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Caconemobius
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Caconemobius

Kirby, 1906
Species

13

Caconemobius is a genus of crickets. There are about 13 species distributed from the Pacific coasts of Asia to Hawaii, where they occur in marine environments on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.[1]

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.[1]

Taxonomy

The Orthoptera Species File database lists the following species:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "Genus Caconemobius". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 11 May 2015.