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Series 4, Volume 64, Supplement 1 
Table 6. Distribution of crickets (Order Orthoptera) in California caves and mines. Up to 6 species occur 
within a region. Most are trogloxenes or epigean, but 5 species are troglophiles (designated TP). 
Region 
Species 
Total Sites 
Bay Area/Delta 
Ceuthophilus sp. 
3 
Bay Area/Delta 
Pristoceuthophilus pacificus 
1 
Bay Area/Delta 
Rhaphidophoridae 
3 
Bay Area/Delta 
Stenopelmatus sp. 
1 
Bay Area/Delta 
Tropidischia sp. 
1 
Bay Area/Delta 
Tropidischia xanthostoma 
1 
Coast Ranges 
Rhaphidophoridae 
1 
Klamath Mountains 
Ceuthophilus sp. 
3 
Klamath Mountains 
Pristoceuthophilus sp. 
4 
Klamath Mountains 
Pristoceuthophilus n. sp. no. 4 TP 
1 
Klamath Mountains 
Rhaphidophoridae 
2 
Klamath Mountains 
Tropidischia sp. 
1 
Klamath Mountains 
Tropidischia xanthostoma 
1 
Lava Flows North 
Ceuthophilus inyo 
12 
Lava Flows North 
Ceuthophilus sp. 
1 
Lava Flows North 
Pristoceuthophilus celatus 
5 
Lava Flows North 
Rhaphidophoridae 
26 
Mojave Desert 
Ceuthophilus n. sp. (Shoshone Cave) TP 
3 
Mojave Desert 
Ceuthophilus n. sp. (Titus Canyon Cave) TP 
1 
Mojave Desert 
Orthoptera 
2 
Mojave Desert 
Rhaphidophoridae 
2 
Sea Caves 
Farallonophilus cavernicolusTP 
7 
Sierra Nevada North 
Aglaothorax oratus 
1 
Sierra Nevada North 
Ceuthophilus sp. 
1 
Sierra Nevada North 
Gryllus sp. 
2 
Sierra Nevada North 
Orthoptera 
1 
Sierra Nevada North 
Pristoceuthophilus n. sp. no. 1 
1 
Sierra Nevada North 
Pristoceuthophilus n. sp. no. 3 TP 
1 
Sierra Nevada North 
Rhaphidophoridae 
2 
Sierra Nevada South 
Ceuthophilus sp. 
1 
Sierra Nevada South 
Gryllacrididae 
1 
Sierra Nevada South 
Orthoptera 
11 
Sierra Nevada South 
Pristoceuthophilus marmoratus 
1 
Sierra Nevada South 
Pristoceuthophilus n. sp. no. 2 
1 
Sierra Nevada South 
Rhaphidophoridae 
2 
Sierra Nevada South 
Tropidischia sp. 
2 
Sierra Nevada South 
Tropidischia xanthostoma 
13 
