Orthoptera of North Carolina
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Ceuthophilus lapidicola (Burmeister, 1838) - A Camel Cricket


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Taxonomy
Family: Rhaphidophoridae Subfamily: Ceuthophilinae Tribe: CeuthophiliniSynonym: Ceuthophilus gracilipes
Comments: One of 62 species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Cigliano et al., 2018); eight have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
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Comments: A medium-large yellowish-brown Camel Cricket. The pronotum is yellowish to reddish brown, with weaker fuscous or paler markings. The ventro-lateral lobes of the thorax are distinctly paler than the upper surfaces (Hubbell, 1936).
Distribution in North Carolina
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Adult Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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