Namkungia magna

Namkungia magna (formerly Galloisiana magnus[1]) is a species of cave-dwelling insect in the family Grylloblattidae. Its type locality is Balgudeok Cave in Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea.[2]

Namkungia magna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Notoptera
Family: Grylloblattidae
Genus: Namkungia
Species:
N. magna
Binomial name
Namkungia magna
(Namkung 1986)
Synonyms

Galloisiana magnus Namkung, 1986

References

  1. Kim, B. and Lee, W. 2006. Redescription of the largest ice bug, Namkungia magnus com. nov. (Grylloblattodea, Grylloblattidae) from Korea. Zootaxa 1359(57-66).
  2. 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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