Grylloblattidae, commonly known as the icebugs or ice crawlers, is a family of extremophile (psychrophile) and wingless insects that live in the cold on top of mountains and the edges of glaciers. It is the only member of Grylloblattodea, which is generally considered an order. Alternatively, Grylloblattodea, along with Mantophasmatodea (rock crawlers), have been ranked as suborders of the order Notoptera.[1] Grylloblattids are wingless insects mostly less than 3 cm long, with a head resembling that of a cockroach, with long antennae and having elongated cerci arising from the tip of their abdomen. They cannot tolerate warmth (most species will die at 10 °C) and many species have small distribution ranges.
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Grylloblattidae, commonly known as the icebugs or ice crawlers, is a family of extremophile (psychrophile) and wingless insects that live in the cold...
in 2001. Recent evidence indicates a sister group relationship with Grylloblattidae (classified in the order Grylloblattodea), and Arillo and Engel have...
northern rock crawler, is an omnivorous species of insect in family Grylloblattidae. Like other species in the genus Grylloblatta, it is endemic to North...
environments including extreme cold. Among the psychrophile insects, the Grylloblattidae or ice crawlers, found on mountaintops, have optimal temperatures between...
Galloisiana nipponensis is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae that is endemic to Japan. Its type locality is Lake Chūzenji, Japan. It is...
Grylloblattina is a genus of insects in the family Grylloblattidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Grylloblattina djakonovi. Grylloblattina...
Grylloblatta campodeiformis A nymph of a mantophasmatid Grylloblattid Grylloblattidae Mantophasmatidae Ando H. 1982. Biology of the Notoptera. Kashiyo-Insatsu...
Grylloblatta oregonensis is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is in Oregon Caves National Monument in the United States...
Grylloblattella pravdini is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is Teletskoye Lake, Altai Republic, Russia. It can be...
Grylloblatta bifratrilecta is a species of rock crawler in the family Grylloblattidae. It is found in North America, including Sonora Pass and Carson Pass...
Grylloblattella sayanensis is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae found in the Sayan Mountains of Russia. Its type locality is Sambyl Pass...
Grylloblatta gurneyi is a species of wingless insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is Lava Beds National Monument in northeastern California...
Grylloblatta chandleri is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is an ice cave in Eagle Lake in California, United States...
Galloisiana yuasai is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae that is endemic to Japan. Its type locality is Tokugo Pass, Japan. Galloisiana...
Grylloblattella cheni is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is Ake Kule Lake in Xinjiang, China. Wipfler, Benjamin;...
Galloisiana is a genus of insects in the family Grylloblattidae found in East Asia. It contains 12 species. These species belong to the genus Galloisiana:...
Grylloblattella is a genus of insects in the family Grylloblattidae found in the Altai-Sayan region of Central Asia. It contains 3 species restricted...
Grylloblatta siskiyouensis is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is in Oregon Caves National Monument in the United...
Galloisiana notabilis is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae that is endemic to southern Japan. Its type locality is Nagasaki Prefecture...
Galloisiana kiyosawai is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae that is endemic to Japan. Its type locality is Hirayu Warm Springs, Japan....
Grylloblatta washoa is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is Echo Summit in the Sierra Nevada of California, United...
Galloisiana olgae is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is Mount Olga, Russia. Wipfler, Benjamin; Bai, Ming; Schoville...
Grylloblatta newberryensis is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae. It is found in central Oregon, United States. Its type locality is Newberry...
Galloisiana magnus) is a species of cave-dwelling insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is Balgudeok Cave in Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province...
Namkungia is a genus of cave-dwelling insects in the family Grylloblattidae found in Korea. It contains 2 species, both of which are found in caves in...
"Updated checklist of the ice-crawlers (Insecta: Grylloblattodea: Grylloblattidae) of North America, with notes on their natural history, biogeography...
Galloisiana chujoi is a species of cave-dwelling insect in the family Grylloblattidae that is endemic to southern Japan. Its type locality is Oninoiwaya...
Grylloblatta chintimini is a species of rock crawler in the family Grylloblattidae. It is found in the state of Oregon in the United States. Its type...
2015). "Two new species of Grylloblatta Walker, 1914 (Grylloblattodea: Grylloblattidae) from western North America, and a neotype designation for G. rothi...
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