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Ceuthophilus (Ceuthophilus) stygius (Scudder, 1861)

Cave Camel Cricket
Ceuthophilus (Ceuthophilus) stygius (Scudder, 1861): Fig. 210. female (antennae nearly twice as long again as shown in cut). (Otu).
Ceuthophilus (Ceuthophilus) stygius (Scudder, 1861): Fig. 210. female (antennae nearly twice as long again as shown in cut). (Otu).
Ceuthophilus (Ceuthophilus) stygius (Scudder, 1861): Fig. 714. male subgenital plate. (Otu).
Ceuthophilus (Ceuthophilus) stygius (Scudder, 1861): Fig. 716. male subgenital plate. (Otu).
Ceuthophilus (Ceuthophilus) stygius (Scudder, 1861): Figs. 22-22a. epiphallus. (Otu).

Nomenclature (24)

  • Raphidophora [sic] stygia Scudder, 1861: 9.

    Syntype; male; 73aed892-b656-4236-bf80-c215c38e8b2c; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Kentuky River, Hickman's Landing, Hickman's Cave

  • Ceuthophilus stygius (Scudder, 1861) in Scudder, 1862: 438.
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  • Ceuthophilus stygius (Scudder, 1861) in Studier, Lavoie & Chandler, 1991
  • Ceuthophilus stygius (Scudder, 1861) in Hawlitschek, Sadílek, Dey, Buchholz, Noori, Baez, Wehrt, Brozio, Trávníček, Seidel & Husemann, 2023: 15.

Nomenclature references (20)

  • Blatchley, W.S. (1894) The Locustidae of Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 92–153. [1892] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8529943#page/100/mode/1up
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1903) The Orthoptera of Indiana. Annual Report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana [Orthoptera of Indiana], 27, 123–471. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36406
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  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1888) Monographie der Stenopelmatiden und Gryllacriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 38, 247–394, pls. 5–9. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/VZBG_38_0247-0394.pdf
  • Caudell, A.N. (1916) The genera of the tettigoniid insects of the subfamily Rhaphidophorinae found in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 49, 655–690. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53483#page/851/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1931) Biospeologica. LVI. Campaigne spéologique de C. Bolivar et R. Jeannel dans l'Amerique du Nord (1928). 8. Insectes orthoptères. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale, 71(3), 389–402.
  • Hawlitschek, O., Sadílek, D., Dey, L.-S., Buchholz, K., Noori, S., Baez, I.L., Wehrt, T., Brozio, J., Trávníček, P., Seidel, M. & Husemann, M. (2023) New estimates of genome size in Orthoptera and their evolutionary implications. PLoS One, 18(3 (e0275551), 1–20. Available at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275551
  • Hubbell, T.H. (1936) A monographic revision of the genus Ceuthophilus (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Rhaphidophorinae). Univ. Florida Pub., Biol. Sci. Ser., 2(1), 551 pp.
  • Karny, H.H. (1928) Gryllacriden aus verschiedenen deutschen und österreichischen Sammlungen. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 89, 247–312. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_89_0247-0312.pdf
  • Karny, H.H. (1930) Revision der Gryllacriden des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien einschließlich der Collection Brunner v. Wattenwyl. 2. Hälfte. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 44, 45–198. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_44_0045-0198.pdf
  • Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Morse, A.P. (1919) New records of Orthoptera in New England. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 26, 16–18. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44189#page/26/mode/1up
  • Packard, A.S., Jr. (1873) On the cave fauna of Indiana. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci., 5, 93–97.
  • Packard, A.S., Jr. (1888) The cave fauna of North America. Mem. Acad. Nat. Sci., 4, 1–156. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110695#page/9/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1861) On the genus Raphidophora, Serville; with descriptions of four species from the Caves of Kentucky, and from the Pacific Coast. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 8, 6–14. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37036#page/16/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1862) Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera including a catalogue of the known New England species. Boston Journal of Natural History, 7(3), 409–480. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/materialsformono00scudrich
  • Scudder, S.H. (1869) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of North America described previous to 1867. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 8, 89 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=llgtAAAAIAAJ
  • Scudder, S.H. (1894) The North American Ceuthophili. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 30, 17–118. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/northamericanceu00scudiala
  • Studier, E.H. & Lavoie, K.H. (1990) Biology of cave crickets, Hadenoecus subterraneus, and camel crickets, Ceuthophilus stygius (Insecta: Orthoptera): Metabolism and water economies related to size and temperature. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology A Comparative Physiology, 95(1), 157–161. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28824
  • Studier, E.H., Lavoie, K.H. & Chandler, C.M. (1991) Biology of cave crickets, Hadenoecus subterraneus, and camel crickets, Ceuthophilus stygius (Insecta: Orthoptera): parasitism by hairworms (Nematomorpha). Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 58(2), 248–250.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Ancient Greek Στῠ́γῐος, of the Styx or the lower world.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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