Slender-Legged Camel Cricket
Ceuthophilus gracilipes (Haldeman, 1850)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Orthoptera |
| Family | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus | Ceuthophilus |
| Species | Ceuthophilus gracilipes (Haldeman, 1850) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 30 counties across five states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clarke, Colbert, Conecuh, DeKalb, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Wilcox
- Florida
- Jackson
- Georgia
- Bartow, Dade, Gordon, Walker
- Illinois
- Hardin, Pope, Saline, Union
- Tennessee
- Maury, Van Buren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- S3 Vulnerable
- Ontario
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Barr, T.C., Jr. 1953. Notes on the occurrence of ranid frogs in caves. Copeia 1953: 60–61. doi:10.2307/1440250
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403
- Peck, S.B. 1970. The terrestrial arthropod fauna of Florida caves. The Florida Entomologist 53: 203–207. doi:10.2307/3493189
- Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
- Peck, S.B. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.
- Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Ceuthophilus gracilipes (Haldeman, 1850). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2278. https://cavebiology.org/species/ceuthophilus-gracilipes/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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