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
_Associate._--_Notolampra antillarum_, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan,
1955): Nymphs in dry fruits on "annato" tree.
Family FLACOURTIACEAE
=Xylosma suaveolens= Forst.
_Associate._--_Graptoblatta notulata_, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka
(Hebard, 1933a).
Family PASSIFLORACEAE
=Passiflora= sp.
_Associate._--_Aristiger_ [=_Plumiger_] _histrio_, Malaya (Karny, 1924).
Family CARICACEAE
=Carica papaya= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Diploptera punctata_, Hawaii (Bridwell and Swezey, 1915;
Zimmerman, 1948): Feeding on papaya fruit on tree.
Family RHIZOPHORACEAE
=Rhizophora mangle= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Aglaopteryx gemma_, Florida (Hebard, 1917).
Family COMBRETACEAE
=Conocarpus erectus= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Plectoptera poeyi_, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1914):
Running on leaves.
Family MYRTACEAE
=Eucalyptus= sp.
_Associate._--_Ellipsidion australe_, Australia, New South Wales
(Hebard, 1943).
=Eugenia aromatica= Baill.
_Synonymy._--_Syzygium aromaticum_ [Bailey, 1925].
_Associate._--_Plectoptera dorsalis_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): On
flowers of "pomarrosa."
=Metrosideros collina= Gray
_Associates._--_Aneurina viridis_, Marquesas Islands: Nukuhiva,
Fatuhiva, and Tahuata (Hebard, 1933a)
_Aneurina tahuata_, Marquesas Islands, Tahuata (Hebard, 1933a).
_Graptoblatta notulata_, Marquesas Islands, Nukuhiva (Hebard, 1933a).
=Psidium guajava= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Plectoptera rhabdota_, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard,
1927).
Family ONAGRACEAE
=Jussiaea natans= Humb. and Bonpl.
_Associate._--_Epilampra abdomen-nigrum_, Panama (Crowell, 1946): In an
aquarium the cockroach fed on leaves of this aquatic plant which had
been collected in the lagoon where the insect was captured.
Family ERICACEAE
=Calluna vulgaris= Salisb.
_Associates._--_Ectobius lapponicus_, England (Lucas, 1925): "Nymphs of
varying size were beaten out of heather ... on 9 February and later."
_Ectobius panzeri_, England (Lucas, 1927): "numerous imagines of both
sexes were swept from heather."
=Vaccinium meridionale= Sw.
_Associates._--_Chorisoneura formosella_, _Neoblattella dryas_,
_Neoblattella proserpina_, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
Family SAPOTACEAE
=Sideroxylon foetidissimum= Jacq.
_Associate._--_Pelmatosilpha coriacea_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1941):
Under bark.
Family APOCYNACEAE
=Vinca minor= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Ectobius pallidus_, Massachusetts (Willis, unpublished
observation, 1958).
Family CONVOLVULACEAE
=Ipomoea tiliasea= Choisy
_Associate._--_Plectoptera dorsalis_, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard,
1927).
Family BORAGINACEAE
=Cordia dentata= Poiret
_Synonymy._--_Calyptracordia alba_ [Howard, personal communication,
1958].
_Associates._--_Cariblatta antiguensis_, _Ischnoptera rufa rufa_,
_Supella supellectilium_, _Symploce ruficollis_ and _Symploce hospes_,
St. Croix, Virgin Islands (Beatty, 1944): On fruits of _C. dentata_
except _S. supellectilium_ which was found at night on the flowers.
Family VERBENACEAE
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