This photo supplied by the Unversity of Cape Town shows a Cape cockroach that can jump and has been named as one of the world's new top ten species. The “leaproach”, which can grow up to 1cm in length, was discovered in the Table Mountain National Park by scientists from the University of Cape Town. – AP Photo/ Mike Picker - University of Cape Town

JOHANNESBURG: South African scientists say they’ve found a new species of cockroach in a popular tourist destination.

Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park is home to the world’s only jumping cockroach, which this week was named one of the top 10 species discoveries of the year by an international panel of experts.

Mike Picker, a co-author of the Field Guide to Insects of South Africa, said Thursday his discovery shows how little is known about the world’s insects and other animals.

Quentin Wheeler, whose International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University oversees the annual list, says some 10 million species are waiting to be described, named and classified.

This year’s list includes a glow-in-the-dark mushroom, a leech with enormous teeth and a spider that weaves giant webs.