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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaOrthopteraRhaphidophoridaeHadenoecus

Cumberland Cave Cricket
Hadenoecus cumberlandicus Hubbell & Norton, 1978

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Orthoptera
Family Rhaphidophoridae
Genus Hadenoecus
Species Hadenoecus cumberlandicus Hubbell & Norton, 1978

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglophile
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from 14 counties in Kentucky.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky

Counties

Kentucky
Carter, Clinton, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, McCreary, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

National ranks

United States
NNR

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. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
  • Lewis, J.J. 2009. Eight new cavernicolous species of the milliped genus Pseudotremia (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonidae). In: Roble, S.M. & Mithcell, J.C. (eds), A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard L. Hoffman’s 80th Birthday. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 16, pp. 171–186. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia, USA.

How to cite this account

Hadenoecus cumberlandicus Hubbell & Norton, 1978. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2503. https://cavebiology.org/species/hadenoecus-cumberlandicus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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