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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: • Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904 • Gromphadorhina oblongonota van Herrewege, 1973 • Gromphadorhina picea van Herrewege, 1973 • Gromphadorhina portentosa (Schaum, 1853) - type species (as Hormetica portentosa Schaum) ==As pets==
As pets
All four Gromphadorhina species are widely kept as exotic pets, where the most well-known species is the Madagascar hissing cockroach, (G. portentosa), though this is debatable as at least two other species in the genus are commonly confused with it; G. oblongonota and G. picea. ==References==
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