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 host._--_Periplaneta americana_, Brazil (R. de Almeida Cunha
_in_ Pinto, 1919; Cunha, 1919).
=Gregarina ohioensis= Semans
_Natural host._--_Parcoblatta virginica_, U.S.A., Ohio (Semans, 1939):
The protozoan was present in large numbers in the insect's midgut.
=Gregarina panchlorae= Frenzel
_Natural host._--_Panchlora exoleta_, Argentina (Frenzel, 1892): Midgut.
=Gregarina parcoblattae= Semans
_Natural hosts._--_Parcoblatta pensylvanica_ and _Parcoblatta
uhleriana_, U.S.A., Ohio (Semans, 1939): Midgut.
=Gregarina rhyparobiae= J. M. Watson
_Natural host._--_Leucophaea maderae_, Uganda (Watson, 1945): Midgut.
Trophozoites could be seen in sections attached to cells of the
intestinal wall (fig. 2, H).
=Gregarina sandoni= Harrison
_Natural host._--_Melanosilpha capensis_, South Africa (Harrison, 1955):
This gregarine was found in the anterior and middle parts of the
mesenteron and in the hepatic caeca.
=Gregarina thomasi= Semans
_Natural host._--_Parcoblatta pensylvanica_, U.S.A., Ohio (Semans,
1939): Enteric caeca and midgut.
=Protomagalhaesia serpentula= (de Magalhães)
_Synonymy._--_Gregarina serpentula_ [Pinto, 1918a, 1919; Semans, 1943].
_Natural host._--_Periplaneta americana_, Brazil (Magalhães, 1900): In
the coelom and alimentary canal. The host of this parasite (fig. 2, K)
was incorrectly cited as _Blatta orientalis_ by Watson (1916).
=Gamocystis tenax= Schneider
(Fig. 2, L)
_Natural hosts._--_Ectobius lapponicus_, France (Schneider, 1875);
Germany (Wellmer, 1910, 1911; Foerster, 1938).
_Ectobius pallidus_, Germany (Foerster, 1938): In intestine.
Family ACTINOCEPHALIDAE
=Pileocephalus blaberae= (Frenzel)
_Synonymy._--_Gregarina blaberae_ [Watson, 1916].
_Natural hosts._--_Blaptica dubia_ and related forms, Argentina
(Frenzel, 1892): In midgut.
=Unidentified Gregarinida=
_Natural hosts._--_Blaberus craniifer_, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis,
unpublished data, 1953): Possibly _Diplocystis_ sp. (pl. 28, A, B).
_Cryptocercus punctulatus_, U.S.A. (Cleveland et al., 1934).
_Leucophaea maderae_, Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930): In
intestines of host. U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1958):
Cysts in feces (pl. 28, C).
_Gromphadorhina portentosa_, U.S.A., in laboratory colony (Roth and
Willis, unpublished data, 1958): In intestine of adult female.
_Pycnoscelus surinamensis_, Hawaii (Schwabe, 1950): A cephaline
gregarine was found in the cockroach's digestive tract; it was also
claimed to be present in new-born nymphs.
Order COCCIDIA
Family ADELEIDAE
=Adelina cryptocerci= Yarwood
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