Team led by Filipino entomologist discovers new cockroach now named after a Pokémon

It’s not every day you see someone discovering a new wild Pokémon in real life.

, said the specimens were collected in 2016 and 2017. Lucañas, who became the lead for the study, saw the specimens on The Biodiversity of Singapore website, contacted eventual co-author Foo, and dissected and studied the specimens.

Foo said they found similarities between the new species and the Pokémon such as “having a long antenna, wings that mimic a hood and long slender legs.”Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moonentry describes it as “a life-form that lives in another world. Its body is thin and supple, but it also possesses great power.”

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