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]

Grylloblatta
Grylloblatta campodeiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Notoptera
Family:
Grylloblattidae
Genus:
Grylloblatta

Walker, 1914
Species

15 species

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]

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References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Grylloblatta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  4. "Browse Grylloblatta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. "Grylloblatta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  6. "Grylloblatta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.


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