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 first published by Ernest R. Tinkham in September 1968, in The Great Basin Naturalist, Tinkham had found the insect in the Coachella Valley.[1]

Type specimen

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

Range

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

Sources

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, October 16, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.