''Ammopelmatus nigrocapitatus'', the black-headed Jerusalem cricket, is a species of insect in the family

Stenopelmatidae The family Stenopelmatidae is composed of large, mostly flightless insects resembling crickets (the family Gryllidae). Two genera: ''Ammopelmatus'' and the type genus ''Stenopelmatus'' are found in the New World. ''Oryctopus'' and ''Sia'' are Old ...

. It is endemic to the United States.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

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Insects of the United States Stenopelmatoidea Insects described in 1969 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{stenopelmatidae-stub