Ceuthophilus is a genus of insects in the cave cricket family Rhaphidophoridae.

[1] These insects have thick, dorsally arched bodies.

The head is oval in shape with long, tapering antennae.

[2] Ceuthophilus have varied diets and have been described as omnivores and scavengers.

Items observed in the diets of Ceuthophilus species include jelly, tuna, rancid liver, American cheese, pet food, oatmeal, wheat germ, peanut butter, molasses, wild fungi, persimmon, bread, dead and living insects, insect eggs, arachnids, dead bats, dead ring-tailed cats, and human feces.