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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Ammopelmatus ensenada Weissman, 2026

Baja California Coastal Jerusalem Cricket
CollectionObject 2775126; CAS Entomology type 20081, 3317d906-750f-4b24-ade6-b83baf6a183b: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2775126; CAS Entomology type 20081, 3317d906-750f-4b24-ade6-b83baf6a183b: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus ensenada Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 85.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20081; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); Mexico: Baja California: Mexico Highway 1 at km post 34.3 S Ensenada or 9.9 m N Santo Tomás

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 in reference to the large Baja California city near where most specimens were collected.

Stats

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