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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Ammopelmatus tehachapi Weissman, 2026

Tehachapi Mountains Slow Drumming Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus tehachapi Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 366.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20087; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Kern: 8.2 km SSE Arvin, on Comanche Point Road

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 for the restricted distribution within the northern foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains.

Stats

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