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_, France (Brumpt and Urbain,
1938): Two hedgehogs were fed cockroaches infested with _Prosthenorchis
elegans_ and _P. spirula_.
=Erinaceus= sp.
_Common name._--Hedgehog.
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, England (Samouelle, 1841; Cowan, 1865).
Order CHIROPTERA
Family MOLOSSIDAE
=Molossus= sp.
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The above
bat is a common house bat of the area.
Order PRIMATES
Family LEMURIDAE
=Lemur coronatus= Gray
_Natural prey._--_Blattella germanica_, France (Brumpt and Urbain,
1938): The monkey apparently became infested naturally with
_Prosthenorchis spirula_ for which _B. germanica_ was the intermediate
host in the monkey house.
=Lemur fulvus= E. Geoffroy
_Natural prey._--_Blattella germanica_, France (Brumpt and Urbain,
1938): See comment under _Lemur coronatus_.
Family LORISIDAE
=Loris tardigradus= (Linnaeus)
_Synonymy._--_Lemur tardigradus_ [Dr. D. H. Johnson, personal
communication, 1957].
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, on board ship (Cowan, 1865).
=Perodicticus potto= (P. L. S. Müller)
_Common name._--Potto.
_Natural prey._--_Blattella germanica_, France (Brumpt and Urbain,
1938): See comment under _Lemur coronatus_.
_Experimental prey._--Blattidae, East Africa (Pitman, 1931): Both sexes
of the potto ate freely of all types of cockroaches.
Family TARSIIDAE
=Tarsius= sp.
_Experimental prey._--Cockroaches, Borneo (Shelford, 1916).
Family CEBIDAE
=Aotes zonalis= Goldman
_Synonymy._--_Aotus_ [Simpson, 1945].
_Common name._--Canal Zone night monkey.
_Natural prey._--_Leucophaea maderae_, Panama (Foster and Johnson,
1939): Captive monkeys became naturally infested with _Protospirura
muricola_ by eating cockroaches that contained infective larvae of the
worm.
=Ateles dariensis= Goldman
_Common name._--Darien black spider monkey.
_Natural prey._--_Leucophaea maderae_, Panama (Foster and Johnson,
1939): See comment under _Aotes zonalis_.
=Cebus apella= (Linnaeus)
_Natural prey._--_Blattella germanica_, France (Brumpt and Urbain,
1938): See comment under _Lemur coronatus_.
=Cebus capucinus= (Linnaeus)
_Common name._--White-faced monkey.
_Natural prey._--_Leucophaea maderae_, Panama (Foster and Johnson,
1939): Favorite item of food in the laboratory. See comment under _Aotes
zonalis_.
=Saimiri sciurea= Linnaeus
_Natural prey._--_Blattella germanica_, France (Brumpt and Urbain,
1938): See comment under _Callithrix chrysoleucos_.
Family CALLITHRICIDAE
=Callithrix chrysoleucos= (Natterer)
_Synonymy._--_Callithrix chrysolevea_ [Johnson, personal communication,
1957].
_Natural prey._--_Blattella germanica_, France (Brumpt and Urbain,
1938): The monkey apparently became infested naturally with
_Prosthenorchis elegans_ for which _B. germanica_ was the intermediate
host in the monkey house.
=Callithrix jacchus= (Linnaeus)
_Synonymy._--_Simia jacchus._
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