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In 2013, a Filipino student found an undescribed gold cockroach in a cave: He became the country’s “cockroach lord” and helped name 14 species

Cristian Lucañas was an undergraduate student on a university field trip when he entered limestone caves in Burdeos on Polillo Island, east of the Philippine mainland. He had initially hoped to study ...
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The ‘Cockroach Lord’ who names new species after Tolkien and Pokémon characters

Entomologist Cristian Lucañas, who says cockroaches are misunderstood, with some of his specimens at the University of the Philippines Los Banos, south of Manila.Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty ...
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In 2013, a Filipino student found an undescribed gold cockroach in a cave: He became the country’s “Cockroach Lord” and helped name 14 species

In 2019, two cave-dwelling species, the Antipolo blind cave cockroach and Simon's cave cockroach, were listed as endangered in the country, while five other cockroach species were listed as vulnerable ...
The Guardian

The ‘Cockroach Lord’ who names new species after Tolkien and Pokémon characters

Cristian Lucañas has discovered multiple species of cockroach in the Philippines, and believes there’s far more to the much-maligned insect than meets the eye When Cristian Lucañas tells people about ...