Grylloblattodea is an insect order generally recognized as containing a single living family, Grylloblattidae, the ice crawlers or icebugs, wingless insects adapted to extreme cold on mountaintops and glacier edges that cannot tolerate warmth, with most species dying above about 10 degrees Celsius. Some classifications instead rank Grylloblattodea as a suborder, together with the gladiator insects of Mantophasmatodea, within a combined order Notoptera.
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Taxonomic Rank Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Ice Crawler
Additional Source Wikipedia: GrylloblattidaeLead
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ796470, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Notoptera
- Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
In Group: Hemimetabolous Insect Orders, Lead
Notoptera, also known as Xenonomia, is an order of insects belonging to Polyneoptera.
View the Source3. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Grylloblattodea
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Grylloblattodea" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 318.7 ... "early_interval": "Bashkirian"
Wikidata: Grylloblattodea
Wikidata Q1185781, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikipedia: Grylloblattidae
WikipediaParent Taxon Of: Ice Crawler, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Ice Crawler, Lead
They are the only living members of Grylloblattodea, which is generally considered an order.
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