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Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904

Grandidier's giant Madagascan hissing cockroach
Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904: Copyright G. W. Beccaloni. Adult male found in spiny forest near village of Mangily (-23.15, 43.60), c. 27km north of Toliara, Toliara Province, Madagascar. November 2004. (Otu).
Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904: Copyright G. W. Beccaloni. Adult male found in spiny forest near village of Mangily (-23.15, 43.60), c. 27km north of Toliara, Toliara Province, Madagascar. November 2004. (Otu).
Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904: Copyright G. W. Beccaloni. Wild-collected adult male imported into the UK in 1989 from the Toliara region of Madagascar. (Otu).
Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904: Copyright G. W. Beccaloni. Habitat of G. grandidieri:- Spiny forest near village of Mangily (-23.15, 43.60), c. 27km north of Toliara, Toliara Province, Madagascar. November 2004. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1587273; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP1220, 60a23430-3a4a-42c0-9bae-c20d2153553f: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Non type, female. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1220. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1220. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587273; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP1220, 60a23430-3a4a-42c0-9bae-c20d2153553f: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Non type, female. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1220. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1220. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587273; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP1220, 60a23430-3a4a-42c0-9bae-c20d2153553f: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Non type, female. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1220. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1220. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904: 199.
  • Gromphadorhina grandidieri Kirby, 1904 in Princis, 1965: 307.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Kirby, W.F. (1904) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. I. Orthopter. Euplexoptera Cursoria, et Gressoria. Taylor & Francis, London, x + 501 pp.
  • Princis, K. (1965) Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam.: Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 7. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage [The Hague]. pp. 284–400.

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