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.