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Ammobaenetes phrixocnemoides
mesilla sand-treader cricket, Caudell's sand-treader cricket
Ammobaenetes phrixocnemoides is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae, commonly known as the mesilla sand-treader cricket or Caudell's sand-treader cricket. It was described by Caudell in 1907. The species is known from sandy habitats in New Mexico and is part of a genus specialized for life in loose sand substrates. As with other sand-treader crickets, it exhibits morphological adaptations for burrowing in granular soils.
Daihiniella
Daihiniella is a monotypic genus of sand-treader crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae, containing a single described species, D. bellicosa. The genus was established by Hubbell in 1936 and belongs to the tribe Daihiniini within the subfamily Ceuthophilinae. Sand-treader crickets are specialized for life in sandy environments, with morphological adaptations for burrowing and moving through loose substrates.
Daihiniodes
sand-treader crickets
Daihiniodes is a genus of sand-treader crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae, established by Hebard in 1929. The genus contains at least two described species: Daihiniodes hastifera (Arizona sand-treader cricket) and Daihiniodes larvale (Strohecker's sand-treader cricket). These crickets are part of the tribe Daihiniini within the subfamily Ceuthophilinae.