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Griffiniella

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Griffiniella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blaberidae
Subfamily: Oxyhaloinae
Tribe: Nauphoetini
Genus: Griffiniella
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

Griffiniella is one of several cockroach genera in the subfamily Oxyhaloinae (in the Blaberidae, the giant cockroach or ovoviviparous cockroach family).[1] The genus was described by Heinrich Hugo Karny in 1908, and named by him in honour of the prolific author Dr. Achille Griffini of the Royal Technical Institute of Genoa.[2][3][4]

Species

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  1. G. africana (Saussure 1895)[5]
  2. G. heterogamia Karny 1908[5]
  3. G. larvalis Princis 1965[5]
  4. G. marmorata (Shelford 1910)[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Common names for giant cockroaches (Blaberidae)". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. ^ Karny, H. (1908). "Blattaeformia oothecaria". In Schultze, Leonhard (ed.). Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika: ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 mit Unterstützung der Kgl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (in German). Jena, Germany: Verlag von Gustav Fischer. p. 383. Dedicatum hoc genus elegans Dom. Prof. Dr. A. Griffini, excellenti Orthopterorum et Oothecariorum omnium auctori.
  3. ^ Holland, W. J., ed. (1915). Annals of the Carnegie Museum. Vol. IX. Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute. p. 400.
  4. ^ Poulton, Edward B., ed. (1908). "31: Report of the Hope Professor of Zoology, 1907". The Hope Reports, volume VI: 1906-1908. Oxford: Private printing by printer to the University of Oxford. pp. 64 (within chapter).
  5. ^ a b c d "Taxinomic Information for Griffiniella". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 28 March 2014.