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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Ammopelmatus calimesa Weissman, 2026

Calimesa Jerusalem Cricket
CollectionObject 2783547; 4366dc0b-a443-46d9-86f1-4a715a57046f, CAS Entomology type 20168: Holotype male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2783547; 4366dc0b-a443-46d9-86f1-4a715a57046f, CAS Entomology type 20168: Holotype male. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus calimesa Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 431.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20168; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: San Bernardino: Calimesa, adjacent to I-10 eastbound between Live Oak Canyon Road offramp and more eastern Rest Stop

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 town of Calimesa around which the type series was collected.

Stats

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