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
_Commensal._--_Sphecophila termitium_, Kibonoto, East Africa (Shelford,
1910): Two males were collected in a termite mound.
=Macrotermes malaccensis= (Haviland)
_Synonymy._--_Termes malaccensis_ Haviland [Snyder, 1949].
_Commensal._--_Nocticola termitophila_, Tonkin (Silvestri, 1946): The
cockroach was found in the termite nest.
=Odontotermes= sp.
_Commensals._--_Nocticola sinensis_, Kowloon (Silvestri, 1946): In
termite nest.
_Nocticola termitophila_, Penang (Silvestri, 1946): In termite nest.
=Termes= sp.
_Commensal._--_Nocticola sinensis_, Repulse Bay, Australia(?)
(Silvestri, 1946): In a termite gallery.
=Termites=
_Commensal._--_Ergaula capensis_ [= _Dyscologamia wollastoni_] French
Equatorial Africa, Brazzaville (Rehn, 1926; Chopard, 1949).
Order HYMENOPTERA
Family FORMICIDAE
Subfamily FORMICINAE
=Camponotus femoratus= (Fabricius)
_Commensal._--_Phorticolea boliviae_, Bolivia, Cachuela Esperanza
(Caudell, 1923): Three males collected in the joint nests of _C.
femoratus_ and _Crematogaster limata_.
=Camponotus maculatus= (Fabricius)?
_Note._--Dr. W. L. Brown (personal communication, 1957) states that this
ant is an Old World species only. So presumably Mann's record pertains
to a different species.
_Commensal._--_Myrmecoblatta rehni_, Mexico (Mann, 1914): "They were
very abundant, several occurring in almost every nest, where they are no
doubt very efficient scavengers."
=Camponotus rufipes= (Fabricius)
_Commensals._--_Atticola mortoni_, _Nothoblatta wasmanni_, and
_Phorticolea testacea_, Brazil, San Leopoldo (Bolívar, 1905): Found in
the formicaries of _C. rufipes_.
=Formica rufibarbis= Fabricius
and
=Formica subcyanea= Wheeler
_Commensal._--_Myrmecoblatta rehni_, Mexico (Mann, 1914): "They were
very abundant, several occurring in almost every nest."
Subfamily MYRMICINAE
=Acromyrmex lobicornis= Emery
_Commensal._--_Attaphila bergi_, or possibly a variety of this species,
Huasán, Argentina? (Bruch, 1916).
=Acromyrmex lundi= (Guérin)
_Synonymy._--_Atta lundi_ [Brown, personal communication, 1957].
_Commensal._--_Attaphila bergi_, Argentina and Uruguay (Bolívar, 1901):
The cockroach was found in the nests of the ants sitting on the back,
neck, or head of sexual individuals. It remains attached to the ant
during swarming. The antennae seem always to be mutilated. Bruch (1916)
stated that in La Plata _A. bergi_ is encountered by hundreds in every
nest of _A. lundi_.
=Acromyrmex niger= (F. Smith)
_Synonymy._--_Atta nigra_ Schupp [Brown, p.c., 1957].
_Commensal._--_Attaphila schuppi_, Brazil, Porto Alegre (Bolívar, 1905):
Found outside the nest of the ant and mixed in the columns of ants on
the march.
=Acromyrmex octospinosus= (Reich)
_Synonymy._--_Atta octospinosa_ [Brown, p.c., 1957].
_Commensals._--_Attaphila fungicola_, Panama (Wheeler, 1928): Taken in
the fungus gardens of the ant.
_Attaphila aptera_, Esperanza, Dibulla, Colombia (Bolívar, 1905).
=Acromyrmex silvestrii= Emery
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