Genus Macropanesthia Saussure, 1895

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• Macropanesthia Saussure, H. de 1895. Révision de la tribu Panesthiens et de celle des Épilampriens (Orthoptères de la famille des Blattides). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 3: 299-364 [328].

  Type species:

   Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 501 pp. [205].
• Hemipanesthia Saussure, H. de 1895. Révision de la tribu Panesthiens et de celle des Épilampriens (Orthoptères de la famille des Blattides). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 3: 299-364 [327].

  Type species:

   Panesthia kraussiana Saussure, 1872 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 48: 1-112 [38] (as first revisor gave priority to Macropanesthia over Hemipanesthia)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Beasley-Hall, P.G., Rose, H.A., Walker, J., Kinjo, Y., Bourguignon, T., & Lo, N. 2021. Digging deep: a revised phylogeny of Australian burrowing cockroaches (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae, Geoscapheinae) confirms extensive nonmonophyly and provides insights into biogeography and evolution of burrowing. Systematic Entomology 1-17 (Geoscapheinae recovered as polyphyletic within a paraphyletic Panesthiinae, therefore authors suggested Geoscapheinae be sunk within the Panesthiinae based on molecular data)

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 48: 1-112 [38]

Walker, J.A., Rugg, D. & Rose, H.A. 1994. Nine new species of Geoscapheinae (Blattodea: Blaberidae) from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35: 263-284 (keys to genera and species)

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