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Ammopelmatus cephalotes (Walker, 1869) (Nomen dubium)

CollectionObject 1517600; 6bdc2d8e-df8d-4e72-ac72-3f80e8a8e538, NHMUK015982112: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517600; 6bdc2d8e-df8d-4e72-ac72-3f80e8a8e538, NHMUK015982112: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517600; 6bdc2d8e-df8d-4e72-ac72-3f80e8a8e538, NHMUK015982112: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517600; 6bdc2d8e-df8d-4e72-ac72-3f80e8a8e538, NHMUK015982112: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517600; 6bdc2d8e-df8d-4e72-ac72-3f80e8a8e538, NHMUK015982112: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Stenopelmatus cephalotes Walker, 1869: 195. (valid; nomen dubium in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 746)

    Holotype; male; NHMUK015982112; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); America: west coast

  • Stenopelmatus cephalotes Walker, 1869 in Kirby, 1906: 112.
  • Ammopelmatus cephalotes (Walker, 1869) in Weissman, Vandergast, Song, Shin, McKenna & Ueshima, 2021: 4, 6.
  • Ammopelmatus cephalotes (Walker, 1869) in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 746.

References (10)

  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 1, 1–224 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci01britrich
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Hebard, M. (1916) A study of the species of the genus Stenopelmatus found in the United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 24, 70–86. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34012#page/94/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • Karny, H.H. (1929) Revision der Gryllacriden des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien einschließlich der Collection Brunner v. Wattenwyl. 1. Hälfte. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 43, 3–186. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_43_0035-0186.pdf
  • Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1986) The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, 14, 1–918. Available at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1985-14-eng.pdf
  • Weissman, D.B. (2001) North and Central American Jerusalem Crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae): taxonomy, distribution, life cycle, ecology and related biology of the American species. In The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. Wallingford. pp. 57–72.
  • Weissman, D.B., Vandergast, A.G., Song, H., Shin, S., McKenna, D.D. & Ueshima, N. (2021) Generic relationships of New World Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Stenopelmatinae), including all known species of Stenopelmatus. Zootaxa, 4917(1), 1–122.
  • 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:

From Greek κεφᾰλή = head and -ώτης (suffix used to form various kinds of nouns), apparently in reference to the megacephalic condition of the holotype.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012