Gromphadorhina

Gromphadorhina
Gromphadorhina portentosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blaberidae
Subfamily: Oxyhaloinae
Tribe: Gromphadorhini
Genus: Gromphadorhina
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Synonyms

Gromphadorrhina

Gromphadorhina is a genus of large, flightless cockroaches from southern Madagascar;[1] they are typical of the tribe Gromphadorhini (hissing cockroaches) and common in the pet trade.[2][1] In the older literature, the name is sometimes misspelled as Gromphadorrhina.[2]

Species

The Cockroach Species File[2] lists:

  1. Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904
  2. Gromphadorhina oblongonota van Herrewege, 1973
  3. Gromphadorhina picea van Herrewege, 1973
  4. Gromphadorhina portentosa (Schaum, 1853) - type species (as Hormetica portentosa Schaum)

As pets

All four Gromphadorhina species are widely kept as exotic pets, where the most well-known species is the Madagascar hissing cockroach, (G. portentosa), though this is debatable as at least two other species in the genus are commonly confused with it; G. oblongonota[3] [better source needed]and G. picea.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Delfosse, E. (2004). "Les blattes souffleuses de Madagascar". Insectes. 153 (4): 19–22.
  2. ^ a b c Cockroach Species File
  3. ^ "Gromphadorhina oblongonota or G. portentosa?". Allpet Roaches Forum. Retrieved 2022-11-05.

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