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
=Citharexylum villosum= Jacq.
_Associate._--_Chorisoneura texensis_, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912).
Family SOLANACEAE
=Nicotiana= sp.
_Associate._--_Pycnoscelus surinamensis_, Sumatra (Roeser, 1940).
=Solanum tuberosum= Linnaeus
_Associate._--_Pycnoscelus surinamensis_, Haiti (Hoffman, 1927): Feeding
on tubers in field.
Family GESNERIACEAE
=Cyrtandra= sp.
_Associate._--_Aneurina viridis_, Marquesas Islands, Nukuhiva (Hebard,
1933a).
Family RUBIACEAE
=Canthium barbatum= (Forst.) Seem.
_Associate._--_Graptoblatta notulata_, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka
(Hebard, 1933a).
=Cinchona pubescens= Vahl.
_Associate._--_Periplaneta americana_, Puerto Rico (Plank and Winters,
1949): In greenhouse.
=Coffea= sp.
_Associate._--_Plectoptera porcellana_, Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923).
Family COMPOSITAE
=Goldenrod=
_Associate._--_Eurycotis floridana_, Florida (Hebard, 1917): "Climbing
about on top of goldenrod at night."
=Helianthus= sp.
_Associate._--_Pseudomops septentrionalis_, Texas (Hebard, 1917).
=Scorzonera acanthoclada= Franch.
_Associate._--_Phyllodromica tartara nigrescens_, Southern Uzbekistan
(Bei-Bienko, 1950): On the flowers.
DAMAGE TO PLANTS BY COCKROACHES
Cockroaches characteristically feed on dead plant and animal material.
Damage to living plants occurs principally in the Tropics or under
subtropical conditions in greenhouses in temperate regions. Among the
depredations attributed to cockroaches in text books, damage to plants
is seldom emphasized. This is surprising in view of the many records
cited below.
Capt. William Bligh (1792), while collecting breadfruit trees in Tahiti
to take to the West Indies, wrote in his log during January 1789: "This
morning, I ordered all the chests to be taken on shore, and the inside
of the ship to be washed with boiling water, to kill the cockroaches. We
were constantly obliged to be at great pains to keep the ship clear of
vermin, on account of the plants."
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