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
=Pseudomops septentrionalis=
_Texas._--In dead-brush pile; not scarce in heavy weeds, sunflowers,
etc., in openings of river-plain jungle scrub (Hebard, 1917). It lives
largely in herbage (Hebard, 1943a).
=Pycnoscelus surinamensis=
_Florida._--Under stones and rubbish; very abundant under coquina
boulders in woods at Key West (Rehn and Hebard, 1905). "This species is
common under planks, stones, and other debris on the ground ... also
found at Long Key in the dry fibres at the base of the petioles of a
coconut palm" (Rehn and Hebard, 1912). At Musa Isle, found burrowing in
sand (Hebard, 1915). In fallen leaves and decaying wood in xeric and
mesic hammock habitats (Friauf, 1953).
_Hawaii._--The soil swarmed with young of various stages during the
summer (Illingworth, 1915). In soil about roots of pineapple under
mulching paper; feeding on pineapple roots (Illingworth, 1927, 1929).
_Fakarava, Tuamoto Archipelago._--Numerous among dead leaves in tree
holes (Cheesman, 1927).
_West Indies._--Under decayed stalks of sugarcane and in siftings from
mangrove swamps, Cuba. Under manure, bases of leaves of coconut palm,
litter, logs, and stones on coral rock and in bromeliads, Jamaica. Under
wood, tiles, and boards in stable yards; immature individuals bored into
the soil, Puerto Rico. (Rehn and Hebard, 1927.)
_Barbados._--Frequents cane fields (Tucker, 1952).
_Puerto Rico._--"Altho primarily a xerophytic species: collected among
dry stones on Mona Island, under dry cow dung at Boquerón, and under
boxes at Guánica, it is reasonably common in the more humid parts of
Puerto Rico" (Wolcott, 1950).
_Virgin Islands, St. Croix._--Common under rubbish; frequently seen
feeding on chicken feces around chicken roosts (Beatty, 1944). By
feeding on chicken feces it may become the vector of the chicken
eyeworm, _Oxyspirura mansoni_, as described in the references cited on
page 204.
_Egypt._--Large numbers were found in moist soil at the site of a manure
pile (Chakour, 1942).
_Germany._--Under greenhouse conditions the depth to which _P.
surinamensis_ penetrated the soil was determined; 21 dug down to a depth
of 8 to 10 cm., 3 dug down 10 to 12 cm., but only one dug 13 cm. below
the surface. Often the tubes in the soil ended in a chamber which the
cockroach might not leave for several days; nymphs molted in such
chambers and females bore their young there (Roeser, 1940).
=Rhytidometopum dissimile=
_Trinidad._--Male on low herbage in orchard at night; under sacking; on
_Hibiscus_ at night (Princis and Kevan, 1955).
=Riatia orientis=
_Trinidad._--Numerous specimens of both sexes at night on roadside
_Hibiscus rosa-sinensis_ or low herbage in orchard (Princis and Kevan,
1955).
=Simblerastes jamaicanus=
_Jamaica._--Numerous in fragmentary debris of an abandoned termite nest
on ground in the dry Liguanea Plain; a specimen was also taken under a
stone in a field of short grass (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).
=Styphon bakeri=
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