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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Ammopelmatus leei Weissman, 2026

Point Dume Jerusalem Cricket
CollectionObject 2805857; c1d0e268-ae25-4953-b17c-e680e3a29f49: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2805857; c1d0e268-ae25-4953-b17c-e680e3a29f49: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus leei Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 725.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20124; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Los Angeles: Point Dume State Nature Preserve

References (1)

  • Weissman, D.B., Weissman, D.W., Vandergast, A.G., Ueshima, N., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Song, H. (2026) Massive radiation in Ammopelmatus Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Stenopelmatinae): Phylogenomics, revision, and biology of 105 new species from the United States and Mexico. Zootaxa, 5776(1), 1–775. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5776.1.1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named for Vincent F. Lee, who helped the author collect many Jerusalem crickets over the years, and, as was his typical behavior, never complained even when awoken at 04:30, as the sky was getting light, for one last walk of the oatmeal trail at Point Dume.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1001