Giant cockroach genus Pseudophoraspis expands to the north with 3 new species

Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 11:32 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Three new species of the giant cockroach genus Pseudophoraspis have been discovered in the Hainan, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces of China. The three newly described cockroaches, together with another three already known species, mark the first record north of Vietnam, which was previously considered the northern boundary of the genus.

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