Ammopelmatus

Genus of cricket-like animals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 United States and northwestern Mexico.

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Ammopelmatus
Ammopelmatus fuscus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Stenopelmatidae
Subfamily: Stenopelmatinae
Tribe: Stenopelmatini
Genus: Ammopelmatus
Tinkham, 1965
Synonyms
  • Viscainopelmatus Tinkham, 1970
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Classification

Twenty species are 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.

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Notes

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

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