''Ammopelmatus muwu'' is a species of
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...
in family
Stenopelmatidae. It is
endemic
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to parts of San Luis Obisbo and Santa Barbara counties in
United States
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state of California.
[D.B. Weissman, A.G. Vandergast, H. Song, S. Shin, D.D. McKenna, N. Ueshima (2021) Generic relationships of New World Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Stenopelmatinae), including all known species of ''Stenopelmatus''. ''ZooTaxa'' 4917. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4917.1.1]
References
Stenopelmatoidea
Orthoptera of North America
Insects of the United States
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Insects described in 1981
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