Gromphadorhina


Gromphadorhina is a genus of large, flightless cockroaches from southern Madagascar; they are typical of the tribe Gromphadorhini and common in the pet trade. In the older literature, the name is sometimes misspelled as Gromphadorrhina.

Species

The Cockroach Species File lists:
  1. Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904
  2. Gromphadorhina oblongonota van Herrewege, 1973
  3. Gromphadorhina picea van Herrewege, 1973
  4. Gromphadorhina portentosa - '''type species'''

As pets

All four Gromphadorhina species are widely kept as exotic pets, where the most well-known species is the Madagascar hissing cockroach,, though this is debatable as at least two other species in the genus are commonly confused with it; G. oblongonota and G. picea.