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Ammopelmatus owensvalley Weissman, 2026

Owens Valley Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ammopelmatus owensvalley Weissman, 2026 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 247.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20128; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Inyo: Owens Valley, Big Pine, 170 Flower Alley

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:

The collection localities are all in the Owens River Valley. Different species of Jerusalem crickets are found along the foothills of the Sierra Nevada toward the west and the various mountain ranges toward the east.

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