''Ceuthophilus'' is a genus of insects in the cave cricket family

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University of Missouri Extension. 2010. These insects have thick, dorsally arched bodies. The head is oval in shape with long, tapering antennae. The hind femur is thick and usually spiny in males, and sometimes slightly spiny in females.Kirby, W. R. ''Key to Subfamilies of North American Rhaphidophoridae: Subfamily Rhaphidophorinae.'' ''Ceuthophilus'' have varied diets and have been described as omnivores and scavengers. Items observed in the diets of ''Ceuthophilus'' species include jelly,

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.Taylor, S. J., et al. (2005)
Foraging range and habitat use of ''Ceuthophilus secretus'' (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae), a key trogloxene in central Texas cave communities.
''The American Midland Naturalist'' 154(1) 97-114. Species include:

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