Galloisiana notabilis is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae that is endemic to southern Japan.[1] Its type locality is Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Grylloblattodea |
| Family: | Grylloblattidae |
| Genus: | Galloisiana |
| Species: | G. notabilis
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| Galloisiana notabilis (Silvestri 1927)
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Habitat edit
Galloisiana notabilis is a fossorial species that prefers rocky stream banks. It is one of the few grylloblattids found in low-elevation environments with hot summers. Galloisiana chujoi is the only other known grylloblattid species that is also found in Kyushu.[2]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
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