Gyna

Gyna, also called porcelain roaches,^[2] are a genus of cockroaches native to Africa.^[3]

Gyna
Gyna caffrorum
Scientific classification
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
Species
See text
Synonyms
Trichomera Kirby, 1896

Species

Gyna lurida 'Yellow'

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