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
=Cariblatta delicatula=
_West Indies._--In debris in short grass in open, Cuba. Under dead
petioles of coconut palms, San Domingo. In leaves on leaf mold in
hillside forest, Jamaica (Hebard, 1916a).
=Cariblatta hylaea=
_Honduras._--Found at foot and on lower slopes of first ridges of the
Sierra Pija, from 75 to at least 800 feet above sea level, where
vegetation ranged from abandoned banana patches overgrown with
_Heliconia_ and _Cecropia_ and interspersed with forest trees, at the
foot of the hills, to primeval lowland forest (ceibas, figs, palms,
etc.) on the slopes. In the banana patches _C. hylaea_ was found on
hanging dead banana and _Cecropia_ leaves; on the slopes it was found on
undergrowth foliage, hanging dead leaves, and in dead leaves on ground
(Rehn, 1945a).
=Cariblatta imitans=
_Panama._--Among loose leaves on leaf mold in heavy jungle (Hebard,
1916a).
=Cariblatta insularis=
_Jamaica._--One of the most frequently encountered orthopterous insects
in bromeliads on trees (Hebard, 1916a, 1917; Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
=Cariblatta jamaicensis=
_Jamaica._--In decaying herbage (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
=Cariblatta landalei=
_Jamaica._--All specimens taken from under drying bracts of banana
blossoms (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
=Cariblatta lutea lutea=
_North Carolina._--Under pine straw on ground in woods (Brimley, 1908).
_Southeastern U.S._--Under dead oak leaves; under dead needles in
longleaf-pine woods; in wire grass; under refuse; beaten from
undergrowth in pine and oak woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1916). In
undergrowth of shortleaf-pine, longleaf-pine, and oak woods; in heavy
scrub in damp spot of sand dune area; from high bushes, _Ilex coriacea_
[=_lucida_] along inland swampy area (Hebard, 1916a). "The species is
in large part terrestrial, being usually found among dead leaves and
litter on the ground. Occasional specimens are, however, sometimes
beaten from bushes. Individuals are decidedly active and are usually to
be found in the greatest numbers in sandy situations" (Hebard, 1917).
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