Biology:Griffiniella
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Short description: Genus of cockroaches
| Griffiniella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxyhaloinae |
| 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
- G. africana (Saussure 1895)[5]
- G. heterogamia Karny 1908[5]
- G. larvalis Princis 1965[5]
- G. marmorata (Shelford 1910)[5]
References
- ↑ "Common names for giant cockroaches (Blaberidae)". Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/675/names/common_names. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ Karny, H. (1908). "Blattaeformia oothecaria". in Schultze, Leonhard (in German). 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. Jena, Germany: Verlag von Gustav Fischer. p. 383. https://books.google.com/books?id=f2I9AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA355. "Dedicatum hoc genus elegans Dom. Prof. Dr. A. Griffini, excellenti Orthopterorum et Oothecariorum omnium auctori."
- ↑ Holland, W. J., ed (1915). Annals of the Carnegie Museum. IX. Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute. p. 400. https://books.google.com/books?id=zwGAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA400.
- ↑ 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). https://books.google.com/books?id=whpLAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA64.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Taxinomic Information for Griffiniella". Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/63501/names. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q10508763 entry
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