Panesthiinae

Panesthiinae is a subfamily of giant cockroaches (Blaberidae) mostly found in Indo-Malaysia and Australia.^[1][2][3]

Panesthiinae
A species of Panesthia cockroach
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blaberidae
Subfamily:	Panesthiinae

Many species within this subfamily of cockroaches 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,^[4] 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 and the more social Salganea taiwanensis.^[5]

Genera

The Cockroach species file and BioLib^[3] list:

1. Ancaudellia Shaw, 1925
2. Annamoblatta Sergeev, 1984
3. Caeparia Stål, 1877
4. Microdina Kirby, 1903
5. Miopanesthia Saussure, 1895
6. Panesthia Serville, 1831
7. Salganea Stål, 1877

References

1. "Panesthiinae - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
2. Roth, L. M. (1977). "A taxonomic revision of the Panesthiinae of the world. I. The Panesthiinae of Australia (Dictyoptera : Blattaria : Blaberidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series. 25 (48): 1–112. doi:10.1071/ajzs048.
3. Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
4. Scrivener, A. M.; Slaytor, M.; Rose, H. A. (1989-01-01). "Symbiont-independent digestion of cellulose and starch in Panesthia cribrata Saussure, an Australian wood-eating cockroach". Journal of Insect Physiology. 35 (12): 935–941. Bibcode:1989JInsP..35..935S. doi:10.1016/0022-1910(89)90016-4. ISSN 0022-1910.
5. Schwarz, Melbert; Tokuda, Gaku; Osaki, Haruka; Mikaelyan, Aram (September 2023). "Reevaluating Symbiotic Digestion in Cockroaches: Unveiling the Hindgut's Contribution to Digestion in Wood-Feeding Panesthiinae (Blaberidae)". Insects. 14 (9): 768. doi:10.3390/insects14090768. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 10531843. PMID 37754736.

External links

• Media related to Panesthiinae at Wikimedia Commons