Panesthia australis

Panesthia australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blaberidae
Genus:	Panesthia
Species:	P. australis
Binomial name
	Panesthia australis; von Wattenwyl, 1865
Synonyms
	Panesthia perfecta Kirby, 1903;

Panesthia australis, colloquially called the Australian wood cockroach or the common wood cockroach, is a species of giant cockroach endemic to Australia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Appearance

Adults of this species are usually around 3.4 cm long and black, while nymphs vary between 7 and 35 mm in length, the average length being roughly 17 mm.^[4] Sexual dimorphism in the species is negligible.^[4]

Distribution

Panesesthia australis is mostly found in Eastern Australia, especially in New South Wales.^[5]^[3]^[2]

Colonies

Panesthia australis lives in family groups in rotting wood.^[5]^[4] The walls of their burrows are made of frass.^[4]

References

↑ "Panesthia australis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
1 2 "Panesthia australis sightings - Canberra Nature Map". canberra.naturemapr.org. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
1 2 Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Panesthia australis". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
1 2 3 4 Nihon Dobutsu Gakkai; Gakkai, Nihon Dobutsu (1988). Zoological science. Vol. 5. Tokyo, Japan: Zoological Society of Japan.
1 2 Western Australian Museum; Museum, Western Australian (1998). Records of the Western Australian Museum. Vol. 19. Perth: Western Australian Museum.

[1] "Panesthia australis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[:0-2] 1 2 "Panesthia australis sightings - Canberra Nature Map". canberra.naturemapr.org. Retrieved 2022-11-06.

[:1-3] 1 2 Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Panesthia australis". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[:2-4] 1 2 3 4 Nihon Dobutsu Gakkai; Gakkai, Nihon Dobutsu (1988). Zoological science. Vol. 5. Tokyo, Japan: Zoological Society of Japan.

[:3-5] 1 2 Western Australian Museum; Museum, Western Australian (1998). Records of the Western Australian Museum. Vol. 19. Perth: Western Australian Museum.

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