Gromphadorhina

Gromphadorhina is one of several roach genera in the tribe Gromphadorhinini, all from the island of Madagascar. It is one of several genera known collectively known as hissing cockroaches, and common in the pet trade. In the older literature, the name is sometimes misspelled as Gromphadorrhina”

Gromphadorhina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Family:
Blaberidae
Subfamily:
Oxyhaloinae
Tribe:
Gromphadorhinini
Genus:
Gromphadorhina

Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Species

Gromphadorhina grandidieri
Gromphadorhina oblongonota
Gromphadorhina picea
Gromphadorhina portentosa

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[1] and G. picea.[2]

References
  1. http://www.roachforum.com/index.php?showtopic=3452
  2. Delfosse, E. (2004) Les blattes souffleuses de Madagascar. Insectes 153: 19-22.


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