Species Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895

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• Macropanesthia rhinoceros 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 [329].

  Type data:

   Holotype GMNH ♂ adult, Bowen, Qld.
• Panesthia godeffroyi Schmeltz, J.D.E & Pöhl, C.A. (eds) 1877. Insecta. Ordo I. Orthoptera. pp. in Catalog VI der zum Verkauf stehenden Doubletten aus den Naturhistorischen Expeditionen der Herren Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. Hamburg : L. Friedrichsen & Co. 18-23 pp. [19] [nom. nud., see Princis, K. 1965. Pars 7: Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. pp. 284–400 in Beier, M. (ed). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Gravenhage : Junk . (326)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Princis, K. 1965. Pars 7: Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. pp. 284-400 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [326]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, litter, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Lives in spiral-shaped burrows in soil types ranging from white sand to red loam, feeds on Eucalyptus spp. [Myrtaceae] leaf litter collected from ground surface, females exhibit lengthy parental care of young in burrow.

General References

Day, M.F. 1950. The histology of a very large insect, Macropanesthia rhinoceros Sauss. (Blattidae). Australian Journal of Scientific Research B 3: 61-75 [61-75] (Tepper's female type of Geoscapheus giganteus is actually a male Macropanesthia rhinoceros and 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 [43] incorrectly listed it in synonymy with Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895)

Matsumoto, T. 1989. Subsocial life of the giant burrowing cockroach in Australia. Insectarium 26: 136-144

Matsumoto, T. 1990. Subsociality of the Au[s]tralian giant burrowing cockroach, Macropanesthia rhinoceros (Blattodea: Blaberidae). pp. 303-304 in Veeresh, G.K., Mallik, B. & Viraktmath, C.A. (eds). Social Insects and the Environment. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990 (International Union for the Study of Social Insects). Leiden : E.J. Brill.

Matsumoto, T. 1992. Familial association, nymphal development and population density in the Australian giant burrowing cockroach, Macropanesthia rhinoceros (Blattaria: Blaberidae). Zoological Science (Tokyo) 9: 835-842

Rugg, D. & Rose, H.A. 1984. Reproductive biology of some Australian cockroaches (Blattodea: Blaberidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 113-117

Rugg, D. & Rose, H.A. 1991. Biology of Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 84: 575-582

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