Grylloblatta | |
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Grylloblatta campodeiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Grylloblattodea |
Family: | Grylloblattidae |
Genus: | Grylloblatta Walker, 1914 |
Species | |
15 species |
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 and Canada, living in ice caves and glaciers.[1]
The genus was first described by Edmund Walker in 1914, based on a single species, Grylloblatta campodeiformis.[2]