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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Ammopelmatus bigsur Weissman, 2026

Big Sur Jerusalem Cricket
CollectionObject 2777518; 8ac568c4-b116-4503-a60c-2c11ee614a2e, CAS Entomology type 20066: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2777518; 8ac568c4-b116-4503-a60c-2c11ee614a2e, CAS Entomology type 20066: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2777518; 8ac568c4-b116-4503-a60c-2c11ee614a2e, CAS Entomology type 20066: (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus bigsur Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 130.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20066; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Monterey: Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, along River Path Trailhead

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 the location of the type locality, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park in Monterey County.

Stats

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