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
_Cariblatta stenophrys_, Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923; Wolcott, 1936):
Between the leaves and under the leaf sheaths.
_Panchlora nivea_, Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): On the leaves.
_Pelmatosilpha coriacea_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936).
_Phoraspis_ spp., Brazil and Guiana (Doumerc in Blanchard, 1837).
_Plectoptera dorsalis_, _Plectoptora infulata_, and _Plectoptera
rhabdota_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): Under the leaf sheaths.
_Symploce ruficollis_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): Often found living
under the leaf sheaths.
Cockroaches, Philippine Islands (Uichanco _in_ Williams et al., 1931):
Between cane leaf sheaths.
=Setaria verticillata= (Linnaeus) Beauv.
_Synonymy._--_Chaetochloa verticillata_ (Linnaeus) [Howard, personal
communication, 1958].
_Associate._--_Diploptera punctata_, Hawaii (Severin, 1911): The
cockroach was caught on the barbed awns of this grass.
=Wild oats=
_Associate._--_Ischnoptera deropeltiformis_, Missouri (Rau, 1937).
=Zea mays= Linnaeus
_Associates._--_Cariblatta stenophrys_, Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923;
Wolcott, 1936).
_Ellipsidion bicolor_, Australia, Queensland (Hebard, 1943).
_Lophoblatta arawaka_, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955).
_Phoraspis_ sp., Brazil and Guiana (Doumerc _in_ Blanchard, 1837).
_Supella supellectilium_, New Caledonia (Cohic, 1956).
Family CYPERACEAE
=Cyperus= sp.
_Associate._--_Maretina uahuka_, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka (Hebard,
1933a).
Family PALMAE
=Acrocomia aculeata= (Jacq.) Lodd.
_Associate._--_Pycnoscelus surinamensis_, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan,
1955): On "gru-gru" fruits.
=Cocos nucifera= Linnaeus
_Associates._--_Aglaopteryx gemma_, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912).
_Cariblatta lutea minima_, Florida, and _Cariblatta delicatula_, San
Domingo (Hebard, 1916a).
_Eurycotis floridana_, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912; Hebard, 1917).
_Periplaneta australasiae_, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
_Pycnoscelus surinamensis_, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912; Hebard,
1917). Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
=Phoenix dactylifera= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Blattella germanica_, California (Herms, 1926): On date
palms.
=Pritchardia= sp.
_Associate._--_Periplaneta australasiae_, Nihoa Island (Bryan, 1926).
Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).
=Roystonea regia= O. F. Cook
_Associate._--_Cariblatta punctulata_, San Domingo (Hebard, 1916a).
=Sabal palmetto= Lodd.
_Associate._--_Eurycotis floridana_, Florida (Scudder, 1879).
_Periplaneta australasiae_, Florida (Hebard, 1917).
=Undetermined palms=
_Associates._--_Euthlastoblatta abortiva_, Texas (Hebard, 1917).
_Hormetica laevigata_, Brazil (Hancock, 1926).
_Panchlora antillarum_, Dominican Republic (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
_Periplaneta americana_, Texas (Zimmern _in_ Gould and Deay, 1940).
Family ARACEAE
=Arum= sp.
_Associate._--_Latiblattella vitrea_, Mexico (Hebard, 1921b): In flower
shaft.
=Caladium= sp.
_Associate._--_Plectoptera dorsalis_, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard,
1927).
Family BROMELIACEAE
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