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species Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904

• Common name(s):  Grandidier's giant Madagascan hissing cockroach
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  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Madagascar (south-west)
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. In holes in dead wood in spiny forest.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Kirby, W. F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Goessinia (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). Vol. I. 199 >> Gromphadorhina grandidieri    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6333
  • Princis. 1965. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam.: Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus(7):307 >> Note: The BSF's record for this scientific name originated from this reference. It was digitised by G. W. Beccaloni in 2005. >> Gromphadorhina grandidieri

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