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BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary


Tropidischia xanthostoma
Square-legged Camel Cricket


 
Scientific Name: Tropidischia xanthostoma (Scudder, 1861)
English Name: Square-legged Camel Cricket
English Name Synonyms: Camel Cricket
 
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference: Eades, D.C.and D. Otte. 2009. Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 2.0/3.5. Accessed 25 March 2009. Online. Available: http://osf2.orthoptera.org/HomePage.aspx
Classification Level: Species
Species Group: Invertebrate Animal
Species Code: OR-TROXAN
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Rhaphidophoridae
   
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status: GNR
Provincial Status: S4S5 (Mar 2015)
BC List: Not Reviewed
Provincial FRPA list:   
Provincial Wildlife Act:
COSEWIC Status:
SARA Schedule:
General Status Canada:
   
Ecology & Life History
General Description:
Migration Characteristics:
(Global / Provincial)
 
    Nonmigrant:
    Local Migrant:
    Distant Migrant:
    Within Borders Migrant:
N / N
N / N
N / N
na / N
Habitats:
(Type / Subtype / Dependence)
Food Habits:
Global Food Habits Comments:
Global Phenology:
Provincial Phenology:
(1st half of month/
2nd half of month)
Colonial Breeder: N
Length(cm)/width(cm)/Weight(g): / /
Elevation (m) (min / max): Global: 
Provincial: 
   
 
Distribution
Endemic:
 
Authors / Contributors
Global Information Author:
Last Updated:
Provincial Information Author:
Last Updated:
   
References and Related Literature
No references available
 

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Tropidischia xanthostoma. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 16, 2026).