Galloisiana is a genus of insects in the family Grylloblattidae found in East Asia. It contains 12 species.

Galloisiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Grylloblattodea
Family: Grylloblattidae
Genus: Galloisiana
Caudell 1924
Species

12 species

Synonyms

Galloisia Caudell & King 1924 (preoccupied)

Galloisiana nipponensis. Location: Hakuba, Nagano, Japan

Species

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These species belong to the genus Galloisiana:[1]

Range and habitat

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In Japan, Galloisiana species prefer rocky areas and cool, moist environments, where they are frequently found near streams (often under rocks) in well developed forests. Unlike the Grylloblatta species of North America, they are not known to forage in snowfields.[1] They are most abundant in montane habitats in central Honshu. In central Honshu, Galloisiana specimens have been collected in the following mountains and mountain ranges.[2]

Specimens have also been collected in Shikoku, which are genetically close to specimens from the Suzuka Mountains.[2]

Diet

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Galloisiana species are generalist scavengers that feed on both plant and animal materials.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wipfler, Benjamin; Bai, Ming; Schoville, Sean; Dallai, Romano; Uchifune, Toshiki; Machida, Ryuichiro; Cui, Yingying; Beutel, Rolf G. (2014-01-20). "Ice Crawlers (Grylloblattodea) – the history of the investigation of a highly unusual group of insects". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 2 (2): 1–25. doi:10.12976/jib/2014.2.2. ISSN 2147-7612. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  2. ^ a b Schoville SD, Uchifune T, Machida R (March 2013). "Colliding fragment islands transport independent lineages of endemic rock-crawlers (Grylloblattodea: Grylloblattidae) in the Japanese archipelago". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 66 (3): 915–27. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.022. PMID 23220515.