Hadenoecus cumberlandicus
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| Hadenoecus cumberlandicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus: | Hadenoecus |
| Species: | H. cumberlandicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hadenoecus cumberlandicus Hubbell & Norton, 1978 [1] | |
Hadenoecus cumberlandicus,[1] the Cumberland cave cricket, is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae. It is found in North America along the west of the Cumberland Plateau.[2][3][4][5]
Habitat
[edit]The Cumberland cave cricket aggregates into groups or clusters within cave wall recesses and is considered vital to cave community ecosystems, noted as a keystone species.[6]
Features and reproduction
[edit]The crickets aggregate to minimize dehydration using specialized pheromones that reduce mobility on contact, acting as an anti-predator defense tactic from cave spiders. It has been found to have a co-occurrence relationship with the cave orb weaver spider Meta ovalis. Some populations of H. cumberlandicus are parthenogenic.[7]
Identification
[edit]This cricket has very long legs, and a dark body. Its body is broken into scale sections. The antennae are also longer than that of an average camel cricket.[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hubbell, T. H.; Norton, Russell M. (1978). "The systematics and biology of the cave-crickets of the North American tribe Hadenoecini (Orthoptera: Saltatoria: Ensifera: Rhaphidophoridae: Dolichopodinae)". hdl:2027.42/56400.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Hadenoecus cumberlandicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Hadenoecus cumberlandicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ "Cumberland Cave Cricket". Bugs With Mike. 2025-04-04. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ↑ Hobbs III, HH (1992). Hackney, CT; Adams, SM; Martin, WM (eds.). "Caves and Springs". Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States: Aquatic Communities: 59–131.
- ↑ Yoder, Jay A.; Christensen, Brady S.; Croxall, Travis J.; Tank, Justin L.; Hobbs, Horton H. (May 2010). "The Pheromone of the Cave Cricket, Hadenoecus cumberlandicus, Causes Cricket Aggregation but Does Not Attract the Co-Distributed Predatory Spider, Meta ovalis". Journal of Insect Science. 10 (47): 47. doi:10.1673/031.010.4701. ISSN 1536-2442. PMC 3014794. PMID 20572786.
- ↑ "cricket".