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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Ammopelmatus sakai Weissman, 2026

Light Ballona Dunes Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus sakai Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 390.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20121; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Los Angeles: Playa del Rey, Ballona Wetlands

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 Walter H. Sakai, who first discovered this restricted species, and who has collected many other Jerusalem crickets for the author.

Stats

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