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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Ammopelmatus grayi Weissman, 2026

Southern Arizona Jerusalem Cricket
CollectionObject 2788010; 5c6b6575-4095-4935-9828-30c1a8963af2, CAS Entomology type 20137: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2788010; 5c6b6575-4095-4935-9828-30c1a8963af2, CAS Entomology type 20137: (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus grayi Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 373.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20137; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: Arizona: Santa Cruz: Santa Rita Mountains, Coronado National Forest, Madera Canyon

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 the authors' colleague David A. Gray who collected this species at Brown Canyon.

Stats

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