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species Gromphadorhina portentosa (Schaum, 1853)

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

• Distribution:
  •  Madagascar (south-west)
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (5):
  • Schaum. 1853. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1853:777 >> Hormetica portentosa    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6330
  • 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 portentosa    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6329
  • Cerreta, D.C. Smith, Heugten & Minter. 2022. Zoo Biology 41:28 >> Gromphadorhina portentosa
  • Rowe, Gutbrod & Matthews. 2022. Journal of Experimental Biology 225(2):jeb242860: 13 pages >> Gromphadorhina portentosa
  • Browne & Wohlbowne. 2022. Canadian Entomologist 154:e20: 12 pages >> Gromphadorhina portentosa
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Schaum, H. 1862. In Peters, W.C.H. [Ed.]. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. stated that the holotype was from St. Augustin's Bay, Madagascar.
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  ZMHB Berlin Mus.

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