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Hissing Cockroaches
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Hissing Cockroaches

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.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

speciesGromphadorhina portentosa

Tiger Hisser

speciesGromphadorhina grandidieri

Wide-horned Hisser

speciesGromphadorhina oblongonota

Gromphadorhina picea

speciesGromphadorhina picea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 322551.