Ammopelmatus

Ammopelmatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Family:	Stenopelmatidae
Subfamily:	Stenopelmatinae
Genus:	Ammopelmatus; Tinkham, 1965
Synonyms
	Viscainopelmatus Tinkham, 1970;

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 western North America and parts of 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[]

Notes[]

^ From the Greek ammos "sand" and pelma "sole of foot" (GEN pelmatos).^[1]

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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[2] From the Greek ammos "sand" and pelma "sole of foot" (GEN pelmatos).^[1]

[1] ἄμμος, πέλμα. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.

[WeissmanEtAl-3] 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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