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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Ammopelmatus sierrapelona Weissman, 2026

Sierra Pelona Mountains Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus sierrapelona Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 665.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20115; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Los Angeles: Sierra Pelona Mountains, dirt road to Mt. McDill

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 after the Sierra Pelona Mountains, the type locality.

Stats

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