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
_Experimental host._--_Periplaneta americana_, U.S.A. (Hegner, 1929):
When fed to the insects in concentrated culture, _Euglena_ could
withstand conditions in the crop up to 5 hours and were passed into the
stomach in a viable state up to 6 hours. However, the majority were
killed in the crop within 2 hours and very few reached the stomach
alive.
Order PROTOMONADINA
Family OIKOMONADIDAE
=Oikomonas blattarum Tejera=
_Natural host._--Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).
=Oikomonas= sp.
_Natural host._--_Blatta orientalis_, U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller,
1922): _Oikomonas_ sp. and _Monas_ sp. were found in the intestines of
83 percent of 124 cockroaches.
Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).
Family TRYPANOSOMATIDAE
=Leptomonas blaberae= Tejera
_Natural host._--_Blaberus_ sp., Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).
=Leptomonas= sp.
_Natural hosts._--_Parcoblatta lata_, _Parcoblatta pensylvanica_,
_Parcoblatta virginica_, U.S.A., Ohio (Semans, 1939, 1941): Hind
intestine. Of 70 specimens examined, 86 percent harbored _Leptomonas_
sp.
* =Herpetomonas periplanetae= Laveran and Franchini
_Natural host._--_Blatta orientalis_, Italy, France (Laveran and
Franchini, 1920, 1920a).
Family MONADIDAE
=Monas= sp.
_Natural host._--_Blatta orientalis_, U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller,
1922): _Monas_ sp. and _Oikomonas_ sp. were found in the intestines of
83 percent of 124 cockroaches examined.
Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).
Family BODONIDAE
=Bodo blattae=
_Natural host._--_Blatta orientalis_, England (Lankester, 1865).
=Bodo= sp.
_Natural host._--_Blattella germanica_ and/or _Periplaneta americana_,
South Africa (Porter, 1930).
=Retortamonas blattae= (Bishop)
_Synonymy._--_Embadomonas blattae_ Bishop [Wenrich, 1932].
_Natural host._--_Blatta orientalis_, England (Bishop, 1931): Hind
intestine. The organism occurred in about 40 percent of the cockroaches
examined. L. G. Feo (_in_ Wenrich, 1932) successfully cultured this
protozoan (fig. 2, F).
=Retortamonas= sp.?
_Natural host._--_Leucophaea maderae_, Philippine Islands (Hegner and
Chu, 1930).
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