Orthoptera of North Carolina
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Ceuthophilus guttulosus guttulosus Walker, 1869 - A Camel Cricket


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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); seven have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
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Comments: A small, dark reddish-brown Camel Cricket. A contrasting stripe of red-orange runs along the dorsal surface of the thorax and the lower portion of the lateral lobes of the thorax are pale whitish or yellowish (Hubbell, 1936). Subspecies angulosus has a similar dorsal stripe but the sides of the thorax are all dark (Eades, 1962). Ceuthophilus carolinus -- which was described from sites in northern South Carolina but has not yet been found in North Carolina (see map in Hubbell, 1936) -- also has a dark ground color and a contrasting orange stripe along the dorsal surface.
Total Length [body plus wings; excludes ovipositor]: Length of pronotum is 3.0-5.4 mm, males; 3.1-5.4 mm, females (Hubbell, 1936, for C. nigricans)
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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