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Grylloblatta

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The genus was first described by 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 (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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Novel species

Based on genetic studies and other evidence, Schoville (2013) identifies the following as potential new 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. nov. "Olympic Mountains" – Olympic National Forest, near The Brothers
  • Grylloblatta sp. "Mount Spokane"
  • Grylloblatta sp. "Polaris Peak" – Coeur d'Alene National Forest

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