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 and Canada, living in ice caves and glaciers.
The genus was first described by Edmund [Murton Walker|Edmund Walker] in 1914, based on a single species, Grylloblatta campodeiformis.
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
- Grylloblatta chandleri Kamp, 1963 i c g
- Grylloblatta chintimini Marshall & Lytle, 2015 i c g b
- Grylloblatta chirurgica Gurney, 1961 i c g b
- 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
Novel species
Based on further evidence, Schoville & Graening indicate the following can be unique lineages, perhaps undescribed species.- Grylloblatta sp. "South Ice Cave" – Deschutes County
- Grylloblatta sp. "Glacier Peak"
- Grylloblatta sp. "Mount Rainier"
- Grylloblatta sp. "Sawyer's Ice Cave 1" – Linn County and Yakima County
- Grylloblatta sp. "Sawyer's Ice Cave 2" – Linn County
- Grylloblatta sp. "Trout Lake Caves" – Klickitat County
- Grylloblatta sp. "Central Sierra Nevada" – Sixty Lake Basin, Fresno County
- Grylloblatta sp. "Tioga Crest" – Yosemite National Park and Inyo National Forest
- Grylloblatta sp. "Graveyard Lake" – Sierra National Forest
- Grylloblatta sp. "Ostrander Lake" – Yosemite National Park
- Grylloblatta sp. "Southwest Sierra Nevada" – Sequoia National Park and environs
- Grylloblatta sp. "Lilburn cave" – Sequoia National Park
- Grylloblatta sp. "Trinity Mountains" – Shasta–Trinity National Forest
- Grylloblatta sp. "Olympic Mountains" – Olympic National Forest, near The Brothers
- Grylloblatta sp. "Mount Spokane"
- Grylloblatta sp. "Polaris Peak" – Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Life cycle