Cryptocercus garciai

Cruptocercus garciai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattaria
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 World Wide Web Journal of Biology'