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Common names for these insects include cave crickets, camel crickets, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to "criders" or "sprickets"), [2] and sand treaders. Those occurring in New Zealand are typically referred to as jumping or cave wētā . [ 3 ]
Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera . Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae ).
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.
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. [1] 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 ...
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers and their allies) make up the order Orthoptera .
The subfamily Rhaphidophorinae [1] contains the single tribe of camel crickets, the Rhaphidophorini, based on the type genus Rhaphidophora. Species can be found in: India, southern China, Japan, Indo-China, Malesia and Australasia.
The greenhouse camel cricket is an invasive species native to Asia, but findings in a study from North Carolina State University suggest they are now Foreign crickets invade US basements Skip to ...
Hadenoecus cumberlandicus, [1] the Cumberland cave cricket, is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae. It is found in North America. It is found in North America. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]