Possible new blaberus species in USA

[Alex]

Good morining everyone.

After a long and exciting disscusion on FB about this blaberus I feel I should post this find on here.

At first I thought this was a regular discoid roach. I caught them locally I started with 7. they have been with me for 6 years and I never thought anything of them other than that they are pretty.

I decided to post some pictures of the strange colored females since I thought they were cool.

well I never thought they could be a new species of roach never introduced in the US or European hobby.

I am flabergasted and just so stunned. Please enjoy the pictures of the possible Blaberus anisitsi.

PS. if this does not not turn out to be a cool new species then damn do I feel stupid. hahaha

 

[Herpetologyfrk]

Wow they look like something different. I would assume you'd have to dissect and compare the genitalia. I'm not a huge fan of blaberus but I'd like to get my hands on a pair or two of these.

 

[macbrush]

Their pattern looks like the approach of an airport runway. A series of light stripe on each side with a big arrow pointing towards the runway. Maybe we should call it runway roach?! :lol:

 

[Matt K]

You said "caught them locally"..... where are you ?

 

[Zephyr]

Good to see the roach community has now been properly informed!

These do appear to be Blaberus anisitsi. The males are small and discoid-like and the females are larger with broader pronotum patterns. Although dissection and observation of stock consistency will be necessary to ensure that these are B. anisitsi, from the photos I have seen of them these definitely show a strong resemblance.

Definitely an excellent find and contribution to the roach hobby.

 

[Zephyr]

Here are some pictures of Blaberus anisitsi (taken from a Japanese website):

 

[Alex]

where else could I be Matt....lovely Florida.

hahaha please take care. I am not sure that is truly anistisi why I state it is possible!!

 

[vfox]

That's pretty intersting Alex, let's hope someone can give us a 100% ID and then get them into the hobby.

 

[gekkocorner]

Here is a comparison of the blaberus species found by Alex and Discoids from my collection. They definitely look like different species

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[gekkocorner]

Adult females in first picture and males below. Discoid male and female on the left side of the pics