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Ammopelmatus anzaborrego Weissman, 2026

Anza-Borrego Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus anzaborrego Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 400.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20190; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: San Diego: County Highway S22 just inside entrance to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

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 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park where it is the only Jerusalem cricket species known to occur.

Stats

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