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giant burrowing cockroach

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Any of species Macropanesthia rhinoceros of the world's heaviest cockroaches, native to Australia and mostly found in tropical parts of Queensland.

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  • German: Australische Großschabe — Macropanesthia rhinoceros
  • Japanese: 鎧土竜蜚蠊 (yoroimoguragokiburi) — Macropanesthia rhinoceros
  • Russian: гига́нтский тарака́н-носоро́г (gigántskij tarakán-nosoróg) — Macropanesthia rhinoceros
  • Russian: гига́нтский ро́ющий тарака́н (gigántskij rójuščij tarakán) — Macropanesthia rhinoceros