Species Panesthia cribrata Saussure, 1864

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Species Panesthia cribrata Saussure, 1864

Panesthia cribrata Saussure, H. de 1864. Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 16: 305-326 [326].
Type data:
Lectotype GMNH ♀ adult, NSW (as Nova Hollandia).
Paralectotype(s) GMNH ♂ ♀ adults ♂ nymph.
Subsequent designation references:
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 [14].
Type locality references:
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 [313].
Proterodia punctatissima Costa, A. 1866. Di una singolare cocciniglia della fauna Italiana, e di alcuni ortotteri Blattidei. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche. Napoli 3(7): 1-12 [6].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ adult (Roach, A.M.E. in Roach, A.M.E. & Rentz, D.C.F. 1998. Blattodea. pp. 21–162, 400 (App. III), 407–426 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 . [107] (Dr A.P. Kaltenbach NHMW, pers. comm.), suggests type may be in UDN), locality unknown.
Panesthia laevicollis Saussure, H. de 1873. Mélanges orthoptérologiques. IVme fascicule, Mantides et Blattides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 23: 1-164 [151].
Type data:
Lectotype GMNH ♀ adult, NSW.
Subsequent designation references:
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 [17].
Panesthia quadriglumis 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 [316].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ adult (Rentz, D.C.F. in Roach, A.M.E. & Rentz, D.C.F. 1998. Blattodea. pp. 21–162, 400 (App. III), 407–426 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 . specimen not in NHMW or ZMB), Gayndah, QLD.
Panesthia cetrifera Rehn, J.A.G. 1904. Studies in old world forficulids or earwigs, and blattids or cockroaches. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 539-560 [559].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♀ nymph, Australia.

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 [14] (redescription)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Rentz, D.C.F. 1988. The Orthopteroid insects of Norfolk Island, with descriptions and records of some related species from Lord Howe, Island, South Pacific. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2: 1013-1077 [1073]

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, gregarious, rotting wood, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Burrows under and inside rotting logs of Eucalyptus sp. [Myrtaceae], Ceratopetalum sp. [Cunoniaceae], Syncarpia sp. [Myrtaceae] and Casuarina sp. [Casuarinaceae] where they feed on decomposing wood, mostly live in groups of a number of females, one male and nymphs of various ages.