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Grylloblatta

Grylloblatta
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Grylloblatta campodeiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Notoptera
Family: Grylloblattidae
Genus: Grylloblatta
Walker, 1914
Species

13 species


13 species

Grylloblatta is a genus of insects in the family Grylloblattidae. It contains 13 species, including Grylloblatta chirurgica, almost exclusively from high-altitude and high-latitude regions of the United States, living in ice caves and glaciers.

The genus was first described by the Edmund Walker in 1914 and was composed of a single species, Grylloblatta campodeiformis.



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