Stenopelmatus cahuilaensis

Stenopelmatus cahuilaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Stenopelmatidae
Genus: Stenopelmatus
Species: S. cahuilaensis
Binomial name
Stenopelmatus cahuilaensis
Tinkham, 1968

Stenopelmatus cahuilaensis (commonly known as the Coachella Valley Jerusalem cricket) is a species of insect in family Stenopelmatidae (Jerusalalem crickets). The species was found in the Coachella Valley and first published by Ernest R. Tinkham in September 1968, in The Great Basin Naturalist.[1]

Type specimen

The holotype specimen is a male and is at the California Academy of Sciences.[2]

Range

It is endemic to the United States, specifically the Coachella Valley of California.[3]

Sources

References

  1. Ernest R. Tinkham (30 September 1968). "Studies in Nearctic desert sand dune Orthoptera. Part 11. A new arenicolous species of Stenopelmatus from Coachella Valley with key and biological notes". The Great Basin Naturalist. Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University. XXVIII (3): 124–131. ISSN 0017-3614.
  2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1132148
  3. http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=I07J


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