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Gromphadorhini
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Gromphadorhini

Gromphadorhini, the hissing cockroaches, is a tribe of large, flightless cockroaches comprising 20 known species in six genera, all but one from the island of Madagascar where they inhabit wood, leaf litter or rocky crevices in forest or woodland; the one exception, Elliptorhina lefeuvri, being from Europa Island off the coast of Madagascar. Many of the species are popular in the pet trade.

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6 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Hissing Cockroaches

genusGromphadorhina

Elliptorhina

genusElliptorhina

Aeluropoda

genusAeluropoda

Leozehntnera

genusLeozehntnera

Princisia

genusPrincisia

Ateloblatta

genusAteloblatta

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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 708833.