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
_Trinidad._--Under debris in forest and debris under old cacao trees
(Princis and Kevan, 1955).
=Latiblattella chichimeca=
_Costa Rica._--Very common in the bromeliads of all Costa Rica (Picado,
1913).
=Latiblattella lucifrons=
_Arizona._--"Most commonly seen feeding on pollen and dead insects on
the flower stalks of _Yucca elata_ in June in the Santa Rita Mountains"
(Ball et al., 1942).
=Latiblattella rehni=
_Florida._--Widely distributed throughout pine woods (_Pinus caribaea_);
under signs on _Pinus clausa_ and _Pinus caribaea_ (Hebard, 1917).
Beneath bark of dead pine tree; beating Spanish moss; they seldom
attempt flight when disturbed, but hide in crevices or drop to ground
(Blatchley, 1920).
=Latiblattella zapoteca=
_Costa Rica._--Under stones on borders of Surubres River (Rehn, 1906).
=Leucophaea maderae=
_Barbados._--In cane fields (Tucker, 1952).
_Dominica._--In vegetation of royal palms, guava, etc.; under loose bark
and banana sheaths. In Jamaica, on logwood docks (Rehn and Hebard,
1927).
=Litopeltis biolleyi=
_Costa Rica._--Under bark of tree in forest; in epiphytic bromeliads
(Rehn, 1928).
=Litopeltis bispinosa=
_Panama Canal Zone._--About 80 specimens from rotting banana stalks at
bases of leaves; boring in decaying banana stem (Hebard, 1920).
=Litopeltis deianira=
_Costa Rica._--In tree stump on edge of mountain forest; in dead wood on
ground (Rehn, 1928).
=Litopeltis musarum=
_Costa Rica._--Shaken from dead banana leaves. Footnote to specific
name: "In relation to the liking of species of this genus for bananas
(_Musa_) as shelter and possibly food" (Rehn, 1928).
=Lobolampra subaptera=
_France._--Under stones and dead leaves, always rare (Chopard, 1947).
=Loboptera decipiens=
_France._--All stages common beneath stones (Blair, 1922). Under stones
and dead leaves (Chopard, 1947).
_Maltese Islands._--Quite common in open country under stones (Valletta,
1955).
_Dalmatia._--On seashores under rocks and seaweed cast up on shore
(Bei-Bienko, 1950).
=Loboptera thaxteri=
_Argentina._--Common in rubbish and leaf litter in small woodlot
(Hebard, 1932).
=Lobopterella dimidiatipes=
_Hawaii._--Abundant in wet districts, both in lowlands and to a
considerable altitude in the forests, under trash, stones, boards, etc.
(Williams et al., 1931). Often it is found with nymphs of _Periplaneta
australasiae_ (Fullaway and Krauss, 1945).
=Lophoblatta arawaka=
_Trinidad._--On grass, maize, and cut sugarcane fodder; under vegetable
and garden refuse; under old cacao (Princis and Kevan, 1955).
=Macropanesthia rhinocerus=
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