Griffiniella
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| Griffiniella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxyhaloinae |
| Tribe: | Nauphoetini |
| Genus: | Griffiniella Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 |
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]