Gromphadorhina
Gromphadorhina is a genus of large, flightless cockroaches from southern Madagascar; they are typical of the tribe Gromphadorhini (hissing cockroaches) and common in the pet trade. In the older literature, the name is sometimes misspelled as Gromphadorrhina.
Species
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderBlattodea
- FamilyBlaberidae
Observations1,096
via GBIF
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Gromphadorhina is a genus of large, flightless cockroaches from southern Madagascar; they are typical of the tribe Gromphadorhini (hissing cockroaches) and common in the pet trade. In the older literature, the name is sometimes misspelled as Gromphadorrhina.
==Species== The Cockroach Species File lists: Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904 Gromphadorhina oblongonota van Herrewege, 1973 Gromphadorhina picea van Herrewege, 1973 Gromphadorhina portentosa (Schaum, 1853) - type species (as Hormetica portentosa Schaum)