Cryptocercus garciai

Cryptocercus garciai is a species of wood roach named after American musician Jerry Garcia.[1][2] It was discovered by Drs. Craig A. Burnside and Srinivas Kambhampati in 1998 in the Chattahoochee National Forest in northern Georgia. Prior to this, it was assumed that Cryptocercus punctulatus was the only species in the genus that existed in North America.[2]

Cryptocercus garciai
Cryptocercus garciai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Family:
Cryptocercidae
Genus:
Cryptocercus
Species:
C. garciai
Binomial name
Cryptocercus garciai
Burnside, Smith and Kambhampati, 1998

See also

References
  1. Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
  2. Burnside, C.A., P.T. Smith and S. Kambhampati, 1999. "Three New Species of the Wood Roach, Cryptocercus (Blattodea: Cryptocercidae), From the Eastern United States." The Kansas Journal of Entomology'


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