The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches — John Shaqi
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
_Panama._--Two males and several nymphs were taken under rocks in the
second chamber of the Chilibrillo cave; some also were on the walls
(Caudell, 1924).
=Blatta lateralis=
_Turkmen S.S.R._--All stages, but more often females and nymphs, were
found in the middle and back part of Bakharden cavern, which was
inhabited by tens of thousands of bats (Vlasov, 1929).
=Blatta orientalis=
_Turkmen S.S.R._--All stages found in front part of Bakharden bat cave.
This cave was uninhabited by man but supported a variety of other
animals (Vlasov, 1929).
=Blattella germanica=
_South Africa._--Numerous in a gold mine on the Witwatersrand (Porter,
1930).
_Tonkin._--Chopard (1929a); Colani (1952).
=Byrsotria fumigata=
_Cuba._--Cueva de las Cucarachas, La Pantana, Baracoa, Oriente Province:
21 specimens, "It is evident ... that the species is also a cave
inhabitant" (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
=Deropeltis erythropeza=
_East Africa._--Found at entrance of cave; not a strictly cavernicolous
form according to Chopard (1936).
=Ectobius pallidus=
_France._--Nymph in cave in Basses-Pyrénées, accidental inhabitant
(Chopard, 1936).
=Ectobius vittiventer=
_Italy._--In detritus at base of entrance shaft of Acquaviva cave in the
Venezia Tridentina (Conci, 1951).
=Ectobius= sp.
_Italy._--Found in the heap of saprophytic detritus at the base of the
entrance shaft in the Acquaviva cave (Conci, 1951).
=Ergaula scarabaeoides=
_Sumatra._--West coast (Hebard, 1929).
_Malaya._--Found burrowing in bat guano among stones at entrance to
caves in Selangor (Chopard, 1919, 1929).
=Euthyrrhapha nigra=
_Madagascar._--Three males and six females in guano in Antsinomy grotto
(Chopard, 1949a).
=Gyna kazungulana=
_East Africa._--This species is especially found in caves although it
shows no special adaptive characters. It is a typical guanobe (Chopard,
1936).
=Gyna maculipennis=
_Belgian Congo._--Troglophile, guanophile. Found in two caves in Lualaba
(Leleup, 1956).
=Gyna tristis=
_Belgian Congo._--In three caves in Uele (Leleup, 1956).
=Heterogamodes krügeri=
_North Africa._--An accidental inhabitant of caves (Chopard, 1938).
=Holocompsa zapoteca=
_Yucatan._--Common throughout rather dry, dusty caves in southern
Yucatan (Pearse, 1938).
=Hoplosphoropyga babaulti=
Stated to be a troglophile by Chopard (1938).
=Nocticola caeca=
_Philippine Islands._--Bolívar (1892).
=Nocticola decaryi=
_Madagascar._--A true troglobite according to Chopard (1945).
=Nocticola simoni=
_Philippine Islands._--Bolívar (1892).
=Parcoblatta= sp.
_Pennsylvania._--Found in Merkle cave, Berks County (Dearolf, 1941).
=Periplaneta americana=
IN CAVES
_East Africa._--Its presence in the cave at Shimoni was thought to
indicate that man had sought refuge there and brought the cockroaches in
with baggage or provisions (Chopard, 1936).
_India._--Many present in cave at Vengurla, the floor of which was
covered with bird guano (Abdulali, 1942).
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