Ceuthophilini

Guides

• Macrobaenetes valgum

  Coachella giant sand treader cricket

  Macrobaenetes valgum, the Coachella giant sand treader cricket, is a species of cave cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae. It is endemic to the United States and has been recorded from California. Like other members of its genus, it is adapted to arid sandy habitats. The species was described by Strohecker in 1960.

  endemicsand-treadercave-cricketRhaphidophoridaeCoachellaCaliforniaOrthopteraEnsiferaCeuthophilinaeCeuthophiliniMacrobaenetesStrohecker-1960

• Rhachocnemis

  sand-treader crickets

  Rhachocnemis is a genus of sand-treader crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae. The genus was described by Caudell in 1916 and contains one described species, R. validus. These crickets are adapted to sandy desert environments, where they burrow through loose substrate. They are part of the diverse camel cricket lineage, though specialized for psammophilic (sand-dwelling) habitats.

  OrthopteraRhaphidophoridaesand-treader-cricketsfossorialpsammophilicCaliforniadesert-faunaCeuthophilini