Ammopelmatus

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.

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

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.

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

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