Stenopelmatus cahuilaensis | |
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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.
The type specimen is a holotype, male and is at the California Academy of Science.
It is endemic to the United States, specifically California.