Allegheny Crevice Cricket
Euhadenoecus puteanus (Scudder, 1877)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Orthoptera |
| Family | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus | Euhadenoecus |
| Species | Euhadenoecus puteanus (Scudder, 1877) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 14 counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- DeKalb, Jackson
- Georgia
- Bartow, Dade, Gordon, Polk, Walker
- Kentucky
- Carter
- Tennessee
- Cumberland, Fentress, Marion, Pickett, Putnam, Van Buren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- Alabama
- S1 Critically Imperiled
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1979. Caves and associated fauna of Eastern Kentucky, Volume 3. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 130 pp.
- 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.
- Peck, S.B. 1995. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part II: The insects. National Speleological Society Bulletin 57: 1–19.
- 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
Euhadenoecus puteanus (Scudder, 1877). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2448. https://cavebiology.org/species/euhadenoecus-puteanus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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