Black-Sided Camel Cricket
Ceuthophilus latens Scudder, 1862
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Orthoptera |
| Family | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus | Ceuthophilus |
| Species | Ceuthophilus latens Scudder, 1862 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Virginia
Counties
- Alabama
- Marshall
- Virginia
- Lee
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- NU
Subnational ranks
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Peck, S.B. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.
- Trumbore, L.E., Reynolds, R.J., Thomas, S.C., Orndorff, W., Cramphorn, B., Gladstone, N.S., Harden, C.W., Lewis, J.J., Milne, M.A., Ober, K.A., Shear, W.A., Stephen, C.D.R. & Zigler, K.S. 2024. Cave biodiversity of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 86: 13–24. doi:10.4311/2022LSC0116
How to cite this account
Ceuthophilus latens Scudder, 1862. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2280. https://cavebiology.org/species/ceuthophilus-latens/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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