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''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are
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and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on wood, the best-studied being ''Panesthia angustipennis.'' Until recently it was believed that ''Panesthia'' and other members of ''Panesthiinae'' do not rely on the hindgut for wood digestion, but it is now believed that a "fiber-associated microbiome" might be contributing to up to 1/5th of the total xylanase and cellulase activities in the gut of ''P. angustipennis''.


Species list

*'' Panesthia ancaudellioides'' Roth & L. M. 1977 *'' Panesthia angustipennis'' (Illiger 1801) *'' Panesthia antennata'' Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 *'' Panesthia asahinai'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia australis'' Brunner von Wattenwyl 1865 *'' Panesthia bilobata'' Bei-Bienko 1965 *'' Panesthia birmanica'' Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 *'' Panesthia bougainvillensis'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia celebica'' Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 *'' Panesthia concinna'' Feng, P. & Woo 1990 *''
Panesthia cribrata ''Panesthia cribrata'', commonly called the Australian wood cockroach, is a wood-eating species found in rotten logs. It is found from south east Queensland south to the east coast to Tasmania, also seen at Norfolk Island. It depends on wood for ...
'' Saussure 1864 *'' Panesthia cyclopensis'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *''
Panesthia flavipennis ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Wood-Mason 1876 *'' Panesthia gurneyi'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia heurni'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia karimuiensis'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *''
Panesthia larvata ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Bei-Bienko 1969 *''
Panesthia lata ''Panesthia lata'', the Lord Howe Island wood-feeding cockroach or Lord Howe Island cockroach, is a large, wingless cockroach species endemic to the Lord Howe Island Group in the Tasman Sea. Appearance and diet ''Panesthia lata'' is reasonabl ...
'' Walker & F. 1868 *''
Panesthia lobipennis ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 *''
Panesthia lucanoides ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' (Butler 1882) *''
Panesthia luteoalata ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Hanitsch 1937 *''
Panesthia matthewsi ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Roth & L. M. 1977 *''
Panesthia mearnsi ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Caudell 1924 *''
Panesthia missimensis ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *''
Panesthia modiglianii ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Hanitsch 1932 *''
Panesthia monstruosa ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Wood-Mason 1876 *'' Panesthia morosa'' Kirby & W. F. 1903 *'' Panesthia morsus'' (Butler 1882) *'' Panesthia necrophoroides'' Walker & F. 1868 *'' Panesthia obscura'' (Saussure 1873) *'' Panesthia obtusa'' Shaw 1918 *'' Panesthia ornata'' Saussure 1873 *'' Panesthia papuensis'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia paramonstruosa'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia parva'' Shaw 1918 *'' Panesthia plagiata'' Walker & F. 1859 *'' Panesthia puncticollis'' Stål 1877 *'' Panesthia pygmaea'' Princis 1951 *'' Panesthia quadriporosa'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia quinquedentata'' Kirby & W. F. 1903 *'' Panesthia regalis'' Walker & F. 1868 *'' Panesthia rufipennis'' Princis 1957 *'' Panesthia saussurei'' Stål 1877 *'' Panesthia sedlaceki'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia serrata'' Saussure 1895 *'' Panesthia shelfordi'' Hanitsch 1923 *'' Panesthia sinuata'' Saussure 1895 *''
Panesthia sloanei ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Shaw 1918 *'' Panesthia stellata'' Saussure 1895 *'' Panesthia strelkovi'' Bei-Bienko 1969 *'' Panesthia tepperi'' Kirby & W. F. 1903 *'' Panesthia toxopeusi'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia transversa'' Burmeister 1838 *''
Panesthia triangulifera ''Panesthia'' is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia. Many species feed on woo ...
'' Hanitsch 1927 *'' Panesthia tryoni'' Shaw 1918 *'' Panesthia urbani'' Roth & L. M. 1979 *'' Panesthia wallacei'' Wood-Mason 1876


References

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