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
_U.S.A._--Port of New York (Williams, 1931; Richardson, 1947). San
Francisco (Simanton, 1946). At Miami, 7,852 live specimens recovered
from ships (Porter, personal communication, 1958). Most numerous species
on ships (Rice, 1925).
=Epilampra maya=
_At sea._--One male and one female found dead on S.S. _Tenadores_
(Hebard, 1917).
=Epilampra= sp.
_Florida._--One dead specimen, Miami (Porter, personal communication,
1958).
=Ischnoptera= sp.
_Florida._--Five live and one dead specimen, Miami (Porter, personal
communication, 1958).
=Latiblattella= sp.
_At sea._--One female alive in hold of S.S. _Tenadores_ (Hebard, 1917).
=Leucophaea maderae=
Brought from West Africa to West Indies and Brazil by slave ships (Rehn,
1945).
=Nauphoeta cinerea=
Widely disseminated by sailing ships (Rehn, 1945).
=Neoblattella fratercula=
_At sea._--Two females found dead on S.S. _Tenadores_ (Hebard, 1917).
=Neoblattella fraterna=
_At sea._--One male found dead in hold of S.S. _Tenadores_ (Hebard,
1917).
=Neoblattella nahua=
_At sea._--One female dead in hold of S.S. _Tenadores_ (Hebard, 1917).
=Neoblattella= sp.
_Florida._--Five dead specimens recovered from ships, Miami (Porter,
personal communication, 1958).
=Neostylopyga rhombifolia=
Widely distributed by sailing ships (Rehn, 1945).
_England._--Captured on a sugar vessel from Java (Lucas, 1920).
=Nyctibora noctivaga=
_At sea._--One male and one female nymph found dead on S. S. _Tenadores_
(Hebard, 1917).
=Nyctibora= sp.
_Florida._--Two dead specimens recovered from ships at Miami (Porter,
personal communication, 1958).
=Oxyhaloa buprestoides=
Spread from Africa to New World by ships (Rehn and Hebard, 1927; Rehn,
1945).
=Panchlora nivea=
_At sea._--One female dead in hold of S.S. _Tenadores_ (Hebard, 1917).
_Florida._--Fifteen dead specimens taken from ships, Miami (Porter,
personal communication, 1958).
From the numerous records of this species as an adventive taken on
bananas (p. 150), it may be presumed to be a frequent traveler on banana
boats.
=Periplaneta americana=
_At sea._--Lewis (1836). Hebard (1933a) stated that this is "often a
serious pest on the smaller ships sailing the South Seas."
_U.S.A._--San Francisco (Simanton, 1946). Port of New York (Richardson,
1947). At Miami, 62 live and 123 dead specimens (Porter, personal
communication, 1958).
=Periplaneta australasiae=
Migrated from West Africa to America in slave ships (Rehn, 1945).
=Pycnoscelus surinamensis=
Probably in part reached the New World by way of Africa in slave ships
(Rehn, 1945).
=Supella supellectilium=
Reached America from West Africa by slave ship (Rehn, 1945).
=Xestoblatta festae=
_At sea._--One female found dead in hold of S.S. _Tenadores_ (Hebard,
1917).
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