Common wood cockroach
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Family:
Blaberidae
Genus:
Panesthia
Binomial name
Panesthia australis
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

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