• A new species of cockroach has been found in Singapore.
• It is named as Pheromosa.
• It was discovered in 2016 at a natural reserve.

In Singapore, a brand-new species of cockroach has been found. The Pheromosa species is named after a Pokémon that resembles a cockroach and first appeared in the seventh installment of the video game franchise.

According to the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, the family Nocticolidae includes this delicate cockroach, which is the first record for Singapore. It was discovered in 2016 at a natural reserve as part of an insect survey to learn more about Singapore’s insect diversity. Although its exterior matched that of a known species, dissection revealed that it was in fact a previously unknown species.

Foo Maosheng of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and Cristian Lucaas of the UPLB Museum of Natural History published a paper about their discovery recently. Maosheng even used Twitter to spread the word. He stated, “A new delicate epigean Nocticola has been described and also serves as the first record of this genus from Singapore. @IpisLord and I have named it after the #Pokemon Pheromosa, with specimens.”

A new delicate epigean Nocticola has been described and also serves as the first record of this genus from Singapore.@IpisLord and I have named it after the #Pokemon Pheromosa, with specimens in @lkcnhm pic.twitter.com/KiUJZUFYtZ

— BugCatcher_Mao (@BugcatcherM) March 6, 2023

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