Divergent camel cricket (Ceuthophilus divergens)

Ceuthophilus divergens
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily:	Ceuthophilinae
Tribe:	Ceuthophilini
Genus:	Ceuthophilus
Scientific name
Ceuthophilus divergens Scudder, 1862
Geography
Native countries:
United States
Traits
Diet:	Insects, Detritus, Carrion

The Divergent camel cricket (Ceuthophilus divergens) is a species of cricket or katydid in the family Rhaphidophoridae (camel crickets).

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Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
The Orthoptera of Michigan	Roger G. Bland	2003		View URL

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceCeuthophilus divergens

Habitat

Geophilous, Troglophile

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Silent

Flight

Entirely flightless

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
The Orthoptera of Michigan	Roger G. Bland	2003		View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Charles Hart — 2 specimens collected
• Stephen Alfred Forbes — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tyler Grant — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BugGuideCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Xeno-canto