roaches

Afternoon Inquisition

Sunday AI: Leaping Cockroaches

That’s not a quote from a Batman Episode; it’s a new species found in only one area in South Africa.  They were discovered by accident when two entomologists were sweep-netting a meadow.  BOHN, H., M. PICKER, K.-D. KLASS & J. COLVILLE 2010.A jumping cockroach from South Africa, Saltoblattella montistabularis, gen. nov., spec. nov. (Blattodea: Blattellidae). – Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 68 (1): 53-69.…