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Hemithyrsocera vittata
Winged insect. approx 1" long
Forest track
'Hemithyrsocera lateralis' is a junior synonym of 'Hemithyrsocera histrio'.
Finally got the species! This is a Hemithyrsocera vittata.
I went through all the 70 Hemithyrsocera species on cockroach.speciesfile.org and turns out only Hemithyrsocera vittata matches the distribution which includes both Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia where the "Gold-bordered Cockroach" occur. Seems like in quite a lot of website they have also correctly identify this species.
http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/...
https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/764984-Hemit...
Hi everyone, this species is actually NOT a Hemithyrsocera histrio. I used to think this is a Hemithyrsocera histrio too but then I finally found the real Hemithyrsocera histrio. Here is my spotting for comparison:
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/28...
I notice that a lot of photographs in the Internet are indeed misidentified and are called Gold-bordered Cockroach. However, if you look closely at the specimen photos of this species, you can actually see the difference in the antennae - being feathery and having a white middle part. On the thorax you can also see an extra line in the middle.
Valid specimen photos are available on cockroach.speciesfile.org:
link: http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/...
The distribution info also does not support it. When I first saw the distribution info of the Hemithyrsocera histrio which includes Borneo, I was surprised as there are a lot of photos of this "Gold-bordered Cockroach" on the Internet and I am still not able to find it all over Borneo or any photos of it from Borneo. From the available photos of the Gold-bordered Cockroach, it seems that it is distributed only from Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia which does not match the wider distribution of the real Hemithyrsocera histrio then.
Thank you StefanPhalagorn & bayucca. Amended spotting. Sorry for the delay ...
Viv, Stefan is correct. It shoud be Hemithyrsocera histrio, Hemithyrsocera lateralis is a junior synonym and should be replaced by Hemithyrsocera histrio. You may add Hemithyrsocera lateralis in the description section as well or add a tag for both of them.
http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/...
Hemithyrsocera lateralis / Blatta lateralis Serville, 1838 is synonymous with Hemithyrsocera histrio (Burmeister, 1838).
It is about time that the cockroach gets a renaissance! There are so many beautiful species, many of them can be found here in PN! Perhaps this is a good theme for a new blog post! Your find is a beauty!
Blattodea, Blattellidae, Hemithyrsocera lateralis.
http://www.pbase.com/dancy/image/6118597...
http://www.photographersdirect.com/buyer...