dark brown to reddish brown, with pale brown markings on the pronotum; wings cover the tip of the abdomen in both sexes; closely resembles
P. americana, distinguished by the short supraanal plate (epiproct) and short, blunt cerci on the adults; oothecae ~2.6 mm longer than in
P. australasiae and 5.2 mm longer than in
P. americana(1)