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Ammopelmatus pratti Weissman, 2026

Antelope Valley Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus pratti Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 574.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20111; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: San Bernardino: El Mirage Dry Lake

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 in appreciation of Gordon F. Pratt, who collected the holotype and the allotype as well as many other Jerusalem crickets over the years.

Stats

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