SINGAPORE - A new cockroach species has been found in a forested nature reserve in Singapore. Named after Pheromosa, a cockroach-like Pokemon that appears in the seventh generation of the video game series, the species was discovered through comparing differences between the male genitalia of specimens with its closest relative from Borneo, among other checks. Entomologist Foo Maosheng, who co-authored...
SINGAPORE - A new cockroach species has been found in a forested nature reserve in Singapore.
“Both my collaborator and I are also Pokemon fans, so we thought why not name the cockroach after a Pokemon inspired by a cockroach.” Mr Foo, a scientific officer at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, said: “There are actually very few studies done on cockroaches and termites, in part because they are less charismatic than bees, butterflies and beetles.”
“Since its DNA did not match any species recorded online, it does add to the suggestion that this species had not been formally documented.” The new species joins 22 others from its genus, which has been found in tropical Africa, India, mainland and South-east Asia as well as Australia.
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