Gyna, also called porcelain roaches,[2] are a genus of cockroaches native to Africa.[3]
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| Gyna caffrorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Gyninae |
| Genus: | Gyna Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865[1] |
| Type species | |
| Gyna capucina Gerstaecker, 1883
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Trichomera Kirby, 1896 | |
Species
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There are 31 accepted species in this genus:[3]
- 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gyna.
- ^ "Gyna Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Porcelain Roaches (Genus Gyna)". iNaturalist Canada.
- ^ a b "genus Gyna Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865: Cockroach Species File". cockroach.speciesfile.org.
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