San-rafael-desert

Guides

• Utabaenetes

  Tanner's black camel cricket

  Utabaenetes is a monotypic genus of camel crickets (Rhaphidophoridae) endemic to the San Rafael Desert and adjacent Colorado Plateau of the western United States. The sole species, U. tanneri, is restricted to areas of loose sand and active dunes where it reaches high local densities. This dune-dwelling species exhibits specialized behavioral and ecological adaptations to arid environments.

  dune-specialistendemicmonotypicmatutinalBatesian-mimicrydetritivorecamel-cricketsand-treaderUtahSan-Rafael-DesertCeuthophilinae