanthus
Species: Oecanthus fultoni
Oecanthus fultoni's common name is the snowy tree cricket.
They are also widely known as the thermometer cricket.
Oecanthus means tree cricket and fultoni is named
after B.B. Fulton (Walker 1962).
Domain: Eukarya- Eukaryotic cells have a membrane-bound nucleus and
membrane-bound structures called organelles: mitochondria or
chloroplast. The main functions for these organelles are metabolism
and energy conversion.
Kingdom: Animalia- All members of Animalia are multicellular, lack a
cell wall and are hetertrophs, meaning they cannot synthesize their
own food.
Phylum: Arthropoda- They have paired jointed appendages which are
indicative of this phylum. They also have an exoskeleton that is
distinctive of Arthropoda.
Class: Insecta- They are in the class Insecta because they have 3
pairs of appendages. They also have fused tagmata separated into
three sections: head, thorax and abdomen.
Order: Orthoptera- The order of Orthoptera includes crickets,
grasshoppers, and katydids (BugGuide 2013).
The snowy tree cricket is in this order because it has two pairs of
wings and hind legs for jumping.
Family: Gryllidae- They are in the family Gryllidae, also known as
the true crickets, because of their long antennae (BugGuide 2013).
Genus: Oecanthus- The snowy tree cricket is in the genus
Oecanthus, which literally means tree cricket, because they are
often seen and reside in trees (Walker 1962).
Species: Oecanthus fultoni is named after B.B. Fulton who
discovered the snowy tree cricket (Walker 1962).