Ceuthophilus secretus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Rhaphidophoridae
- Genus
- Ceuthophilus
- Species
- Ceuthophilus secretus
- Scientific Name
- Ceuthophilus secretus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ceuthophilus secretus
Ceuthophilus secretus, known generally as the Texas cave cricket or secret cave cricket, is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae. It is found in North America. Like many other camel crickets, this species is nocturnal, wingless, has antennae longer than its body, and appears humpbacked. It dwells primarily in caves and is omnivorous, eating fungi, many types of plant matter, and dead insects. In coloration, the species ranges from yellowish gray to dark brown.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Ceuthophilus agassizii
- Ceuthophilus arizonensis
- Ceuthophilus brevipes
- Ceuthophilus conicaudus
- Ceuthophilus divergens
- Ceuthophilus gracilipes
- Ceuthophilus latens
- Ceuthophilus longipes
- Ceuthophilus maculatus
- Ceuthophilus meridionalis
- Ceuthophilus mississippi
- Ceuthophilus nevadensis
- Ceuthophilus pallescens
- Ceuthophilus pallidipes
- Ceuthophilus pallidus
- Ceuthophilus seclusus
- Ceuthophilus secretus
- Ceuthophilus stygius
- Ceuthophilus tenebrarum
- Ceuthophilus uhleri
- Ceuthophilus utahensis
- Ceuthophilus variegatus
- Ceuthophilus williamsoni
- Ceuthophilus yavapai

























