Missing link Mantis

[happy1892]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cave-may-hold-missing-link/2007/03/21/1174153159560.html

 

[kitkat39]

Pretty cool. Although I don't think I'd really want to keep it as a pet

 

[Extrememantid]

Wow! That is so neat.. Those would probably be so hard to care for because they might need dark.

 

[Rick]

Interesting. Hope to hear more once it has been more extensively studied.

 

[hibiscusmile]

yes, interesting, but I don't want one either! Freaks me out!

Actually this is more Orins territory!

 

[I_love_mantids]

I actually want it

 

[Dracus]

Don't be so excited, guys. This is probably because of the insufficient sampling or/and variability of analyzes.

Here is the most compelling paper on molecular phylogeny of cockroaches.

Djernaes et al., 2012.pdf

 

[nirotorin]

That's pretty awesome, even if it is a mistake. I hope it's not though. I'd keep a colony. I bet they have some very interesting behaviors that you don't see in other roaches.

 

[devetaki9]

Very interesting!! I can't wait to hear more about this species, gonna have to keep checking for more published information