Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Most cave crickets have very large hind legs with "drumstick-shaped" femora and equally long, thin tibiae, and long, slender antennae. The antennae arise closely and next to each other on the head. They are brownish in color and rather humpbacked in appearance, always wingless, and up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long in body and 10 cm (3.9 in) for the legs.
Hadenoecus is a genus of common cave cricket of the southeastern United States [1] and typical of the tribe Hadenoecini.. An interesting characteristic of these crickets is their long antennae and powerful rear legs which allow for quick movement in the dark cave system.
Hadenoecus subterraneus, the common cave cricket, or Mammoth Cave cricket is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae. [1] [2] [3] ...
Farallonophilus is a genus of camel crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae. The only described species in the genus is Farallonophilus cavernicolus, also known as the Farallon cave cricket or the Farallon camel cricket, which is endemic to the Farallon Islands in California, United States. [1] It was first described by David C. Rentz in 1972.
The crickets aggregate to minimize dehydration using specialized pheromones that reduce mobility on contact, acting as an anti-predator defense tactic from cave spiders. It has been found to have a co-occurrence relationship with the cave orb weaver spider Meta ovalis. Some populations of H. cumberlandicus are parthenogenic. [6]
Ceuthophilus stygius, known generally as the Kentucky cave cricket or cave camel cricket, is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae. [1] [2] [3] ...
Hadenoecini is a tribe of cave crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae. [2] There are two genera and nine described species. [2] It is sometimes considered a synonym of the subfamily Dolichopodainae. [3] They are pale and spider-like, occurring in forests and caves in the eastern United States. [4] They are sometimes referred to as white cave ...
Cavernotettix is a genus of cave crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae, in South-Eastern Australia and Tasmania.There are five species in the genus Cavernotettix. [1] [2] The genus was first described by New Zealand entomologist Aola Richards in 1966.