Griffiniella Explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Common names for giant cockroaches (Blaberidae) . Encyclopedia of Life . 28 March 2014 .
2. Book: Karny, H.. Heinrich Hugo Karny

   . Heinrich Hugo Karny. Leonhard. Schultze. 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. 1908. Verlag von Gustav Fischer. Jena, Germany. German. 383. Blattaeformia oothecaria. Dedicatum hoc genus elegans Dom. Prof. Dr. A. Griffini, excellenti Orthopterorum et Oothecariorum omnium auctori. .

3. Book: W. J.. Holland. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. IX. 1915. Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute. 400.
4. Book: Edward B.. Poulton. The Hope Reports, volume VI: 1906-1908. 1908. Private printing by printer to the University of Oxford. Oxford. 64 (within chapter). 31: Report of the Hope Professor of Zoology, 1907.