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 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 Saussure 1864 Panesthia cyclopensis Roth & L. M. 1979 Panesthia flavipennis Wood-Mason 1876
Panesthia gurneyi Roth & L. M. 1979 Panesthia heurni Roth & L. M. 1979 Panesthia karimuiensis Roth & L. M. 1979 Panesthia larvata Bei-Bienko 1969 Panesthia lata Walker & F. 1868 Panesthia lobipennis Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 Panesthia lucanoides (Butler 1882) Panesthia luteoalata Hanitsch 1937 Panesthia matthewsi Roth & L. M. 1977 Panesthia mearnsi Caudell 1924 Panesthia missimensis Roth & L. M. 1979 Panesthia modiglianii Hanitsch 1932 Panesthia monstruosa 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 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 Hanitsch 1927 Panesthia tryoni Shaw 1918 Panesthia urbani Roth & L. M. 1979 Panesthia wallacei Wood-Mason 1876
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