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 vectors._--Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).
Order HYPERMASTIGINA
Family HOLOMASTIGOTIDAE
=Leptospironympha eupora= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian area
(Cleveland et al., 1934).
=Leptospironympha rudis= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian area
(Cleveland et al., 1934).
=Leptospironympha wachula= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian area
(Cleveland et al., 1934).
=Macrospironympha xylopletha= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian area
(Cleveland et al., 1934).
Family LOPHOMONADIDAE
=Lophomonas blattarum= Stein
_Natural hosts._--_Blatta orientalis_, Czechoslovakia (Stein, 1860);
Germany (Bütschli, 1878; Schubotz, 1905; Chen, 1933); U.S.A. (Leidy,
1879a; Kudo, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1926b; McAdow, 1931); Europe (Janicki,
1908); U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922; Zasukhin, 1930); Poland
(Lorenc, 1939).
_Blattella germanica_, U.S.A., Ohio (McAdow, 1931).
_Blattella germanica_ and/or _Periplaneta americana_, Egypt (DeCoursey
and Otto, 1956, 1957).
_Periplaneta americana_, England (Schuster, 1898); Europe (Janicki,
1910); U.S.A. (Kudo, 1926b; McAdow, 1931; Hatcher, 1939; Armer, 1944);
Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930).
_Periplaneta_ sp., Goa (Mello and Lima Ribeiro, 1924, 1925).
"Küchenschaben," Austria (Bělǎr, 1916).
The protozoan (fig. 2, E) is found in the host's colon, particularly
anterior portion; encysted stages of organism are found throughout hind
gut. Of 1,400 _B. orientalis_ studied, 32 percent harbored this organism
(Kudo, 1925, 1926). Yakimov and Miller (1922) found 7 percent of 124
_B. orientalis_ infested. Zasukhin (1930) found 10 percent of over 3,000
_B. orientalis_ infested. The flagellate does not harm the host and is
never present in the host tissue; it should be considered a commensal
(Kudo, 1926).
=Lophomonas striata= Bütschli
_Synonymy._--_Lophomonas sulcata_ Schuster is most probably identical
with _L. striata_ (Kudo, 1926b).
_Natural hosts._--_Blatta orientalis_, Germany (Bütschli, 1878;
Schubotz, 1905); Europe (Janicki, 1908, 1910); U.S.A. (Kudo, 1922, 1926,
1926b; McAdow, 1931); U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922; Zasukhin,
1930); Poland (Lorenc, 1939).
_Blattella germanica_, U.S.A., Ohio (McAdow, 1931).
_Blattella germanica_ and/or _Periplaneta americana_, South Africa
(Porter, 1930).
_Periplaneta americana_, Indochina (Weill, 1929); Philippine Islands
(Hegner and Chu, 1930); U.S.A. (Kudo, 1926b; McAdow, 1931; Armer, 1944).
Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926); England or U.S.A.? (Lucas, 1928).
"Küchenschaben," Austria (Bělǎr, 1916).
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