''Gyna'', also called porcelain roaches, are a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

cockroach Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects belonging to the Order (biology), order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known Pest (organism), pests. Modern cockro ...

es native to Africa.

Species

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

Blaberidae Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family (biology), family Blaberidae), are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species. Mostly distributed in warmer climates worldwide, this family is based on the American genus ''Blaberus'', but mu ...

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