Antelope Valley Jerusalem cricket (Ammopelmatus pratti)

Ammopelmatus pratti
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Stenopelmatidae
Subfamily:	Stenopelmatinae
Tribe:	Stenopelmatini
Genus:	Ammopelmatus
Scientific name
Ammopelmatus pratti Weissman, 2026
Geography
Native countries:
United States

The Antelope Valley Jerusalem cricket (Ammopelmatus pratti) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Stenopelmatinae.

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File No subspecies recorded for this taxon.

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceAmmopelmatus pratti

Habitat

Fossorial

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Drumming

Flight

Entirely flightless

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