- Source: Panesthiinae
Panesthiinae is a subfamily of giant cockroaches (Blaberidae) mostly found in Indo-Malaysia and Australia.
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, 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.
Genera
The Cockroach species file and BioLib list:
Ancaudellia Shaw, 1925
Annamoblatta Sergeev, 1984
Caeparia Stål, 1877
Microdina Kirby, 1903
Miopanesthia Saussure, 1895
Panesthia Serville, 1831
Salganea Stål, 1877
References
External links
Media related to Panesthiinae at Wikimedia Commons
