Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Grylloblatta Higher classification Grylloblattidae Order Notoptera | Family Grylloblattidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus | |
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Similar Grylloblattidae, Grylloblatta campodeiformis, Insect, Notoptera, Grylloblattodea | ||
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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