Kentucky cave cricket (Ceuthophilus stygius)

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Ceuthophilus stygius
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Other common names
Cave camel cricket, Stygian cave cricket
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily:	Ceuthophilinae
Tribe:	Ceuthophilini
Genus:	Ceuthophilus
Scientific name
Ceuthophilus stygius (Scudder, 1861)
Geography
Native countries:
United States
Traits
Diet:	Insects, Detritus, Carrion

The Kentucky cave cricket (Ceuthophilus stygius) is a species of cricket or katydid in the family Rhaphidophoridae (camel crickets).

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Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceCeuthophilus stygius

Habitat

Geophilous Troglophile

Diet

Insects Detritus Carrion

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Silent

Flight

Entirely flightless

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Taxon identifiers

BugGuideCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistIRMNGITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)UMLS CUIXeno-canto