Grylloblatta
Grylloblatta is a genus of insects in the family Grylloblattidae. It contains 15 species, including Grylloblatta chirurgica, almost exclusively from high-altitude and high-latitude regions of the United States, living in ice caves and glaciers.[1]
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Genus: | Grylloblatta Walker, 1914 |
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Grylloblatta oregonensis
The genus was first described by Edmund Walker in 1914, based on a single species, Grylloblatta campodeiformis.[2]
Species
These 15 species belong to the genus Grylloblatta:
- Grylloblatta barberi Caudell, 1924 i c g
- Grylloblatta bifratrilecta Gurney, 1953 i c g b
- Grylloblatta campodeiformis E. M. Walker, 1914 i c g b (northern rock crawler)
- Grylloblatta chandleri Kamp, 1963 i c g
- Grylloblatta chintimini Marshall & Lytle, 2015 i c g b
- Grylloblatta chirurgica Gurney, 1961 i c g b (Mount St Helens' grylloblattid)
- Grylloblatta gurneyi Kamp, 1963 i c g
- Grylloblatta marmoreus Schoville, 2012 i c g
- Grylloblatta newberryensis Marshall and Lytle, 2015 i c g
- Grylloblatta oregonensis Schoville, 2012 i c g
- Grylloblatta rothi Gurney, 1953 i c g
- Grylloblatta scudderi Kamp, 1979 i c g
- Grylloblatta sculleni Gurney, 1937 i c g
- Grylloblatta siskiyouensis Schoville, 2012 i c g
- Grylloblatta washoa Gurney, 1961 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]
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. PMID 25112759.
- Walker, Edmund (1914). "A new species of Orthoptera, forming a new genus and family". The Canadian Entomologist. 46 (3): 93–99. doi:10.4039/ent4693-3. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
- "Grylloblatta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- "Browse Grylloblatta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- "Grylloblatta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- "Grylloblatta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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