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  11. ›Ceuthophilinae
  12. ›Ceuthophilini
Camel Crickets
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Camel Crickets

Ceuthophilus

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.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ceuthophilus

subgenusCeuthophilus

Hemiudeopsylla

subgenusHemiudeopsylla

Geotettix

subgenusGeotettix

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61439.