Gyna

Gyna

Gyna caffrorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blaberidae
Subfamily:	Gyninae
Genus:	Gyna Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Type species
Gyna capucina Gerstaecker, 1883
Species
See text
Synonyms
Trichomera Kirby, 1896

Gyna, also called porcelain roaches, are a genus of cockroaches native to Africa.

Species

Gyna lurida 'Yellow'

There are 31 accepted species in this genus:

Gyna aestuans Saussure, 1863
Gyna aetola Shelford, 1909
Gyna bisannulata Hanitsch, 1950
Gyna caffrorum Stål, 1856
Gyna capucina Gerstaecker, 1883
Gyna castanea Shelford, 1909
Gyna centurio Dohrn, 1888
Gyna colini Rochebrune, 1883
Gyna costalis Walker, 1868
Gyna crassa Grandcolas, 1994
Gyna cyclops Hanitsch, 1930
Gyna fourcarti Grandcolas, 1994
Gyna gloriosa Stål, 1855
Gyna hyalina Shelford, 1909
Gyna incisura Grandcolas, 1994
Gyna incommoda Shelford, 1909
Gyna jocosa Shelford, 1908
Gyna kazungulana Giglio-Tos, 1907
Gyna laticosta Walker, 1868
Gyna lineata Grandcolas, 1994
Gyna lurida Saussure, 1899
Gyna maculipennis Schaum, 1853
Gyna munda Grandcolas, 1994
Gyna nigrifrons Bolívar, 1889
Gyna oblonga Borg, 1902
Gyna pomposa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Gyna scheitzae Hanitsch, 1950
Gyna scripta Giglio-Tos, 1916
Gyna sculpturata Shelford, 1909
Gyna scutelligera Walker, 1868
Gyna spurcata Walker, 1868

References

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↑ "Gyna Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
↑ "Porcelain Roaches (Genus Gyna)". iNaturalist Canada.
1 2 "genus Gyna Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865: Cockroach Species File". cockroach.speciesfile.org.

Taxon identifiers
Gyna	Wikidata: Q10511652 Wikispecies: Gyna BOLD: 303984 CoL: 8MS5X Cockroach Species File (old): 1172892 EoL: 63420 GBIF (old): 1994677 iNaturalist: 348716 Insecta.pro: 493887 IRMNG: 1189507 NCBI: 348762 Open Tree of Life: 309850 Paleobiology Database: 205099

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