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Cockroach

Pachnepteryx signaticollis

Photo by AlbertKang
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Field Notes

Description:

This cockroach is around 1.5 cm in size and she is carrying Eggs

Notes:

New Organism to Project Noah

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
DanielePralong
Thanks Albert! Let us know if he gets back to you. This might be another instance of a species once described and then never seen again, till you photographed it!
AlbertKang
Thanks again, @Lauren :) @Daniele, I asked him for references but he hasn't replied yet. Can't find any other pics of it online. And the reference of it is from this website : http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1177390 indicating the species and all the 4 species of them under the genus are only from Philippines. And all the species were described back in the 19th century!
DanielePralong
Great you finally got an ID Albert! Does your local expert have a book or a museum collection as a reference?
LaurenZarate
Hi Albert, so glad you found the ID! It is still an amazing roach!!! Love that 2nd picture too!
AlbertKang
Hi Lauren, finally managed to find the ID for this Cockroach, from a local (Filipino) expert on Cockroaches. But there doesn't seems to be any other references or images online though.

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Philippine Wildlife
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Macro Insect South East ASIA
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedApril 12, 2014

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