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
_Missouri._--Twenty to 30 males found resting on heads of wild oats on
successive evenings (Rau, 1947).
_Texas._--It preferred damp, open woodlands (Hebard, 1943a).
_Eastern and southeastern U.S._--Under stone in heavy deciduous forest;
under damp, dead leaves on edges of forests; under bark of pine log; in
wire grass and sphagnum bordering stream thicket; in leaf mold and
rubbish about pothole in pine woods, _Pinus caribaea_; under debris and
leaf mold in hammock; under dead oak leaves in heavy deciduous forest
(Hebard, 1917).
_Florida._--"This species is distinctly geophilous and appears to prefer
damp surroundings" (Rehn and Hebard, 1912). Under boards on very wet
ground in everglades; in debris and leaf mold in heavy, junglelike areas
of trees, bushes, and vines (Rehn and Hebard, 1914). Adults and numerous
nymphs beneath weeds, grass, and other debris washed up on beach of Lake
Okeechobee (Blatchley, 1920). Friauf (1953) found this species in leaf
duff, leaf mold, and/or decaying wood on ground in these habitats: Dry,
ruderal grassland (infrequent), scrub (infrequent), sandhills
(occasional), xeric hammock (frequent), mesic hammock (dominant),
shrubby, longleaf-pine flatwoods (infrequent), bayhead (dominant), and
low hammock (dominant). On open bare soil or bare sand under vegetation
in these habitats: Dry, ruderal grassland (infrequent), mesic hammock
(dominant), moist, ruderal grassland (infrequent), pond margin
(occasional), longleaf-pine flatwoods (infrequent), slash-pine flatwoods
(infrequent), and low hammock (dominant). Infrequent in the herbaceous
stratum of these habitats: Dry, ruderal grassland, moist, ruderal
grassland, and longleaf-pine flatwoods. Infrequent in the shrub stratum
of the dry, ruderal grassland habitat. (Friauf, 1953.)
_Tennessee._--Taken in traps baited with cantaloupe in a parklike stand
of oak, gum, hickory, and tulip trees in a creek bottom, and in a stand
of oak on a dry ridge (Walker, 1957).
=Ischnoptera panamae=
_Panama._--Under rubbish at edge of jungle and under drift on edge of
coral-sand beach (Hebard, 1920).
=Ischnoptera podoces=
_Jamaica._--In dead leaf litter along side trail through mountain forest
(Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
=Ischnoptera rufa rufa=
_Virgin Islands, St. Croix._--Common under rubbish and on shrubbery at
night (Beatty, 1944).
_Barbados._--Occasionally found in cane fields (Tucker, 1952).
_West Indies._--In Puerto Rico, under stones in cultivated area, under
debris on alkalie flat. In Jamaica, under dry petioles of coconut palm
in grassy area; under logs, logwood on docks, and litter on limestone
and near beach. In Panama, under drift on edge of coral-sand beach;
under rubbish at edge of jungle (Hebard, 1916c).
_Jamaica._--Under limbs and leaf litter in mangrove swamp (Rehn and
Hebard, 1927).
=Lamproblatta albipalpus=
_Panama._--Under drift on edge of coral-sand beach. Several under
decayed banana stem (Hebard, 1920).
=Lamproblatta meridionalis=
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