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Ammopelmatus hydrocephalus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) (Nomen dubium)

CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, on drawer, at bottom (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, posterior view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, label on drawer, type not seen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, anterior view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532484; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40: (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Stenopelmatus hydrocephalus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: 261. (valid; nomen dubium in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 748)

    Holotype; female; d5bf0df3-3594-4eaf-923b-15ef81833a40; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); United States

  • Stenopelmatus hydrocephalus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Saussure & Pictet, 1897: 290.
  • Ammopelmatus hydrocephalus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) in Weissman, Vandergast, Song, Shin, McKenna & Ueshima, 2021: 4.
  • Ammopelmatus hydrocephalus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 748.

References (11)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1888) Monographie der Stenopelmatiden und Gryllacriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 38, 247–394, pls. 5–9. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/VZBG_38_0247-0394.pdf
  • 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
  • Key, K.H.L. & Colless, D.H. (1993) A higher classification of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). 2. Subfamily Catantopinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 7(1), 89–111.
  • 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
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de & Pictet, A. (1897) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 285–344. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm
  • 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 ὑδροκέφαλον (hydrocephalus, water in the brain), relating to the large and globose head.

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