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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Ceuthophilus

Molting Camel Cricket? - Ceuthophilus cricket - Ceuthophilus nodulosus - female camel cricket - Ceuthophilus Camel Cricket - Ceuthophilus camel cricket - Ceuthophilus - female Uhler's camel cricket - male - Ceuthophilus uhleri - male Rhaphidophorid - Ceuthophilus - female Ceuthophilus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Rhaphidophoridae (Camel Crickets)
Subfamily Ceuthophilinae
Genus Ceuthophilus
Other Common Names
Camel Cricket (usually applied to this genus), Cave Cricket (this and related genera)
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Scudder, 1862.
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 89 species; most diverse rhaphidophorid genus in North America.
Range
Canada through to Mexico
Habitat
Caves, basements, crawl spaces, outdoor closets.
Food
Reported to be scavengers.
Print References
S. Hubbell, Broadsides from the Other Orders (1)
T. H. Hubbell, A monographic revision of the genus Ceuthophilus (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Rhaphidophorinae) (2)
Internet References
Insects of Cedar Creek: genus, family page
Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains--has a key down to genus level
Clemson University: image, fact sheet for family
Works Cited
1.Broadsides from the Other Orders
Sue Hubbell. 1993. Random House.
2.A monographic revision of the genus Ceuthophilus (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Rhaphidophorinae)
T. H. Hubbell. 1936. University of Florida Publication, Biological Series, Vol. II, No.1, pages 1-551, 38 plates.