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
_Archimandrita tessellate_, Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive, from
Honduras.
_Blaberus atropos_(?), Denmark (Henriksen, 1939): Adventive, from
Jamaica. Princis (1947) pointed out that this species was more likely to
have been _Blaberus craniifer_ or _Blaberus discoidalis_, which are West
Indian species, than _B. atropos_ which is a South American species.
_Blaberus boliviensis_, Ecuador (Princis, 1952): In a shipment of
bananas from near Puna.
_Blaberus discoidalis_, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): From banana
ripening room. Great Britain (Pearce, 1929): Adventive. England
(Bunting, 1955, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica.
_Capucinella delicatula_, California (Caudell, 1931): Adventive.
_Cariblatta delicatula_, Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
_Cariblatta hylaea_, Honduras (Rehn, 1945a): Shaken from hanging dead
banana leaves.
_Cariblatta insularis_, Finland (Frey, 1948): Adventive.
_Cariblatta landalei_, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): All specimens
taken from under drying bracts of banana blossoms.
_Cariblatta punctipennis_ and _Chorisoneura barbadensis_, England
(Bunting, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica.
_Epilampra abdomen-nigrum_ and _Epilampra_ sp., England (Bunting, 1955):
Adventive, from Dominica.
_Epilampra maya_, Massachusetts (Hebard, 1917): Adventive.
_Epilampra mexicana_(?), Denmark (Henriksen, 1939): Adventive (2), from
Danish West Indies. Princis (1947) suggested that this should be
_Epilampra_ sp., because _E. mexicana_ is not a West Indian species.
_Eudromiella calcarata_ and _Eurycotis bananae_, U.S.S.R., Leningrad
(Bei-Bienko, 1947): Adventive, from Colombia.
_Euphyllodromia angustata_, Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive.
_Eurycotis caraibea_, New York (Hebard, 1917): Adventive.
_Eurycotis dimidiata_, Washington, D. C. (Caudell, 1931): Adventive.
_Eurycotis lixa_, New York (Rehn, 1930): Adventive, on banana ship from
Jamaica.
_Graptoblatta notulata_, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka (Hebard, 1933a): In
banana leaves.
_Holocompsa nitidula_, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955): Eating banana
pulp.
_Hormetica laevigata_, Wales (Sandemann, 1934): Adventive, in pile of
banana sacks.
_Hormetica ventralis_, Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive, in local
warehouse of banana company.
_Hormetica_ spp., Europe and North America (Bei-Bienko, 1950):
Adventive, introduced with bananas and other tropical fruits.
_Ischnoptera rufa rufa_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): Brought into
houses on bunches of bananas.
_Kuchinga remota_, Society Islands, Moorea (Hebard, 1933a): In dead
banana leaves.
_Lamproblatta albipalpus_, Panama Canal Zone (Hebard, 1920): Several
under decayed banana stem.
_Latiblattella_ sp., Finland (Frey, 1948): Adventive.
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