Orthoptera Species File

Species

Ammopelmatus rusti Weissman, 2026

Blow Sand Mountain Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (1)

Ammopelmatus rusti Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 344.
Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20092; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: Nevada: Churchill: Blow Sand Mountain

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 Richard W. Rust who has collected many sand-inhabiting Jerusalem crickets in western Nevada and sent them alive to the author.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	0	1