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
Found in the host's colon, particularly the anterior portion. _L.
striata_ (fig. 2, D) was found in 29 percent of 1,400 _B. orientalis_
and in 2 of 30 _P. americana_ (Kudo, 1926, 1926b). Yakimov and Miller
(1922) found the organism in 9.6 percent of 124 specimens of _B.
orientalis_. Zasukhin (1930) found 8.6 percent of over 3,000 _B.
orientalis_ infested.
Grassé (1926, 1926a) identified corrugations on the surface of _L.
striata_ as a bacterial parasite which he named _Fusiformis
lophomonadis_.
=Prolophomonas tocopola= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, California, Oregon,
Virginia, West Virginia (Cleveland et al., 1934): Not abundant.
Family HOPLONYMPHIDAE
=Barbulanympha estaboga= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian and
Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).
_Barbulanympha coahoma_ (Cleveland et al., 1934) represents the diploid
form of _B. estaboga_ (Cleveland, 1953).
=Barbulanympha laurabuda= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian and
Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): This species, _B.
ufalula_, and _Rhynchonympha tarda_ occur in all parts of the colon,
especially in the enlarged, flexed part near the ileum.
=Barbulanympha ufalula= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian and
Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).
=Barbulanympha wenyoni= Cleveland
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Pacific coast area
(Cleveland, 1953).
=Rhynchonympha tarda= Cleveland et al.
(Fig. 3, D)
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Pacific coast area
(Cleveland et al., 1934): Fairly abundant in every specimen examined
from Pacific coast.
=Urinympha talea= Cleveland et al.
(Fig. 3, C)
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian and
Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): Present in fairly great
numbers in every cockroach examined.
Family STAUROJOENINIDAE
=Idionympha perissa= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian area
(Cleveland et al., 1934): Present in only a few specimens.
Family TRICHONYMPHIDAE
=Trichonympha acuta= Cleveland et al.
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian and
Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).
=Trichonympha algoa= Cleveland et al.
(Fig. 3, E)
_Natural host._--_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A., Appalachian and
Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): Fairly abundant and
present in most specimens.
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