The Biotic Associations of CockroachesRoth, Louis M. (Louis Marcus)
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The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Roth, Louis M. (Louis Marcus)
Cockroaches; Insects -- Ecology
_Natural host._--_Blatta orientalis_, Germany (Avrech, 1931): Found in
cells lining the lumen of midgut and caeca. The whole upper part of the
epithelium was filled with sporangia and spores.
Class ASCOMYCETES
Order ENDOMYCETALES
Family SACCHAROMYCETACEAE
=Saccharomyces cerevisiae= Hansen
_Natural vector._--_Blaberus craniifer_, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949):
In feces.
=Saccharomyces= sp.
_Natural vector._--_Blattella germanica_, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg,
1952): Found consistently in alimentary tract of _B. germanica_ fed
sucrose solutions.
Order HYPOCREALES
Family HYPOCREACEAE
=Cordyceps amazonica= Hennings
_Natural host._--Cockroaches, British Honduras (Mains, 1940).
=Cordyceps blattae= Petch
_Natural host._--_Blattella germanica_, Ceylon (Petch, 1924): Collected
at Hakgala twice. A slight covering of brown mycelium overran the insect
and fastened it to the underside of a living leaf.
Order LABOULBENIALES
Family LABOULBENIACEAE
=Herpomyces amazonicus= Thaxter
_Natural host._--_Nyctibora obscura_, Brazil, Natal (Thaxter, 1931): On
antennae.
=Herpomyces anaplectae= Thaxter
_Natural hosts._--_Anaplecta_ sp., Venezuela, Caracas (Thaxter, 1905,
1908); Trinidad (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae.
Cockroach, Sumatra (Thaxter, 1931).
=Herpomyces appendiculatus= Thaxter
_Natural host._--_Platyzosteria scabra_, Australia, N.S.W. (Thaxter,
1931): On antennae.
=Herpomyces arietinus= Thaxter
_Natural hosts._--_Ischnoptera_ sp., U.S.A., Georgia (Thaxter, 1908).
_Parcoblatta uhleriana_, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth, unpublished data,
1957): The nymphs were in a culture of _Parcoblatta virginica_ which was
infected with this fungus; it is possible that these _P. uhleriana_
became infected by contact with _P. virginica_. Fungus identified by Dr.
R. K. Benjamin.
_Parcoblatta virginica_, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth, unpublished data,
1957): Fungus determined by Dr. R. K. Benjamin. Fungus found on
antennae, palpi, legs, body surface (pl. 27, A).
_Parcoblatta_ sp., U.S.A., Kentucky, Massachusetts (Thaxter, 1902,
1908): On antennae.
It is likely that Thaxter's host records (certainly those assigned to
_Temnopteryx_ and possibly those assigned to _Ischnoptera_) were species
of _Parcoblatta_. Hebard (1917) has shown that all the species referred
to _Ischnoptera_ in the United States, except _I. deropeltiformis_, now
belong in the genus _Parcoblatta_. All species originally referred to
the genus _Temnopteryx_ in the United States are now synonymized with
species of _Parcoblatta_.
=Herpomyces chaetophilus= Thaxter
_Natural hosts._--_Periplaneta americana_, Brazil (Thaxter, 1931).
_Periplaneta_ sp., Zanzibar and Mauritius (Thaxter, 1902, 1908): On
spines of legs, antennae, and cerci.
=Herpomyces chilensis= Thaxter
_Natural host._--Cockroach, Chile (Thaxter, 1918): On antennae.
=Herpomyces diplopterae= Thaxter
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