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Gromphadorhina portentosa (Schaum, 1853)

giant Madagascan hissing cockroach; giant hissing cockroach; Madagascan hissing cockroach; hissing cockroach

Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Data labels of holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.
Photo by Kai Schuette. Copyright ZMHB Holotype (adult male) in ZMHB Depicts CollectionObject 1552861; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e, a CollectionObject.

Nomenclature (6)

  • Hormetica portentosa Schaum, 1853: 777.

    Holotype; male; 1b462160-4a67-4ab2-af3e-80e278fbe54e; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, German (ZMHUB); Schaum, H. 1862. In Peters, W.C.H. [Ed.]. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. stated that the holotype was from St. Augustin's Bay, Madagascar.

  • Gromphadorhina portentosa in Princis, 1965: 307.
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  • Gromphadorhina portentosa in Rowe, Gutbrod & Matthews, 2022 Physiology
  • Gromphadorhina portentosa (unavailable or invalid, linked to Hormetica portentosa Schaum, 1853)

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Browne, D.R. & Wohlbowne, M.R. (2022) An investigation of demographic and component Allee effects in the Madagascar hissing cockroach. The Canadian Entomologist, 154, e20: 12 pages.
  • Cerreta, A.J., Smith, D.C., Heugten, K.A.-V. & Minter, L.J. (2022) Comparative nutrient analysis of four species of cockroaches used as food for insectivores by life stage, species, and sex. 41, 26–33.
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  • Princis, K. (1965) Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam.: Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. In Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage. Issue 7, pp. 284–400.
  • Rowe, T.T.C., Gutbrod, M.S. & Matthews, P.G.D. (2022) Discontinuous gas exchange in Madagascar hissing cockroaches is not a consequence of hysteresis around a fixed PCO2 threshold. 225(2), jeb242860: 13 pages.
  • Schaum, H.R. (1853) Hr. Peters gab eine Übersicht der von ihm in Mossambique beobachteten Orthopteren nebst Beschreibung der neu entdeckten Gattungen und Arten durch. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der königlich Preussischen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1853, 775–780.

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