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Ammopelmatus abelai Weissman, 2026

Variable Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus abelai Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 652.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20155; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Santa Barbara: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Boat House

Nomenclature 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 Alice Abela, collector extraordinaire, who over the years has sent the author a number of new species of Jerusalem crickets.

Stats

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