Archaboilus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of cricket-like animals}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Hettangian|Callovian}}

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| taxon = Archaboilus

| authority = Martynov 1937

| subdivision = *†A. kisylkiensis Martynov 1937

• †A. martynovi Gorochov 1988
• †A. musicus Gu, Engel & Ren, 2012
• †A. shurabicus Martynov 1937
• †A. similis Zherikhin 1985

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Archaboilus is an extinct genus of cricket-like insect that lived during the Jurassic period.{{cite news|title=Jurassic Chirp: Scientists Recreate Ancient Cricket Song|url=https://news.yahoo.com/jurassic-chirp-scientists-recreate-ancient-cricket-song-225113981.html|work= Yahoo! News|date=Feb 6, 2012}} Five species are known, ranging from the earliest Jurassic (Hettangian) to the end of the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of Asia.

Although behaviors are difficult to reconstruct for extinct species, in 2012 scientists based in China, the UK, and the US recreated the call of A. musicus based on a well-preserved fossil from the Jiulongshan Formation of China.{{Cite journal | last1 = Gu | first1 = J. -J. | last2 = Montealegre-z | first2 = F. | last3 = Robert | first3 = D. | last4 = Engel | first4 = M. S. | last5 = Qiao | first5 = G. -X. | last6 = Ren | first6 = D. | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1118372109 | title = Wing stridulation in a Jurassic katydid (Insecta, Orthoptera) produced low-pitched musical calls to attract females | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 109 | issue = 10 | pages = 3868–3873 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22315416| pmc = 3309752| doi-access = free }}

Based on studies, it is believed that male A. musicus produced pure-tone (musical) songs using a resonant mechanism tuned at a frequency of 6.4 kHz.