''Namkungia magna'' (formerly ''Galloisiana magnus''Kim, B. and Lee, W. 2006. Redescription of the largest ice bug, ''Namkungia magnus'' com. nov. (Grylloblattodea, Grylloblattidae) from Korea. ''Zootaxa'' 1359(57-66).) is a species of

cave-dwelling insect Cave-dwelling insects are among the most widespread and prominent troglofauna (cave-dwelling animals), including troglobites, troglophiles, and trogloxenes. As a category of ecological adaptations, such insects are significant in many senses, ecolo ...

in the family

Grylloblattidae Grylloblattidae, commonly known as the icebugs, or ice crawlers, is a family of extremophile (psychrophile) and wingless insects that live in the cold on top of mountains and the edges of glaciers. They belong, along with Mantophasmatidae (rock c ...

. Its type locality is Balgudeok Cave in

Jeongseon County Jeongseon (''Jeongseon-gun'') is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea. It is famous as the hometown of "Jeongseon Arirang," a traditional Korean folksong. It is also the hometown of actor Won Bin and footballer Seol Ki-hyeon. Hi ...

Gangwon Province, South Korea Gangwon Province is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. It is bound on the east by the Sea of Japan, and borders Gyeonggi Province to its west, North Gyeongsang Province and North Chungcheong Province to its south, and th ...

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Grylloblattidae Insects of Korea Cave insects {{notoptera-stub