…even though I love latin names, usually no one else shares the same feelings 😁 Yet, it’s useful to first check at least what you are going to get.
Introduction
I am often asked to provide more information regarding a certain species of invertebrate (isopod, millipede, roach) and I sometimes see that what was listed for sale was actually the synonymized name of an isopod / millipede. If the person didn’t have it, there’s not any “damage”. But what if they had already that species, thinking they will be getting a new one? I hope this article can help you from spending your money on invertebrates you already have. Let’s see an example below:
As we can see on the screenshot above, Mardonius parilis acuticonus (in our example) is an old synonym of the currently accepted millipede species: Spiropoeus fischeri. and as such it is unaccepted. And if you click on Mardonius parilis acuticonus in that website you will see that it is marked with an ❌ and it says in red: unaccepted.
The two taxonomic databases that you can check the species names for isopods and millipedes are:
🐞 World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans (for isopods) and
🐞 Millibase.org (for millipedes and pill-millipedes).
I am not aware of any up-to-date taxonomic database for roach species. There are a couple but they are not all pages updated. I have found those: GBIF, COL, Insects Classification, Cockroach Species File, Thailand Nature Project.
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