Grylloblatta chirurgica

Grylloblatta chirurgica is a species of insect in family Grylloblattidae. Like other species in the genus, it is endemic to the United States. This species is also known as the Mount Saint Helens grylloblatid, and is found at high elevations and in ice caves in south-western Washington state, especially in Skamania County around Mount St. Helens. It has also been found in the Chinook Pass area of Yakima County.^[2]

Grylloblatta chirurgica
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Grylloblattodea
Family:	Grylloblattidae
Genus:	Grylloblatta
Species:	G. chirurgica
Binomial name
Grylloblatta chirurgica Gurney, 1961

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Grylloblatta chirurgica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9529A12998756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9529A12998756.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Schoville, Sean D.; Graening, G. O. (2013-11-21). "Updated checklist of the ice-crawlers (Insecta: Grylloblattodea: Grylloblattidae) of North America, with notes on their natural history, biogeography and conservation". Zootaxa. 3737 (4). Magnolia Press: 351. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334.