Caconemobius

Caconemobius is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Nemobiinae. There are about 15 species distributed from the Pacific coasts of Asia to Hawaii, where they occur in marine environments on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, barren lava fields, and lava tube caves.[1][2]

Caconemobius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Trigonidiidae
Genus: Caconemobius
Kirby, 1906
Species

15

These are wingless crickets that do not sing. They have bulbous abdomens. They live among rocks on beaches and other marine environments, where they may swim and dive in the saline waters.[2]

Taxonomy

The Orthoptera Species File database lists the following species:[3]

  • Caconemobius akusekiensis (Oshiro, 1990)
  • Caconemobius albus Otte, 1994
  • Caconemobius anahulu Otte, 1994
  • Caconemobius daitoensis (Oshiro, 1986)
  • Caconemobius dibrachiatus Ma & Zhang, 2015
  • Caconemobius fori ('ūhini nēnē pele, or lava cricket) Gurney & Rentz, 1978
  • Caconemobius howarthi Gurney & Rentz, 1978
  • Caconemobius nihoensis Otte, 1994
  • Caconemobius paralbus Otte, 1994
  • Caconemobius sandwichensis Otte, 1994
  • Caconemobius sazanami (Furukawa, 1970)
  • Caconemobius schauinslandi (Alfken, 1901)
  • Caconemobius takarai (Oshiro, 1990)
  • Caconemobius uuku Otte, 1994
  • Caconemobius varius Gurney & Rentz, 1978

References
  1. Howarth, Francis G. "Community structure and niche differentiation in Hawaiian lava tubes." US/IBP synthesis series (1981).
  2. Kim, T. and J. Kim. (2010). A taxonomic review of the marine littoral genus Caconemobius (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Nemobiinae) in Korea. Korean J Syst Zool 26(1) 29-33.
  3. "Genus Caconemobius". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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