Hadenoecus cumberlandicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Tribe: Hadenoecini
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.[2][3][4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

References

  1. 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)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "Hadenoecus cumberlandicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Hadenoecus cumberlandicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ↑ Hobbs III, HH (1992). Hackney, CT; Adams, SM; Martin, WM (eds.). "Caves and Springs". Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States: Aquatic Communities: 59–131.
  6. ↑ 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): 1–10. doi:10.1673/031.010.4701. ISSN 1536-2442. PMC 3014794. PMID 20572786.


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