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The Madagascan hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa), which inhabits the moist leaf litter layer of Madagascar’s endemic rainforests, differs ecologically, behaviorally and physiologically from common cockroach species typically found in homes. The “hiss” produced by males through pressurized air expelled from abdominal spiracles on the underside of their body is a central component of the species’ complex communication system, used against both predators and sexual rivals. Due to its sl