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Panesthiinae

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Panesthia australis
Containing group: Blaberidae

References

Humphrey, M., H. A. Rose, D. J. Colgan. 1998. Electrophoretic studies of cockroaches of the Australian endemic subfamily Geoscapheinae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 124(3):209-234.

Maekawa, K., M. Kon, K. Araya, and T. Matsumoto. 2001. Phylogeny and biogeography of wood-feeding cockroaches, genus Salganea Stål (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae), in southeast Asia based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution 53:651-659.

Maekawa, K., N. Lo, O. Kitade, T. Miura, and T. Matsumoto. 1999. Molecular phylogeny and geographic distribution of wood-feeding cockroaches in East Asian islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13(2):360–376.

Maekawa, K., N. Lo, H. A. Rose, and T. Matsumoto. 2003. The evolution of soil-burrowing cockroaches (Blattaria: Blaberidae) from wood-burrowing ancestors following an invasion of the latter from Asia to Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society London Series B 270:1301-1307.

McKittrick, F. A. 1964. Evolutionary study of cockroaches. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Memoirs 389:1-197.

Princis, K. 1965. Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea. Fam.: Panesthiidae. Pages 308-331 in Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 7. M. Beier, ed. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage.

Roth, L. M. 1977. A taxonomic revision of the Panesthiinae of the world. I. The Panesthiinae of Australia. (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Suppl. Ser. 48:1-112.

Roth, L. M. 1979. A taxonomic revision of the Panesthiinae of the world. II. The genera Salganea Stål, Microdina Kirby, and Caeparia Stål (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Suppl. Ser. 69:1-201.

Roth, L. M. 1979. A taxonomic revision of the Panesthiinae of the world. III. The genera Panesthia Serville and Miopanesthia Serville (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Suppl. Ser. 74:1-276.

Roth, L. M. 1982. A taxonomic revision of the Panesthiinae of the world. IV. The genus Ancaudellia Shaw, with additions to parts I-III, and a general discussion of distribution and relationships of the components of the subfamily (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Suppl. Ser. 82:1-142.

Walker, J. A. and H. A. Rose. 1998. Oothecal structure and male genitalia of the Geoscapheinae and some Australian Panaesthia Serville (Blattodea: Blaberidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 37(1):23-26.

Walker, J. A., D. Rugg, and H. A. Rose. 1994. Nine new species of Geoscapheinae (Blattodea: Blaberidae) from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35(1):263-284.

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Panesthia australis
Scientific Name Panesthia australis
Location Australia
Comments Australian wood cockroach
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Size 25 mm
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