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Ceuthophilus
Sign in to saveCeuthophilus is a genus of insects in the cave cricket family Rhaphidophoridae. It contains most of the species that are known commonly as camel crickets.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOrthoptera
- FamilyRhaphidophoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,273
- With media
- 512
- Family
- Rhaphidophoridae
- Collections
- MHNCA, CHAS, VPI, TTU, ASU, MNA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Ceuthophilus is a genus of insects in the cave cricket family Rhaphidophoridae. It contains most of the species that are known commonly as camel crickets.
These insects have thick, dorsally arched bodies. The head is oval in shape with long, tapering antennae. The hind femur is thick and usually spiny in males, and sometimes slightly spiny in females.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ceuthophilus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.