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Ceuthophilus pallidipes Walker, 1905 - A Camel Cricket

Ceuthophilus pallidipes
Female; on beer-banana bait
Taxonomy
Family: Rhaphidophoridae Subfamily: Ceuthophilinae Tribe: Ceuthophilini
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
Species Status: Belongs to the Latens Species Group, of which only pallidpes has been recorded in North Carolina (Hubbell, 1936)
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images,  iNaturalist, GBIF                                                                                  
Comments: A small to large Camel Cricket. The dorsal surface is usually dark with a strongly contrasting, medial pale stripe. The base of the spurs on the hind tibiae are dark, a distinguishing characteristic of the Latens Species Group (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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Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan
Ashe Co.
Comment: Base of spurs on the hind tibiae are dark