Grylloblatta
| Grylloblatta | |
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| Grylloblatta campodeiformis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Notoptera |
| Family: | Grylloblattidae |
| Genus: | Grylloblatta Walker, 1914 |
| Species | |
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13 species | |
Grylloblatta is a genus of insects in the family Grylloblattidae. It contains 13 species, including Grylloblatta chirurgica, almost exclusively from high-altitude and high-latitude regions of the United States, living in ice caves and glaciers.[1]
The genus was first described by the Edmund Walker in 1914 and was composed of a single species, Grylloblatta campodeiformis.[2]
Species
- Grylloblatta barberi Caudell, 1924
- Grylloblatta bifratrilecta Gurney, 1953
- Grylloblatta campodeiformis Walker, 1914
- Grylloblatta chandleri Kamp, 1963
- Grylloblatta chirurgica Gurney, 1961
- Grylloblatta gurneyi Kamp, 1963
- Grylloblatta marmoreus Schoville, 2012
- Grylloblatta oregonensis Schoville, 2012
- Grylloblatta rothi Gurney, 1953
- Grylloblatta scudderi Kamp, 1979
- Grylloblatta sculleni Gurney, 1937
- Grylloblatta siskiyouensis Schoville, 2012
- Grylloblatta washoa Gurney, 1961
References
- ↑ Schoville, Sean D.; Graening, G. O. (2013). "Updated checklist of the ice-crawlers (Insecta: Grylloblattodea: Grylloblattidae) of North America, with notes on their natural history, biogeography and conservation". Zootaxa. 3737 (4): 351–378. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ↑ Walker, Edmund (1914). "A new species of Orthoptera, forming a new genus and family". The Canadian Entomologist. 46: 93–99. doi:10.4039/ent4693-3. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
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