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
_Pycnoscelus surinamensis_, Canada (Walker, 1912; Hebard, 1917):
Adventive: Marquesas Islands, Nukuhiva (Hebard, 1933a): In banana
leaves. England (Goodliffe, 1958): Adventive, doing considerable damage
to banana plants growing in a conservatory.
_Sibylloblatta panesthoides_, Massachusetts (Rehn, 1937a): Adventive,
from Jamaica.
Family ZINGIBERACEAE
=Renealmia= sp.
_Associate._--_Cariblatta orestera_, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927):
The male was taken in a head of wild ginger.
Family CANNACEAE
=Canna= sp.
_Associate._--_Periplaneta americana_, Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).
Family ORCHIDACEAE
=Cattleya= sp.
_Associates._--_Periplaneta americana_, U.S.A. (Rau, 1940a).
_Periplaneta australasiae_, England (Lucas, 1918).
=Vanda= sp.
_Associates._--_Periplaneta americana_, U.S.A. (Rau, 1940a).
_Periplaneta australasiae_, England (Lucas, 1918).
=Undetermined orchids=
_Associates._--_Blaberus discoidalis_, _Blatta orientalis_, _Periplaneta
americana_, Hawaii (Swezey, 1945).
_Blatta orientalis_, _americana_, _cinerea_, _maderae_, unidentified
cockroaches, England, in bulb from Ecuador (Westwood, 1876).
_Graptoblatta notulata_, Hawaii (Swezey, 1945): On orchid from India.
_Homalopteryx laminata_ and _Hormetica apolinari_, New York (Hebard,
1912c): In orchids shipped from Colombia.
_Pelmatosilpha coriacea_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936).
_Periplaneta americana_, Germany (Tashenberg, 1884).
_Periplaneta australasiae_, England (Wainwright, 1898). Pennsylvania
(Skinner, 1905). Massachusetts (Morse, 1920).
_Pycnoscelus surinamensis_, England (Westwood, 1869). Germany (Zacher,
1920). Massachusetts (Morse, 1920). Hawaii (Swezey, 1945).
Family CASUARINACEAE
=Casuarina= sp.
_Associate._--_Diploptera punctata_, Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).
Family SALICACEAE
=Populus euphratica= Oliv.
_Synonymy._--_Populus diversifolia_ Schrenk. [Howard, personal
communication, 1959].
_Associate._--_Ectobius semenovi_, Kazakhstan (Bei-Bienko, 1950).
=Populus= sp.
_Associate._--_Ectobius lapponicus_, U.S.S.R. (Stark _in_ Bei-Bienko,
1950): On aspen.
=Salix= sp.
_Associate._--_Ectobius semenovi_, Kazakhstan (Bei-Bienko, 1950): On
willow.
Family MYRICACEAE
=Myrica cerifera= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Chorisoneura texensis_, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1916):
On bayberry. Florida (Blatchley, 1920): Beaten from foliage.
Family FAGACEAE
=Quercus alba= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Parcoblatta pensylvanica_, Virginia (Rehn and Hebard,
1916): Under signs on white oaks.
=Quercus rubra= Linnaeus
_Associates._--_Parcoblatta divisa_, Virginia, and _Parcoblatta
pensylvanica_, North Carolina (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under signs on
red oak.
_Parcoblatta lata_, North Carolina (Hebard, 1917): Under sign.
=Quercus virginiana= Mill.
_Associate._--_Eurycotis floridana_, Georgia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916):
Under dead bark on live-oak tree. Georgia (Hebard, 1917): In cavity in
tree.
=Quercus= spp.
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