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 prey._--_Blattella germanica_ and _Periplaneta americana_,
U.S.A. (Breland, 1941): The mantids were fed 1-2 German cockroaches
daily. One female mantid consumed 10 adult German cockroaches plus one
oötheca and part of another in 2.5 hours. An adult German cockroach was
consumed in an average of 8.5 minutes (range 5.5-15 minutes).
_Blatta orientalis_, nymphs, and _Diploptera punctata_, U.S.A. (Roth and
Willis, unpublished data, 1953).
=Tarachodes maurus= (Stal)
_Experimental prey._--Cockroaches, South Africa (Faure, 1940).
=Tenodera aridifolia sinensis= Saussure
_Common name._--Chinese mantis.
_Experimental prey._--_Nauphoeta cinerea_ and _Periplaneta americana_,
U.S.A. (Rilling, personal communication, 1957).
Family GRYLLACRIDIDAE
=Diestrammena apicalis= Br. v. Wattenwyl
and
=Diestrammena japanica= Blatchley
_Natural prey._--Cockroach eggs, Japan (Asano, 1937): These are
questionable records. Asano found _D. apicalis_ and _D. japanica_
beneath his house near several empty cockroach oöthecae which appeared
to have been eaten into. He assumed from the condition of the oöthecae
and the proximity of the stone crickets that the insects had devoured
the cockroach eggs.
_Experimental prey._--Eggs of _Blattella germanica_ and _Periplaneta
japanica_, Japan (Asano, 1937): Seven eggs of _B. germanica_ (obtained
from an oötheca being carried by a female) and eggs of _P. japanica_
(presumably in oöthecae) were fed to both species of stone crickets in
the evening. The eggs were devoured by the next morning.
Order DERMAPTERA
Family FORFICULIDAE
=Undetermined earwigs=
_Experimental prey._--Cockroaches, France (Chopard, 1938): According to
Chopard, Brisout de Barneville in 1848 indicated that earwigs in
captivity can be fed small cockroaches.
Order HEMIPTERA
Family LYGAEIDAE
=Clerada apicicornis= Signoret
_Natural prey._--Cockroach, Hawaii (Illingworth, 1917): This predaceous
bug is commonly found about buildings. Illingworth says that Kirkaldy
suspected that it fed on small blattids and that Dr. Perkins saw it
feeding on a dead cockroach.
Family REDUVIIDAE
=Spiniger domesticus= Pinto
_Natural prey._--_Periplaneta americana_, Brazil, Matto Grosso (Pinto,
1927, 1927a): This bug preys principally on cockroaches and was observed
infesting the walls of dwellings where it preyed on _P. americana_.
=Triatoma arthurneivai= Lent and Martins
_Natural prey._--_Monastria_ sp., Brazil, Minas Gerais (Martins, 1941):
This bug probably feeds on cockroaches of this genus, as well as on
rodents.
=Undetermined reduviids=
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