Galloisiana yuasai is a species of insect in the family Grylloblattidae that is endemic to Japan. Its type locality is Tokugo Pass, Japan.[1]

Galloisiana yuasai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Grylloblattodea
Family: Grylloblattidae
Genus: Galloisiana
Species:
G. yuasai
Binomial name
Galloisiana yuasai
Asahina 1959

Galloisiana yuasai is found in montane habitats in central Honshu, including in the southern Hida Mountains where it is sympatric with the morphologically larger Galloisiana kiyosawai.[2] It can be found alongside rocky stream banks.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.