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]

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.