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Ammopelmatus ballmeri Weissman, 2026

Colton Dunes Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus ballmeri Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 418.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20119; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: San Bernardino: Colton Dunes, Slover Avenue 0.4 mi. W intersection with Pepper Avenue

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 after Greg R. Ballmer who collected the first specimens, and who has been a tireless advocate for the protection of the Colton Sand Dunes. His successful petitioning for Federal endangered species status of the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminates abdominalis) has also helped protect A. ballmeri’s type locality, where this Jerusalem cricket species reaches its highest density.

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