Question Mark Cockroach

they look more like beetles,very interesting species.

@bongorob Yes, I agree. I'd never heard of them before today. The world of invertebrates never fails to surprise me!

Saw these at The Deep aquarium a week or so ago as well. It's a shame there aren't invertebrates on ZTL to see how common or not these are.

I've seen these for sale a few times, but one of the more infrequently-kept roaches in private collections. I thought they were from the Indian subcontinent, either they have a wider range than I thought or the Malay Archipelago theme of Monsoon Forest is getting ever so slightly stretched.

they are endemic to India. They were only described in 2008 so are a fairly recent discovery, but they are from Andhra Pradesh which is in southeast India - a long way from the Malay Archipelago.