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Ammopelmatus
Sign in to saveAmmopelmatus 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 50
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Stenopelmatidae
- Collections
- UCSB, DMNS, TTU
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Stenopelmatidae
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Ammopelmatus 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.
==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. 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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