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Panesthia
Panesthia is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroach in the subfamily Panesthiinae. It is subsocial and its species are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Australian wood cockroach
speciesPanesthia australis
Panesthia angustipennis
speciesPanesthia angustipennis
Panesthia cribrata
speciesPanesthia cribrata
Panesthia triangulifera
speciesPanesthia triangulifera
Panesthia flavipennis
speciesPanesthia flavipennis
Panesthia ancaudellioides
speciesPanesthia ancaudellioides
Panesthia plagiata
speciesPanesthia plagiata
Panesthia sloanei
speciesPanesthia sloanei
Panesthia antennata
speciesPanesthia antennata
Lord Howe Island Wood-feeding Cockroach
speciesPanesthia lata
Panesthia mearnsi
speciesPanesthia mearnsi
Panesthia ornata
speciesPanesthia ornata
Panesthia necrophoroides
speciesPanesthia necrophoroides
Panesthia regalis
speciesPanesthia regalis
Panesthia monstruosa
speciesPanesthia monstruosa
Panesthia strelkovi
speciesPanesthia strelkovi
Panesthia tryoni
speciesPanesthia tryoni
Panesthia lobipennis
speciesPanesthia lobipennis
Panesthia obtusa
speciesPanesthia obtusa
Panesthia transversa
speciesPanesthia transversa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 358434.