Cryptocercus garciai

Cryptocercus garciai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Cryptocercidae
Genus: Cryptocercus
Species: C. garciai
Binomial name
Cryptocercus garciai
(Burnside, Smith and Kambhampati, 1998)

Cryptocercus garciai is a species of wood roach named after American musician Jerry Garcia.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
  2. ↑ Burnside, C.A., P.T. Smith and S. Kambhampati, 1999. "Three New Species of the Wood Roach, Cryptocercus (Blattodea: Cryptocercidae), From the Eastern United States." The Kansas Journal of Entomology'


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