Gyna
{{Short description|Genus of cockroaches}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Tree Cockroach (Gyna caffrorum) (33105355646).jpg
| image_caption = Gyna caffrorum
| taxon = Gyna
| authority = Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865{{cite web |title=Gyna Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1994677 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=4 February 2023 |language=en}}
| subdivision = See text
| type_species = Gyna capucina
| type_species_authority = Gerstaecker, 1883
| synonyms = Trichomera Kirby, 1896
}}
Gyna, also called porcelain roaches,{{Cite web|url=https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/348716-Gyna|title=Porcelain Roaches (Genus Gyna)|website=iNaturalist Canada}} are a genus of cockroaches native to Africa.{{Cite web|url=http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1172892|title=genus Gyna Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865: Cockroach Species File|website=cockroach.speciesfile.org}}
Species
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There are 31 accepted species in this genus:
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- 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
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References
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