''Cryptocercus garciai'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
wood roach named after American musician
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...
.
Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
/ref>[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](_blank)
/ref> It was discovered by Drs. Craig A. Burnside and Srinivas Kambhampati in 1998 in the Chattahoochee National Forest
The Chattahoochee River () is a river in the Southeastern United States. It forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida and Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a rela ...
in northern Georgia. Prior to this, it was assumed that ''Cryptocercus punctulatus'' was the only species in the genus that existed in North America.
See also
* List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
References
Cockroaches
Insects described in 1998
Jerry Garcia
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