Panesthia cribrata

Panesthia cribrata, commonly called the Australian wood cockroach, is a wood-eating species found in rotten logs. It is found from south east Queensland south to the east coast to Tasmania, also seen at Norfolk Island.[2] It depends on wood for sustenance,[3] and manufactures enzymes that digest cellulose.[4]

Australian wood cockroach
cockroach found near St Georges Basin, New South Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blaberidae
Subfamily:	Panesthiinae
Genus:	Panesthia
Species:	P. cribrata
Binomial name
Panesthia cribrata Saussure 1864[1]
Synonyms
Panesthia cetrifera Rehn, 1904 Panesthia laevicollis Saussure, 1873 Proterodia punctatissima Costa, 1866 Panesthia quadriglumis Saussure, 1895

References

2. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Panesthia+cribrata "Panesthia cribrata Saussure, 1864" Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved June 30, 2016. author: Burwell of the Queensland Museum
3. Revista Brasileira de Pesquisas Médicas E Biológicas. Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica. 1988. p. 706. Retrieved 30 June 2016. Acetate and butyrate are transported to a significantly greater extent in Panesthia cribrata than in Periplaneta americana hindguts, which agrees with the fact that the former depends on wood for food (Hogan et al, 1985).
4. Waldbauer, Gilbert (30 June 2009). What Good Are Bugs? Insects in the Web of Life. Harvard University Press. p. 305. ISBN 9780674044746. According to Michael Martin, a very few insects, including a few termites, a few long-horned beetles, and the Australian cockroach Panesthia cribrata, can themselves secrete the enzymes that digest cellulose.