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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatidae) » Jerusalem Cricket (Ammopelmatus) » Ammopelmatus pictus

Species Ammopelmatus pictus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Remarks · Internet References
Weird Potato Bug - Ammopelmatus pictus - male Stenopelmatus pictus - Ammopelmatus pictus - female Stenopelmatus pictus - Ammopelmatus pictus - female Stenopelmatus pictus - Ammopelmatus pictus - female Stenopelmatus pictus - Ammopelmatus pictus - male Stenopelmatus pictus - Ammopelmatus pictus - male Ammopelmatus pictus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Stenopelmatidae (Jerusalem Crickets)
Genus Ammopelmatus (Jerusalem Cricket)
Species pictus (Ammopelmatus pictus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stenopelmatus pictus Scudder, 1899
Identification
Black markings on the head in both sexes is diagnostic - Alice Abela/David Weissman
Remarks
It is possible that more than one species are represented by the BugGuide photos placed under this species, as the genus is currently being revised.
Internet References
OSF
Contributed by metrioptera on 8 February, 2015 - 11:18am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 1 February, 2021 - 9:06am

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