Grylloblatta chirurgica

Grylloblatta chirurgica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Notoptera
Family: Grylloblattidae
Genus: Grylloblatta
Species: G. chirurgica
Binomial name
Grylloblatta chirurgica
Gurney, 1961

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 southwestern Washington state, especially in Skamania County around Mount Saint Helens.

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