Ammopelmatus
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Ammopelmatus fuscus (syn. Stenopelmatus fuscus) | |
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Genus: | Ammopelmatus Tinkham, 1965
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Ammopelmatus[notes 1] is a genus of insects in the family Stenopelmatidae, one of two genera of large, flightless insects referred to commonly as Jerusalem crickets (or "potato bugs"). They are native to southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Classification
There are 20 species recognized as valid in the genus Ammopelmatus, as presently recognized; 17 of these species were formerly placed in the genus Stenopelmatus.[2] The family Stenopelmatidae contains several Old World genera, but only the genera in the subfamily Stenopelmatinae (all New World) are referred to as Jerusalem crickets.
Species
- Ammopelmatus cahuilaensis
- Ammopelmatus californicus
- Ammopelmatus cephalotes
- Ammopelmatus comanchus
- Ammopelmatus davewerneri
- Ammopelmatus fasciatus
- Ammopelmatus fuscus
- Ammopelmatus hydrocephalus
- Ammopelmatus intermedius
- Ammopelmatus irregularis
- Ammopelmatus kelsoensis
- Ammopelmatus longispina
- Ammopelmatus mescaleroensis
- Ammopelmatus monahansensis
- Ammopelmatus muwu
- Ammopelmatus navajo
- Ammopelmatus nigrocapitatus
- Ammopelmatus oculatus
- Ammopelmatus pictus
- Ammopelmatus terrenus
Notes
References
- ^ ἄμμος, πέλμα. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
- ^ D.B. Weissman, A.G. Vandergast, H. Song, S. Shin, D.D. McKenna, N. Ueshima (2021) Generic relationships of New World Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Stenopelmatinae), including all known species of Stenopelmatus. ZooTaxa 4917. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4917.1.1
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