Neoloboptera peninsularis:
Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) recently uncovered a new cockroach species, Neoloboptera peninsularis, in the Deccan Peninsula.
- It is a new species of cockroach.
- It marks the first use of modern DNA technology in India to identify a cockroach
- It is only the third known member of the genus Neoloboptera recorded from India.
- The other two, Neoloboptera indica (described in 1865) and Neoloboptera chakrabortyi (described in 1995), had been recorded earlier, with no new specimen-based records reported since then.
- It is characterised by its glossy, yellowish-brown body and fully developed wings.
