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
_Associates._--_Aglaopteryx gemma_, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,
Louisiana, Texas (Hebard, 1917): Under signs on oaks.
_Blatta orientalis_, England (Donisthorpe, 1918): Under bark.
_Cariblatta lutea lutea_, Mississippi (Hebard, 1916a): By beating low
oaks on hills.
_Chorisoneura texensis_, Mississippi (Hebard, 1917). Florida (Blatchley,
1920): By beating.
_Ectobius pallidus_, England (Milton, 1899; Burr, 1899b). Massachusetts
(Flint, 1951): Under loose lichens and bark.
_Parcoblatta divisa_, Georgia, Louisiana, and _Parcoblatta
pensylvanica_, Georgia (Hebard, 1917): Under signs.
_Periplaneta australasiae_, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1905): Ten
specimens taken from under a tin sign.
_Periplaneta brunnea_, Georgia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under signs.
_Phyllodromica megerlei_, U.S.S.R. (Bei-Bienko, 1950): By shaking oak
branches.
_Plectoptera lacerna_, Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
Family MORACEAE
=Cecropia= sp.
_Associate._--_Cariblatta hylaea_, Honduras (Rehn, 1945a).
Family CHENOPODIACEAE
=Beta maritima= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Ectobius panzeri_, England (Lucas, 1920a).
=Beta vulgaris= var. =cicla= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Ectobius pallidus_, Massachusetts (Flint, 1951): Many
specimens collected in the bases of Swiss chard plants.
Family LAURACEAE
=Nectandra coriacea= (Sw.) Griseb.
_Synonymy._--_Ocotea catesbyana_ Sarg. [Howard, personal communication,
1959].
_Associate._--_Chorisoneura texensis_, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912).
Family SARRACENIACEAE
Only a few records have been found of cockroaches being trapped in the
pitchers of carnivorous plants of this and the following family. The
insects drown in the fluid within the pitcher where they are apparently
digested by proteinases secreted by the plant (Meyer and Anderson, 1939;
Lloyd, 1942).
=Sarracenia flava= Linnaeus
_Natural prey_--_Cariblatta lutea lutea_, _Ischnoptera deropeltiformis_,
_Parcoblatta lata_, and nymphs of _Parcoblatta_ sp., North Carolina
(Wray and Brimley, 1943): Most of the cockroaches seemed to have been
trapped accidentally with the possible exception of _C. lutea lutea_, 11
of which were found in _Sarracenia_ pitchers.
=Sarracenia purpurea= Linnaeus
_Natural prey._--_Cariblatta lutea lutea_, North Carolina (Wray and
Brimley, 1943).
=Sarracenia minor= Walter
_Synonymy._--_Sarracenia variolaris_ Michx. [Howard, personal
communication, 1958].
_Natural and experimental prey._--_Periplaneta australasiae_, Florida
(Treat, 1876): After the insect imbibed some of the fluid in the pitcher
it became docile; others became highly active and rushed wildly about
before becoming quiescent. See also Treat _in_ Scudder (1877).
Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Riley, 1875).
Family NEPENTHACEAE
=Nepenthes ampularia= Jack
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Singapore (Dover, 1928).
=Nepenthes gracilis= Korth.
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Singapore (Dover, 1928).
=Nepenthes= sp.
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