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 prey._--Cockroach, Old World Tropics? (Hooker, 1874): The
insect was apparently attracted into the pitcher, where it drowned, by a
piece of cartilage placed there by Hooker.
Family CUNONIACEAE
=Weinmannia= sp.
_Associates._--_Aneurina viridis_, Marquesas Islands, Nukuhiva and
Fatuhiva (Hebard, 1933a).
_Maretina uahuka_, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka (Hebard, 1933a).
Family HAMAMELIDACEAE
=Liquidambar styraciflua= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Parcoblatta divisa_, Georgia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916):
Under sign on sweet gum.
_Parcoblatta zebra_, Louisiana (Hebard, 1917): In decay cavity.
Family ROSACEAE
=Crataegus= sp.?
=Associates.=--_Plectoptera dorsalis_, _Plectoptera infulata_,
_Plectoptera rhabdota_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): In the dry flower
clusters of "espino rubial."
=Rosa= sp.
_Associate._--_Pycnoscelus surinamensis_, Connecticut (Zappe, 1918);
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania (Caudell, 1925); Pennsylvania (Doucette
and Smith, 1926): Feeding on canes in greenhouses.
=Rubus= spp.?
_Associate._--_Hololampra chavesi_, Azores (Chopard, 1932): This species
is exclusively dendricolous and was found only by beating the bushes on
which it abounds. It was very common in hedges, particularly on brambles
(ronces).
Family LEGUMINOSAE
=Acacia farnesiana= Willd.
_Associate._--_Diploptera punctata_, Hawaii (Bridwell and Swezey, 1915;
Zimmerman, 1948): Feeding on pods.
=Acacia= sp.
_Associates._--_Ellipsidion australe_, Australia, New South Wales
(Hebard, 1943).
_Methana curvigera_, Australia, Queensland (Pope, 1953a).
=Ceratonia siliqua= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Diploptera punctata_, Hawaii (Pemberton and Williams,
1938): Damaging algarroba.
=Erythrina glauca= Willd.
_Associates._--_Aglaopteryx absimilis_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): In
abandoned cocoon.
_Aglaopteryx facies_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): In empty cocoons.
=Inga laurina= Willd.
_Associate._--_Aglaopteryx facies_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): On
trunk.
=Inga vera= Willd.
_Associates._--_Aglaopteryx facies_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): In
larval tents.
_Cariblatta stenophrys_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): On leaves.
_Plectoptera dorsalis_, _Plectoptera infulata_, and _Plectoptera
rhabdota_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): In "butterfly nests" in leaves.
=Mesquite=
_Associate._--_Nyctibora stygia_, Haiti (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
=Samanea saman= Merr.
_Associate._--_Aglaopteryx absimilis_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950).
=Tamarindus indica= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Hemiblabera brunneri_, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard,
1927).
Family GERANIACEAE
=Geraniums=
_Associate._--_Diploptera punctata_, Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).
Family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
=Tribulus= sp.
_Associates._--_Periplaneta americana_ and _Pycnoscelus surinamensis_,
Johnston Island (Bryan, 1926). Zimmerman (1948) lists _Tribulus_ as a
host plant for these cockroaches.
Family RUTACEAE
=Citrus aurantifolia= Swingle
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