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._--"Barata sylvestre," Brazil (Pinto, 1926): In the
intestine of the cockroach.
Family CLEVELANDELLIDAE
Most of the Clevelandellidae are parasitized by rod-shaped or spherical
bacteria-like organisms usually in clusters (Kidder, 1937).
_Synonymy._--Clevelandiidae (Kidder, 1938).
Genus CLEVELANDELLA
_Synonymy._--The generic name _Clevelandia_ Kidder (1937) is
preoccupied; it was therefore changed to _Clevelandella_ by Kidder in
1938. All of the following species of _Clevelandella_ were originally
described as _Clevelandia_.
=Clevelandella constricta= (Kidder)
_Natural hosts._--_Panesthia angustipennis_, Philippine Islands, and
_Panesthia spadica_, Japan (Kidder, 1937): In the posterior end of
hindgut.
=Clevelandella contorta= (Kidder)
_Natural hosts._--_Panesthia angustipennis_, Philippine Islands, and
_Panesthia spadica_, Japan (Kidder, 1937).
=Clevelandella elongata= (Kidder)
_Natural host._--_Panesthia angustipennis_, Philippine Islands (Kidder,
1937).
=Clevelandella hastula= (Kidder)
_Natural host._--_Panesthia angustipennis_, Philippine Islands (Kidder,
1937): Common in hindgut.
=Clevelandella nipponensis= (Kidder)
_Natural host._--_Panesthia spadica_, Japan (Kidder, 1937).
=Clevelandella panesthiae= (Kidder)
_Natural hosts._--_Panesthia angustipennis_, Philippine Islands, and
_Panesthia spadica_, Japan (Kidder, 1937): In the hindgut. This
protozoan is commonly parasitized by the microorganism _Sphaerita_.
=Clevelandella parapanesthiae= (Kidder)
_Natural host._--_Panesthia angustipennis_, Philippine Islands (Kidder,
1937).
=Paraclevelandia brevis= Kidder
_Natural hosts._--_Panesthia angustipennis_, Philippine Islands, and
_Panesthia spadica_, Japan (Kidder, 1937): Present in 100 percent of _P.
angustipennis_ and in nearly all _P. spadica_.
=Paraclevelandia simplex= Kidder
_Natural hosts._--_Panesthia angustipennis_, Philippine Islands (Kidder,
1937, 1938): Incidence of infection about 50 percent.
_Panesthia spadica_, Japan (Kidder, 1937).
=Unidentified ciliate=
_Natural host._--_Pycnoscelus surinamensis_, Hawaii (Schwabe, 1950): A
large ciliate was found in the digestive tract and malpighian tubules.
NEGATIVE FINDINGS
In a recent experimental study Schmidtke (1955) failed to demonstrate a
host-parasite relationship between _Periplaneta americana_ and the
haemosporidian _Toxoplasma gondii_ Nicolle and Manceaux. This protozoan
is a blood parasite in a rodent in North Africa (Kudo, 1954).
XI. HELMINTHS
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