species

Ammopelmatus longispina (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888)

Long-spined Jerusalem Cricket

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Nomenclature (31)

Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: 260. (valid)
Holotype; male; 30ab7caf-fdb0-4a04-8374-caaa945bf56d; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Canada: British Columbia: Victoria, Vancouver
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: 261.
Holotype; female; f03c75ec-f6a3-4309-9e37-47e1fef61c99; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Canada: British Columbia: Victoria, Vancouver
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Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Saussure & Pictet, 1897: 286.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Saussure & Pictet, 1897: 287.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Scudder, 1899: 114.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Scudder, 1899: 115.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Rehn, 1901: 336.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Rehn, 1901: 336.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Kirby, 1906: 111.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Kirby, 1906: 111.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Hebard, 1916: 80.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 (subjective synonym of Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) in Hebard, 1916: 80.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 (subjective synonym of Stenopelmatus fuscus Haldeman, 1852) in Davis & Smith, 1926: 176.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Karny, 1928: 249.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Karny, 1929: 41.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Karny, 1929: 41.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Hebard, 1932: 342.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Karny, 1937: 44.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 (subjective synonym of Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) in Karny, 1937: 44.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Tinkham, 1965
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Tinkham, 1966: 548.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Tinkham, 1968: 125.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Tinkham & Rentz, 1969: 5.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 123.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 (subjective synonym of Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 123.
Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Weissman, 2001: 58.
Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Weissman, 2001: 58.
Ammopelmatus californicus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) in Weissman, Vandergast, Song, Shin, McKenna & Ueshima, 2021: 4.
Ammopelmatus longispinus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) in Weissman, Vandergast, Song, Shin, McKenna & Ueshima, 2021: 4.

Stenopelmatus californicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 (subjective synonym of Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 182, 737.
Ammopelmatus longispinus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) in Weissman, Weissman, Vandergast, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Song, 2026: 182.

Nomenclature references (19)

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
Davis, A.C. & Smith, L.M. (1926) Notes on the genus Stenopelmatus with description of a new species (Orthoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 2(4), 174–181. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/225365#page/194/mode/1up
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de Saussure, H. & 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

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. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up

Karny, H.H. (1928) Gryllacriden aus verschiedenen deutschen und österreichischen Sammlungen. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 89, 247–312. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_89_0247-0312.pdf

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

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

Rehn, J.A.G. (1901) Random notes on North American Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27, 331–337. [1900] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4237_004#page/58/mode/1up

Scudder, S.H. (1899) The Stenopelmatinae of the Pacific coast. The Canadian Entomologist, 31, 113–121. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88636

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. (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. (1966) Critical notes on the genus Stenopelmatus Burmeister in California, with redescription of S. intermedius Davis and Smith and a key to the species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 33(18), 543–550. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84615#page/575/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

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:

Latin for thorn or spine, alluding to the margins of the last abdominal tergite ending in a sinous spine.

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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	3	4