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Ammopelmatus kelsoensis Tinkham, 1965

Kelso Dunes Jerusalem Cricket

Nomenclature (6)

  • Ammopelmatus kelsoensis Tinkham, 1965: 67.

    Holotype; female; CAS Entomology type 16450; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: San Bernardino: San Bernardino Co., Kelso Dunes

  • Ammopelmatus kelsoensis Tinkham, 1965 in Tinkham, 1968: 125.
  • Ammopelmatus kelsoensis Tinkham, 1965 in Hoekstra, 1998: 180.
  • Ammopelmatus kelsoensis Tinkham, 1965 in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 281.

References (6)

  • Tinkham, E.R. (1965) Studies in Neartic desert sand dune Orthoptera. Part X. A new genus and species of stenopelmatine crickets from the Kelso Dunes with notes on its multi-annual life history and key. The Great Basin Naturalist, 25(3-4), 63–72. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33525#page/79/mode/1up
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1968) Studies in Nearctic desert sand dune Orthoptera. Part XI. A new arenicolous species of Stenopelmatus from Coachella Valley with key and biological notes. The Great Basin Naturalist, 28, 124–131. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33883#page/140/mode/1up
  • Tinkham, E.R. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1969) Notes on the bionomics and distribution of the genus Stenopelmatus in central California with the description of a new species (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 45, 4–14. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/228338#page/6/mode/1up
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1972) Nearctic desert Decticidae (Orthop.). Part XIV A new Eremopedes (Dectididae). The Great Basin Naturalist, 32(4), 223–228. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35761#page/247/mode/1up
  • Hoekstra, J.M. (1998) Conserving Orthoptera in the wild: lessons from Trimerotropis infantilis (Oedipodinae). Journal of Insect Conservation, 2(3-4), 179–185.
  • 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 type locality.

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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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Species1001