The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
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THE BIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS OF
COCKROACHES

(With 37 Plates)

By

LOUIS M. ROTH

AND

EDWIN R. WILLIS

Pioneering Research Division, United States Army
Quartermaster Research and Engineering Center
Natick, Mass.

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CITY OF WASHINGTON
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PL. 1
Blaberus craniifer, c. X 2. 1. (Photograph by Jack Salmon, Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot.).

SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS

VOLUME 141 (WHOLE VOLUME)

THE BIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS OF
COCKROACHES

(With 37 Plates)

By

LOUIS M. ROTH

AND

EDWIN R. WILLIS

Pioneering Research Division, United States Army
Quartermaster Research and Engineering Center
Natick, Mass.

(Publication 4422)

CITY OF WASHINGTON
PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DECEMBER 2, 1960

THE LORD BALTIMORE PRESS, INC.
BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A.

FOREWORD

People having only casual interest in insects usually express amazement when they learn how much is known about this most numerous group of animals. However, while entomologists have good reason to take pride in the accomplishments of their contemporaries and predecessors, they are more likely to be appalled by how much remains to be learned. We are indeed ignorant of even the identity of fully half and probably much more than half the total number of insect species. Of those that have been described, we have reasonably complete information about the behavior and basic environmental relationships for only a comparative few. The great majority of the remainder are known only from specimens found in museum collections. Such information as we have about these species usually amounts to no more than date and locality of collection.

This is true of the cockroaches, which now include approximately 3,500 described species. Conservative estimates based on partially studied museum collections and the percent of new species found in recent acquisitions, particularly from tropical and subtropical countries, indicate that at least 4,000 species remain unnamed. Although the group is well known in general terms to nearly all entomologists, there is an almost complete void of information about all except the few domestic species and, to a progressively diminishing degree, some 400 others. Many details about the lives of even those that share man's habitations are not fully understood. This then is a rough measure of how little is known about cockroaches.

With the exception of mosquitoes and a few other comparatively small groups of insects on which work has been concentrated, it is doubtful if any other comparable segment of the world's insect fauna is better known. Already an estimated 800,000 kinds of insects have been described, and since this figure is generally regarded as less than half the actual total, think what this means in terms of knowledge yet to be assembled. No wonder entomology is a growing science with a promising future, but the magnitude of the task also presents a serious obstacle to progress. Progress can continue only if the scattered literature resulting from the diversified labors of hundreds of contributors is brought together and summarized in thorough and well-organized compilations that can serve as a solid basis for future research.

The present work is such a compilation, for it assembles what has been gleaned from approximately 1,700 sources, including correspondence with a large number of other workers. Original observations during some eight years of concentrated effort in U. S. Army Quartermaster research laboratories are a valuable supplement to what others have done, and with this background of experience the authors are especially well qualified to appraise previous work. Seldom has a compilation been done so thoroughly or a single large group of insects been the subject of such uninterrupted effort.

The contents gives the categories of subject matter treated and the introduction discusses the value of this assembled information and offers suggestions for future study. No longer are cockroaches regarded only as disagreeable pests; many species appear to be important, actually or potentially, as carriers of disease. Recognition of this importance has grown considerably, even in the period since World War II. Consequently, anything that increases our knowledge of the basic bionomics of cockroaches will be consulted widely for factual information and for clues to new approaches.

In spite of this extensive compilation, the limitations of present information about cockroach bionomics must be kept in mind. The cited observations of many writers were fragmentary, or their conclusions disagreed. But it is fundamental to scientific inquiry that we should know and attempt to evaluate the results of previous study, and that is what Drs. Roth and Willis have done. Fortunately, their review is readily available. Sometimes, a piece of work fails to be of maximum value because the results are not generally accessible to later students. For this reason I am especially glad that the Smithsonian Institution, by disseminating the results of the authors' labors, has this opportunity to exercise one of its traditional functions—that of diffusing knowledge.

Throughout the period of research by Drs. Roth and Willis at Natick, I was in frequent correspondence with them, and I admire their many accomplishments. Our warmest commendations should go not only to them personally but also to those in administration who encouraged their fundamental research and who aided in the financial support of this publication.

Ashley B. Gurney
Entomology Research Division
United States Department of Agriculture

CONTENTS

| Page
Foreword | iii
List of Plates | vii
List of Illustrations | viii
| I. | Introduction | 1
| Historical | 2
| Methods | 4
| Future work | 5
| Illustrations | 7
| II. | Species of cockroaches | 7
| III. | Ecological relationships | 14
| Cave habitats | 16
| Cavernicolous cockroaches | 17
| Cockroaches from burrows | 23
| Desert habitats | 25
| Desert cockroaches | 27
| Aquatic habitats | 30
| Amphibious cockroaches | 31
| Outdoor habitats | 33
| Cockroaches from outdoor habitats | 35
| Structural habitats | 70
| Land-based structures | 73
| Cockroaches associated with land-based structures | 74
| Ships | 82
| Cockroaches associated with ships | 85
| Aircraft | 87
| Cockroaches associated with aircraft | 88
| IV. | Classification of the associations | 91
| V. | Mutualism | 96
| Bacteroids | 96
| | Cockroaches in which bacteroids have been found | 99
| Bacteria | 100
| Protozoa | 101
| VI. | Viruses associated with cockroaches | 103
| VII. | Bacteria associated with cockroaches | 104
| VIII. | Fungi and yeasts | 127
| Fungi associated with cockroaches | 129
| IX. | Higher plants associated with cockroaches | 139
| Damage to plants by cockroaches | 162
| X. | Protozoa associated with cockroaches | 166
| XI. | Helminths associated with cockroaches | 190
| Helminths for which cockroaches serve as primary hosts | 192
| Helminths for which cockroaches serve as intermediate hosts | 203
| Helminths whose eggs have been carried by cockroaches | 208
| XII. | Arthropoda associated with cockroaches | 210
| Arachnida | 211
| Chilopoda | 222
| Insecta | 224
| Hymenoptera | 234
| Predators and parasites of cockroach eggs | 234
| Host selection by egg parasites | 254
| Cockroach-hunting wasps | 255
| Ants predaceous on cockroaches | 266
| XIII. | Vertebrata associated with cockroaches | 268
| Pisces | 268
| Amphibia | 269
| Reptilia | 272
| Aves | 276
| Mammalia | 283
| XIV. | Checklist of cockroaches and symbiotic associates | 290
| XV. | Cockroaches as commensals | 310
| Hosts of commensal cockroaches | 310
| Checklist of commensal cockroaches with their hosts | 315
| Obscure associations | 316
| XVI. | Cockroaches as predators | 319
| Interspecies predation | 319
| Intraspecies predation | 322
| XVII. | Associations among cockroaches | 324
| Familial associations | 325
| Gregariousness | 330
| Intraspecies fighting | 336
| Interspecies compatibility | 337
| Interspecies antagonism | 341
| XVIII. | Defense of cockroaches against predators | 343
| XIX. | The biological control of cockroaches | 348
| Invertebrates | 349
| Vertebrates | 353
Acknowledgments | 354
References | 356
Index | 441

LIST OF PLATES

Plate | | Page
1 | Blaberus craniifer, c. X 2. 1. (Photograph by Jack Salmon, Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot.). | a
2 | Blaberus craniifer, nymph. (Photograph by Jack Salmon.) | A-3
3 | Blaberus giganteus, c. X 2.2. (Photograph by Jack Salmon.) | A-4
4 | Blatta orientalis, c. X 3.8. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.) | A-5

5

A-B, Blattella germanica, c. X 5.2. A, Male. B, Female.
C-D, Blattella vaga, c. X 5.2. C, Male. D, Female with oötheca.

A-6

6 | Byrsotria fumigata, c. X 2. A, Brachypterous male. B, Macropterous male. C, Female. | A-7

7

A and B, Cariblatta lutea minima, X 10. A, Male. B, Female with partly formed oötheca. C, Ectobius pallidus, female with completely formed oötheca, X 8. (C, From Roth and Willis [1957].)

A-8

8 | A, Cryptocercus punctulatus, c. X 4.6. (Photograph by Jack Salmon.) B, Panesthia australis, X 2.8. | A-9
9 | Cutilia sp. near sedilloti, c. X 5. A, Male. B, Female. | A-10
10 | Diploptera punctata, c. X 5. A, Male. B, Female. | A-11
11 | Eurycotis floridana, c. X 2.8. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.) | A-12

12

A-B, Gromphadorhina portentosa, c. X 1.5. A, Male nymph. B, Adult female. C, Coleolaelaps (?) sp., a mite from G. portentosa, c. X 32. (Glycerine jelly preparation and photograph of C by Dr. Barbara Stay.)

A-13

12A | Ischnoptera deropeltiformis, c. X 5.3. A, Male. B, Female. | A-14
13 | Leucophaea maderae, c. X 2.2. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.) | A-15
14 | Nauphoeta cinerea, c. X 3.4. A, Male. B, Female. | A-16
15 | Neostylopyga rhombifolia, c. X 3.4. A, Male. B, Female with partially formed oötheca. | A-17

16

Panchlora nivea, X 4.5. A, Dead individual showing normal, pale green coloration. B, Dead individual showing the bright red coloration (very dark areas) characteristic of infection with Serratia marcescens. C, Living male. D, Living female.

A-18

17

A, Parcoblatta pensylvanica, female with completely formed oötheca, X 4. B, Parcoblatta virginica, female with partly formed oötheca, X 7.3.

A-19

18 | Parcoblatta uhleriana, c. X 5.5. A, Male. B, Female with oötheca. | A-20
19 | Periplaneta americana, c. X 3. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.) | A-21
20 | Periplaneta australasiae, c. X 3.2. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.) | A-22
21 | Periplaneta brunnea, c. X 2.9. A, Male. B, Female. | A-23
22 | Periplaneta fuliginosa, c. X 2.9. A. Male. B. Female. | A-24
23 | Platyzosteria novae seelandiae, c. X 2.9. A. Male. B, Female with oötheca. | A-25

24

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, c. X 3.7. A, Male from Hawaii. B, Macropterous parthenogenetic female from Florida. C, Brachypterous nonparthenogenetic female from Hawaii. D, Late instar nymph. (Photograph of nymph D, by Jack Salmon.)

A-26

25 | Supella supellectilium, c. X 6.3. A, Male. B, Female. | A-27

26

Bacteroids from Blattella germanica. A, Part of abdomen showing mycetocytes in fat body, X 225. B, Lobe of fat body showing 3 mycetocytes, X 750. C, Single mycetocyte; bacteroids appear hollow as result of fixation in Carnoy's fluid, X 1725. D, Smear of fat body showing bacteroids in various stages, X 1800. (All preparations and photographs through the courtesy of Dr. Marion A. Brooks.)

A-28

27

Fungi parasitic on cockroaches. A, Herpomyces arietinus growing on antennae, legs, body, and cerci of a nymph of Parcoblatta virginica, X 7. B, Herpomyces stylopygae on antenna of Blatta orientalis, X 35. (Reproduced from Richards and Smith [1955, 1956].) C, Herpomyces sp. [probably H. stylopygae] on antenna of B. orientalis, X 132. (Photographs B and C through the courtesy of Dr. A. G. Richards.)

A-29

28

A-B, Gregarines (Diplocystis sp.?) from Blaberus craniifer. A, Organisms removed from intestine, X 50. B, Organisms removed from hemocoele, X 32. C, Gregarine cysts in feces of Leucophaea maderae, X 12.

A-30

29

A, Undetermined mermithid that parasitizes Ectobius pallidus. X 9. The worm has partly emerged from the neck region of the cockroach. (Reproduced from Roth and Willis [1957].) B, Undetermined gordian worm that parasitized Eurycotis floridana shown beside its host, X 1.8. (Specimen courtesy of Dr. T. Eisner.)

A-31

30

A, Heteropoda venatoria, a cockroach-hunting spider, slightly less than natural size, on bananas. (Reproduced from a Kodachrome transparency through the courtesy of Dr. B. J. Kaston.) B to E, Lycosa sp. (avida?) capturing and feeding on a nymph of Supella supellectilium in the laboratory, X 1.4.

A-32

31

The centipede Scutigera coleoptrata capturing and feeding on cockroaches in the laboratory. A to E, Pursuit, capture, and eating of a nymph of Supella supellectilium, c. X 1.2. F, Centipede feeding on adult of Blattella germanica, X 1.8.

A-33

32 | The mantid Hierodula tenuidentata (?) devouring a nymph of Periplaneta australasiae, c. X 1.5. | A-34

33

A, Prosevania punctata ♂ beside an oötheca of Periplaneta americana, X 5. B, Hyptia harpyoides with oötheca of Parcoblatta uhleriana from which it had emerged, X 5. C, Larva of a lampyrid beetle feeding on Parcoblatta virginica in the laboratory, X 4.

A-35

34

Chalcid parasites of cockroach eggs. A, Anastatus floridanus ovipositing into an oötheca which is still being carried by Eurycotis floridana, c. X 4. B, Comperia merceti ovipositing into an oötheca of Supella supellectilium, c. X 13. C, Tetrastichus hagenowii ovipositing into an oötheca of Periplaneta americana, c. X 10. (C from Roth and Willis [1954b].)

A-36

35

A, The wasp finds a cockroach. B, She stings the prey in the thorax. C, She then leads the disabled cockroach (antennae clipped) to her nest. D, The wasp's egg was placed on the coxa of the cockroach's right mesothoracic leg where it hatched. E, Portion of the host's abdomen removed to show feeding larva. F, New adult wasp emerging from dead host. (Reproduced from F. X. Williams [1942] from the color paintings of the late W. Twigg-Smith, through the courtesy of F. A. Bianchi.)

A-37

36

Chemical defense of Diploptera punctata against predators; the spray pattern is displayed on KI-starch indicator paper. A, Spray pattern after right mesothoracic leg was pinched. B, Cumulative spray pattern after left mesothoracic leg of the same insect was pinched. C, The defensive glands of the cockroach on the left had been excised, and it is under persistent attack by ants from a laboratory colony of Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille). The intact cockroach on the right was also attacked by the ants, but it discharged a spray of quinones and repelled the attackers. (From Eisner [1958], through the courtesy of Dr. T. Eisner.)

A-38

LIST OF FIGURES

Fig. | | Page

1

Diagram illustrating the relationship between a mature plant of Herpomyces stylopygae and the integument of Blatta orientalis. (Reproduced from Richards and Smith [1956], through the courtesy of Dr. A. G. Richards.)

128

2

Representative Protozoa associated with cockroaches. A, Monocercomonoides melolonthae, X 3094 (after Grassé). B, Coelosporidium periplanetae, X 1310 (after Sprague); trophozoite with spores and chromatoid bodies. C, Endamoeba blattae, X 273 (after Kudo); trophozoite. D, Lophomonas striata, X 330 (after Kudo). E, Lophomonas blattarum, X 660 (after Kudo). F, Retortamonas blattae, X 3094 (after Wenrich). G, Nyctotherus ovalis, X 175 (after Kudo). H, Gregarina rhyparobiae, c. X 52: mature trophozoite attached to intestinal wall of Leucophaea maderae. (Redrawn from J. M. Watson [1945].) I, Diplocystis schneideri, c. X 14.4 (after Kunstler). J, Gregarina blattarum, c. X 57 (after Kudo). K, Protomagalhaesia serpentula, X 36 (after Pinto). L, Gamocystis tenax, magnification not known (after Schneider). (All figures except H redrawn from Kudo [1954] after sources indicated.)

168

3

Protozoa from the gut of the wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus. A, Eucomonympha imla, female above, male below, c. X 375. (From Cleveland [1950c].) B, Barbulanympha sp. (From Cleveland [1953].) C, Urinympha talea, c. X 712. (From Cleveland [1951a].) D, Rhynchonympha tarda, c. X 450. (From Cleveland [1952].) E, Trichonympha okolona or T. algoa, c. X 390. (From Cleveland [1949].) (All drawings reproduced through the courtesy of Dr. L. R. Cleveland.)

175

4

The cockroach mite, Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus. (From Baker et al. [1956]; reproduced through the courtesy of Dr. E. W. Baker and the National Pest Control Association.)

221

5

Evania appendigaster. Left, dorsal view, X 8. Right, side view, X 5. (Reproduced with permission. British Museum [Natural History], 1951, figs. 1A and 1B.)

238

6

Ampulex canaliculata attacking Parcoblatta virginica. A, Female wasp stinging her prey, c. X 4.8. B, Wasp's egg attached to the coxa of the mesothoracic leg of the cockroach. C, Larva of A. canaliculata (about three-quarters grown) feeding on the internal organs of the host from the exterior, c. X 4. (Reproduced from F. X. Williams [1929], through the courtesy of Dr. F. X. Williams and F. A. Bianchi, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association.)

258

7

Cockroach-hunting wasps. A, Dolichurus stantoni leading a nymph of Blattella lituricollis to her nest, c. X 4. (Reproduced from F. N. Williams [1919].) B, Podium haematogastrum attaching her egg to an Epilampra sp. while on the side of a termite mound that contains the wasp's nest, c. X 1.6. C, Epilampra sp. parasitized by P. haematogastrum showing the wasp's egg attached to the right fore coxa, c. X 3.2. (B and C reproduced from Williams [1928], through the courtesy of Dr. F. X. Williams and F. A. Bianchi.)

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THE BIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS OF COCKROACHES[1]

By Louis M. Roth and Edwin R. Willis[2]

Pioneering Research Division, United States Army
Quartermaster Research and Engineering Center
Natick, Mass.

(With 37 Plates)

With most of us collectors the life history of an insect begins in the net and ends in the bottle.

Hanitsch (1928)

I. INTRODUCTION

Recently we brought together much of the literature linking cockroaches with the transmission of certain organisms that cause disease in man and other vertebrates. In that paper (1957a) we concluded that cockroaches, being potential vectors of pathogenic agents, should not be regarded simply as minor annoyances. Obviously the associations of cockroaches with agents of vertebrate diseases are of more immediate importance than their relations with pathogens of lower animals or with nonpathogens. On the other hand, cockroaches are of general economic as well as medical importance, and their control is sought by many who are unaware of their medical significance. That the control of domiciliary cockroaches is far from satisfactory may be inferred from current entomological and pest-control journals in which new insecticides are continually advocated to replace others found to be inadequate. Possibly new approaches to the control of cockroaches are needed. Whether these lie in the direction of increased use of parasites and predators for the biological control of these insects remains to be seen. In any event, the more we know about any insect, especially its ecology, the greater the likelihood of achieving satisfactory control. In order to advance knowledge in any field of science, new research should proceed from the results of prior investigations when these exist. We hope that the observations and experiments cited herein may suggest areas for future research and exploitation.

To the best of our knowledge no previous publication has brought together the vast literature on the parasites, predators, commensals, and other symbiotic associates of the Blattaria. For this reason, we have tried to assemble observations on all such known associations. Undoubtedly we have overlooked some records, as, for example, those buried in papers dealing with other phases of cockroach biology. We hope that such inadvertent omissions will not seriously impair the usefulness of this compilation. Whatever its defects, this review should be a unified source of information for all who are interested in the biotic associates of cockroaches.

In addition to previously published information, this monograph also contains original records and observations on the associations of cockroaches that are reported here for the first time. Although some of the observations were made by us, others were made by colleagues who have graciously made their knowledge available to us in private communications.

HISTORICAL

Chopard (1938) in his book La Biologie des Orthoptères reviewed much of the literature on cockroaches, but of the many biotic associations that exist he discussed only the commensal cockroaches, gregariousness, and familial associations. Asano (1937), who reviewed the natural enemies of cockroaches, mentioned about 10 groups of animals that attack cockroaches. Thompson (1951) in his Parasite Host Catalogue, which was based mainly on papers abstracted or noted in the Review of Applied Entomology, listed only 19 insect parasites of cockroaches. Eighteen of these were Hymenoptera which attack only cockroach eggs; the single dipteron listed (Sarcophaga lambens Wiedemann, supposedly parasitic on Pycnoscelus surinamensis) is not a parasite in this case, but deposits its eggs on the dead insects (see p. 229). Cameron (1955) listed as parasites and predators of the cockroach 24 species of hymenopterous egg parasites, 7 species of Ampulex which hunt nymphs and adults, 17 Protozoa, 13 nematodes, 5 bacteria, 2 mites, and a few other miscellaneous predators. In his classified list of the protozoan parasites of the Orthoptera of the world, Semans (1943) listed about 26 species from cockroaches. Linstow (1878, 1889) recorded 14 species of helminths from cockroaches. Van Zwaluwenburg (1928) listed 33 names of roundworms which are commensals or secondary parasites of cockroaches, but some of these names are synonyms. La Rivers (1949) extended this list with 13 additional species. Chitwood (1932) recognized 24 species of nematodes which are primary parasites (probably commensals) of blattids. Steinhaus (1946) gave many instances of biological relationships between cockroaches and bacteria, fungi, and yeasts, but the cockroaches were not discussed as an entity and the information is scattered throughout the book.

In surveying the literature on this subject we have collected a far more extensive list of animals and plants associated with cockroaches than one might have expected from an examination of any one of the previous papers on this subject. In our review of the medically important organisms associated with the Blattaria, we pointed out that in addition to many experimental associations cockroaches have been found to harbor, naturally, 4 strains of poliomyelitis virus, about 40 species of pathogenic bacteria, the eggs of 7 species of pathogenic helminths, and to serve as intermediate hosts of 12 other species of helminths pathogenic for vertebrates; cockroaches have also been found to carry, on occasion, 3 species of Protozoa that are pathogenic to man and 2 species of fungi which are sometimes found associated with pathological conditions.

In addition to the above organisms of medical importance, we have compiled records of other organisms, nonpathogenic to vertebrates, which are naturally associated in some way with cockroaches. None of the following numbers can be considered absolute because some names may be synonyms. However, we believe that these figures are very close to the actual numbers of species that have been isolated because we have attempted to refer all obvious synonyms to the currently accepted name for each organism. On this basis there are about 45 species of bacteria, 40 fungi, 6 yeasts, 90 Protozoa, and 45 helminths that have been found associated naturally with cockroaches. Of the arthropods there are about 2 species of scorpions, 4 spiders, 15 mites, 4 centipedes, and 90 insects. Of vertebrates there are 4 species of fish, 16 amphibians, 12 reptiles, 20 birds, and 27 mammals. Besides these there are many records of experimental associations that have been contrived in the laboratory.

Some idea of the increase in our knowledge of the biotic associations of cockroaches, during the last 70 years, may be gathered from a comparison of the above figures with those of Miall and Denny (1886) who presented " ... a long list of parasites which infest the Cockroach." This list included 2 bacteria, 6 Protozoa (some of the names are synonyms), 7 nematodes (some of these names are also synonyms), 1 mite, 1 wasp, and 1 beetle. In addition, they mentioned as other foes of the cockroach: monkeys, hedgehogs, polecats, cats, rats, birds, chameleons, and frogs.

METHODS

We have listed the organisms known to be associated with cockroaches systematically by phylum, class, order, and family. Within each family the organisms are listed alphabetically by genus and species. Under each organism the associated cockroaches are listed as natural or experimental hosts, vectors, or prey. Identified cockroaches are listed by the currently accepted name. Unidentified cockroaches are indicated by the word "Cockroaches." The name of each cockroach is followed by the country in which the observation was made, the authority for the record, and with a few exceptions[3] pertinent biological information, where this is known. Question marks following the names of organisms or countries indicate tentative or questionable identifications.

Records of predators capturing and feeding on cockroaches in zoos and on shipboard we consider natural, even though it is very likely that these particular predators would not normally have access to this prey in nature.

Experimental prey are cockroaches that were fed to predators in the laboratory. Although these predators may have little, if any, access to these cockroaches in nature, we have included such records to indicate the relative acceptability of cockroaches as food by a wide variety of animals.

Records of presumed or known cockroach associates that give no information about an associated cockroach are not included in this review, even though certain of these (e.g., species of Ampulex, Evania, Podium) probably prey upon or parasitize cockroaches exclusively.

The validity of a host-parasite or predator-prey record is dependent upon the accuracy and knowledge of the observer. In assembling these records we have had to accept, in most instances, the identifications of species made by the original authors. However, as a result of our studies on the biology of various species of cockroaches, including some work on their hymenopterous parasites, we have questioned certain records in the literature. Other dubious records which have been perpetuated from one publication to the next, but which apparently were not based on fact, have also been questioned or have been clarified with the aid of specialists in particular groups.

Because the records cover a period of many years, the names of many of the organisms as well as the names of some of the cockroaches have been changed. Although it would have been comparatively simple to list the names as they appeared in the original references, this would have resulted in misleading redundancy with the same organism being catalogued under several synonyms. We have attempted to list each organism by its currently accepted name. However, no attempt was made to prepare complete taxonomic synonymies; the only synonyms given are those that identify the organisms by the names used by the authors of the papers cited. The synonyms under which the cockroaches may have been cited originally are listed in section II. The synonyms of associated organisms are listed with each organism. Although authorities for the name changes of the cockroaches are given, these workers are not necessarily those who were initially responsible for the synonymies. Various sections have been checked by specialists in the particular groups. Although we have accepted name changes suggested by these reviewers, we assume full responsibility for the names.

FUTURE WORK

After having examined thousands of references on cockroaches, we are impressed by how little is known about the biology of most species. As a conservative estimate there are 3,500 described species of Blattaria (J. W. H. Rehn, 1951). In our literature survey we found records of biotic associations for about 400 species. Unfortunately, many of these records contain only a sentence or two of biological information. Our detailed knowledge of cockroaches is based on studies of the few domiciliary pests that man attempts to eradicate. Comparable studies of the bionomics of the less-well-known species should add much valuable information to our knowledge of this ancient group.

Our understanding of most predator-prey and parasite-host relationships has barely progressed beyond the taxonomic stage. The total effect of predators and parasites in limiting natural populations of cockroaches remains to be determined. It is still not known how, for example, predatory or parasitic wasps select specific cockroaches from among all other insects. Secretions produced by certain cockroaches (e.g., 2-hexenal by Eurycotis floridana) will ward off certain predators. The identities and biological activities of most cockroach secretions are unknown, but the use of protective chemicals against predators may be widespread among cockroaches. If so, how effective are these repellents in protecting the individual or the species? It is not known whether cockroaches are protected by apparent mimetic resemblances to other arthropods. There is no experimental proof that insect parasites can successfully attack the eggs of cockroaches that incubate their eggs while they are being carried by the female.

It is conceivable that biological control of cockroaches might be achieved in limited areas such as man-made structures or sewers, but this possibility has not been thoroughly explored. It would be informative to know what effects, if any, organisms such as bacteria, Protozoa (e.g., gregarines), intestinal nematodes, or other helminths have on cockroaches. Possibly pathogenic microorganisms can be used for biological control of cockroaches; this approach seems to have been little explored.

Associations of colonial cockroaches (e.g., Cryptocercus spp.) may be truly familial or they may merely result from gregariousness. Newly hatched nymphs of species that carry their oöthecae until the eggs hatch cluster near the mother. This may be a response to the mother as such, a search for shelter beneath the nearest object (thigmotaxis? or negative phototaxis?), or there may well be yet another explanation. Tepper in 1893 stated that the native cockroaches of Australia are almost wholly carnivorous; little supporting evidence for this claim has been brought forward since that time. The apparent supersedure of one species of domiciliary cockroach by another may result from antagonism between different species, or it may result from more rapid breeding and more effective utilization of available food and space; but which? Several species of cockroaches are frequently found associated with certain plants (e.g., bromeliads and bananas); the ecological relations in these associations remain to be determined. Many of the obscure associations between cockroaches and other insects, spiders, birds, and burrowing animals have never been adequately defined. The factors influencing cannibalism have never been thoroughly investigated experimentally. These are only a few ideas for future work that have occurred to us during the preparation of this review. We hope that these suggestions as well as other questions that may occur to readers will stimulate further research in areas where it is obviously needed.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Unless otherwise credited, the illustrations were prepared from photographs taken by the authors. Except where otherwise stated, all photographs were taken of unposed living specimens.

II. SPECIES OF COCKROACHES

The cockroaches referred to in this paper are listed below. The currently accepted name for each species is given alphabetically by genus and species irrespective of its taxonomic affinities. Synonyms used by certain authors whose work we have quoted are given in brackets under the respective species; the synonymy is supported by the reference citation that follows each synonym. References to illustrations of certain species (e.g., Blaberus craniifer) that appear in the paper follow the names of the describers.

Agis orientalis Chopard

Aglaopteryx absimilis Gurney
diaphana (Fabricius) [Ceratinoptera diaphana Fabricius; Rehn and Hebard (1927)]

facies (Walker) [Aglaopteryx devia Rehn; Princis (1929). A. diaphana (Fabricius) in records from Puerto Rico only; Rehn (1932b); Gurney (1937)]

gemma Hebard [In Florida records = Ceratinoptera diaphana R. and H.; Hebard (1917)]

vegeta Rehn
ypsilon Princis

Allacta similis (Saussure) [Phyllodromia obtusata Brunner; Zimmerman (1948)]

Alluaudellina cavernicola (Shelford) [Alluaudella cavernicola Shelford; Chopard (1932)]

Amazonina emarginata Princis

Anaplecta asema Hebard
azteca Saussure
decipiens Saussure and Zehntner
fallax Saussure
hemiscotia Hebard
lateralis Burmeister
mexicana Saussure

Aneurina tahuata Hebard
viridis Hebard

Apotrogia angolensis Kirby [Acanthogyna deplanata Chopard; Princis (1957)]

Aptera fusca (Thunberg) [Aptera cingulata (Burmeister); Gurney (personal communication, 1957)]

Apteroblatta perplexa Shelford

Archiblatta hoevenii Vollenhoven

Archimandrita marmorata (Stoll)

tessellata Rehn

Arenivaga apacha (Saussure)

bolliana (Saussure)

erratica (Rehn)

floridensis Caudell
grata Hebard
roseni (Brancsik) [Heterogamodes roseni; Bei-Bienko (1950). "Polygamia" roseni is undoubtedly an erroneous citation of Polyphaga roseni, as there is no genus Polygamia (Gurney, personal communication, 1957)].

tonkawa Hebard

Aristiger histrio (Burmeister) [Plumiger histrio (Burm.); Bruijning (1948). Hemithyrsocera histrio Burm.; Hebard (1929)]

Aspiduchus boriquen J. W. H. Rehn [In Puerto Rico records = Aspiduchus deplanatus R. and H.; Rehn, J. W. H. (1951a)]

cavernicola J. W. H. Rehn
deplanatus (Saussure)

Attaphila aptera Bolívar
bergi Bolívar
flava Gurney
fungicola Wheeler
schuppi Bolívar
sexdentis Bolívar

Atticola mortoni Bolívar

Audreia bromeliadarum Caudell
jamaicana Rehn and Hebard

Balta godeffroyi (Shelford)

patula (Walker)

platysoma (Walker) [Temnopteryx platysoma (Walker); Hebard (1943)]

quadricaudata Hebard
scripta (Shelford)

torresiana Hebard
verticalis Hebard

Bantua stigmosa (Krauss) [Derocalymma stigmosa Krauss; Princis (1957)]

Blaberus atropos (Stoll) [Blabera fusca Brunner; Hebard (1917)]

boliviensis Princis
craniifer Burmeister (pls. 1, 2)

discoidalis  Serville  [Blaberus cubensis Saussure; Hebard (1916)]

giganteus (Linnaeus) (pl. 3)

Blaptica dubia (Serville) [Blaberus clarazianus Saussure; Rehn, J. W. H. (1951)]

Blatta orientalis Linnaeus (pl. 4) [Periplaneta orientalis; Hebard (1917)]

(Shelfordella) lateralis (Walker) [Shelfordella tartara (Saussure); Princis (1957). Periplaneta tartara Saussure; Bei-Bienko (1950)]

Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) (pls. 5, A, B; 31, F) [Blatella germanica; Gurney (1952). Phyllodromia germanica; Hebard (1917). Ectobius germanicus; Gurney (personal communication, 1957)]

humbertiana (Saussure) [Blatta humbertiana; Phyllodromia humbertiana; Hebard (1929)]

lituricollis (Walker) (fig. 7, A) [Blattella bisignata (Brunner); Bei-Bienko (1950)]

schubotzi Shelford
vaga Hebard (pl. 5, C, D)

Buboblatta armata (Caudell) [Latindia armata Caudell; Hebard (1920)]

Byrsotria cabrerae Rehn and Hebard
fumigata (Guérin) (pl. 6)

Cahita borero Rehn
nahua (Saussure)

Capucinella delicatula Hebard

Cariblatta antiguensis (Saussure and Zehntner)

cuprea Hebard
delicatula (Guérin) [Blattella delicatula Guérin; Cariblatta punctulata (Beauvois); Rehn and Hebard (1927)]

hylaea Rehn
imitans Hebard
insularis (Walker)

landalei Rehn and Hebard
lutea lutea (Saussure and Zehntner)

lutea minima Hebard (pl. 7, A, B)

nebulicola Rehn and Hebard
orestera Rehn and Hebard
punctipennis Hebard
reticulosa (Walker)

stenophrys Rehn and Hebard

Cariblattoides instigator Rehn and Hebard
suave Rehn and Hebard

Ceratinoptera picta Brunner

Chorisoneura barbadensis Rehn and Hebard
flavipennis Saussure and Zehntner
formosella Rehn and Hebard
parishi Rehn
specilliger Hebard
texensis Saussure and Zehntner [Chorisoneura plocea Rehn; Rehn and Hebard (1916)]

translucida (Saussure)

Choristima sp.

Choristimodes sp.

Chromatonotus infuscatus (Brunner)

notatus (Brunner)

Compsodes schwarzi (Caudell)

Comptolampra liturata (Serville) [Compsolampra liturata; Comptolampra is the original spelling, which is followed by Dr. K. Princis, according to Gurney (personal communication, 1959)]

Cosmozosteria lateralis (Walker)

Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder (pl. 8, A)

relictus Bei-Bienko

Cutilia nitida (Brunner)

soror (Brunner)

sp. near sedilloti (Bolívar) (pl. 9) [Determined by Dr. A. B. Gurney from photographs.]

Cyrtotria capucina (Gerstaecker)

Dendroblatta sobrina Rehn

Derocalymma cruralis (Stål) [Homalodemas cruralis (Stål); Gurney (personal communication, 1957)]

lampyrina Gerstaecker
porcellio Gerstaecker

Deropeltis autraniana Saussure
erythropeza Adelung
melanophila (Walker)

nigrita Saussure

Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz) (pls. 10, 36) [Diploptera dytiscoides (Serville); Princis (1950). Eleutheroda dytiscoides (Serville); Zimmerman (1948)]

Dryadoblatta scotti (Shelford) [Homalopteryx scotti Shelford; Rehn (1930)]

Ectobius africanus Saussure
albicinctus (Brunner)

duskei Adelung
lapponicus (Linnaeus) [Ectobius perspicillaris Herbst, as used by Lucas (1920); Blair (1934)]

lucidus Hgb.

nicaeensis (Brisout)

pallidus (Olivier) (pls. 7, C; 29, A) [Ectobius lividus (Fabricius); Ectobius livens (Turton); Kevan (1952); Princis (in Roth and Willis, 1957)]

panzeri Stephens [Ectobius ericetorum (Wesmaël); Ramme (1923)]

panzeri var. nigripes Stephens
semenovi Bei-Bienko
sylvester (Poda) [Ectobius sylvestris (Poda); Ramme (1951)]

tadzihicus Bei-Bienko
vittiventer (Costa) [Ectobius vittiventris (Costa); Ramme (1951)]

Ellipsidion Saussure [Apolyta Brunner; Hebard (1943)]

affine Hebard
australe Saussure [Ellipsidion pellucidum (Brunner); Hebard (1943)]

bicolor (Tepper)

simulans Hebard
variegatum (Fabricius) [Ellipsidion aurantium Saussure; Hebard (1943)]

Epilampra abdomen-nigrum (De Geer)

annandalei Shelford
azteca Saussure
conferta Walker
conspersa Burmeister
grisea (De Geer)

maya Rehn
mexicana Saussure
mona Rehn and Hebard
notabilis Walker
sodalis Walker
tainana Rehn and Hebard
wheeleri Rehn
sp. (fig. 7, B, C)

Eremoblatta subdiaphana (Scudder)

Ergaula capensis (Saussure) [Dyscologamia capensis Saussure; Dyscologamia wollastoni Kirby; Princis (1957)]

scarabaeoides Walker [Dyscologamia piolosa (Walker); Princis (1957). Parapolyphaga erectipilis Chopard; Princis (1950). Dyscologamia chopardi Hanitsch; Bruijning (1948). Miroblatta silphoides Chopard; Hebard (1929)].

Escala sp.

Euandroblatta palpalis Chopard

Eublaberus posticus (Erichson)

Eudromiella bicolorata Hebard
calcarata Bei-Bienko

Euphyllodromia angustata (Latreille)

liturifera [Euphyllodromia decastigmata Hebard; Princis (1959)]

Eurycotis bananae Bei-Bienko
biolleyi Rehn [Eurycotis carbonaria Biolley; Rehn (1918)]

caraibea (Bolívar)

decipiens (Kirby)

dimidiata (Bolívar)

ferrum-equinum Rehn and Hebard
floridana (Walker) (pl. II) [Platyzosteria ingens Scudder; Platyzosteria sabalianus Scudder and hence, by inference, Eurycotis sabalianus (Scudder); Hebard (1917)]

galeoides Rehn and Hebard
improcera Rehn
kevani Princis
lixa Rehn
manni Rehn
opaca (Brunner)

Euthlastoblatta abortiva (Caudell)

Euthyrrhapha nigra Chopard
pacifica Coquebert

Geoscapheus robustus Tepper

Graptoblatta notulata (Stål) [Blatta notulata Stål; Hebard (1929). Phyllodromia hieroglyphica Brunner; Kirby (1904)]

Gromphadorhina laevigata S. and Z.

portentosa (Schaum) (pl. 12, A, B)

Gyna kazungulana Giglio-Tos
maculipennis (Schaum) [Gyna vetula Brunner; Shelford (1909b)]

tristis Hanitsch

Hebardina concinna (Haan) [Blatta concinna Haan; Blattina concinna (Haan); Bei-Bienko (1950)]

Hemiblabera brunneri (Saussure)

Henicotyle antillarum (Brunner)

Heterogamodes krügeri (Salfi)

rugosa (Schulthess)

Holocompsa azteca (Saussure)

cyanea (Burmeister)

fulva (Burmeister)

metallica Rehn and Hebard
nitidula (Fabricius)

zapoteca Saussure

Hololampra bivittata (Brullé)

chavesi (Bolívar)

maculata (Schreber) [Aphlebia maculata Schreber; Harz (1957); Gurney (personal communication, 1959)]

marginata (Schreber)

punctata (Charpentier) [Aphlebia punctata Charpentier; Ramme (1951)]

Hololeptoblatta sp.

Homalopteryx laminata Brunner

Hoplosphoropyga babaulti Chopard

Hormetica apolinari Hebard
laevigata Burmeister
ventralis Burmeister

Ignabolivaria bilobata Chopard

Ischnoptera deropeltiformis (Brunner) (pl. 12A) [Temnopteryx deropeltiformis Brunner; Hebard (1917)]

panamae Hebard
podoces Rehn and Hebard
rufa occidentalis Saussure
rufa rufa (De Geer)

schenklingi Karney

Karnyia discoidalis (Brunner)

Kuchinga hemerobina (Gerstaecker) [Phyllodromia hemerobina Gerstaecker; Rehn (1932)]

remota Hebard

Lamproblatta albipalpus Hebard
meridionalis (Brunner)

Latiblattella chichimeca (Saussure and Zehntner) [Blattella chichimeca S. and Z.; Hebard (1932)]

lucifrons Hebard
rehni Hebard
vitrea (Brunner)

zapoteca (Saussure)

Leucophaea maderae (Fabricius) (pl. 13) [Rhyparobia maderae; Hebard (1917). Panchlora maderae; Kirby (1904). Very probably "Blaberus" maderae is a careless reference to this species; Gurney (personal communication, 1957)]

Leurolestes pallidus (Brunner)

Litopeltis biolleyi (Saussure)

bispinosa (Saussure) [Audreia marginata Caudell; Hebard (1920)]

deianira Rehn
musarum Rehn

Lobolampra subaptera Rambur

Loboptera decipiens (Germar)

thaxteri Hebard

Lobopterella dimidiatipes (Bolívar) [Loboptera dimidiatipes (Bolívar); Princis (1957a). Loboptera sakalava (Saussure); Hebard (1933a). Loboptera extranea Perkins; Hebard (1922). Princis (1957a) in erecting Lobopterella pointed out that only the nontypical variety of sakalava is identical with dimidiatipes.]

Lophoblatta arawaka Hebard

Macropanesthia rhinocerus Saussure

Mareta acutiventris Chopard

Maretina uahuka Hebard

Megaloblatta blaberoides (Walker) [Megaloblatta rufipes Dohrn; Hebard (1920)]

Megamareta verticalis Hebard

Melanosilpha capensis Saussure and Zehntner

Methana canae Pope
curvigera (Walker)

marginalis (Saussure)

Moluchia (?) dahli Princis

Monastria biguttata (Thunberg)

Muzoa madida Rehn

Myrmeblattina longipes (Chopard)

Myrmecoblatta rehni Mann
wheeleri Hebard

Namablatta bitaeniata (Stål)

Nauclidas nigra (Brunner) [Poroblatta nigra Brunner; Rehn (1930)]

Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier) (pl. 14) [Nauphoeta bivittata Burmeister; Zimmerman (1948)]

flexivitta (Walker) [Nauphoeta brazzae (Bolívar); Rehn (1937)]

punctipennis Chopard

Nelipophygus ramsdeni Rehn and Hebard

Neoblattella brunneriana (Saussure) [Blattella brunneriana; Gurney (personal communication, 1959)]

carcinus Rehn and Hebard
celeripes Rehn and Hebard
detersa (Walker)

dryas Rehn and Hebard
eurydice Rehn and Hebard
fratercula Hebard
fraterna (Saussure and Zehntner)

grossbecki Rehn and Hebard
laodamia Rehn and Hebard
nahua (Saussure) [Blattella nahua Saussure and Zehntner of Caudell (1914); Hebard (1920)]

proserpina Rehn and Hebard
semota Rehn and Hebard
tridens Rehn and Hebard
vatia Rehn and Hebard

Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll) (pl. 15) [Dorylaea rhombifolia; Rehn (personal communication, 1956)]

Nesomylacris cubensis Rehn and Hebard
relica Rehn and Hebard

Nocticola bolivari Chopard
caeca Bolívar
decaryi Chopard
simoni Bolívar
sinensis Silvestri
termitophila Silvestri

Nothoblatta wasmanni (Bolívar)

Notolampra antillarum Shelford

Nyctibora azteca Saussure and Zehntner
brunnea (Thunberg)

laevigata (Beauvois)

lutzi Rehn and Hebard
mexicana Saussure
noctivaga Rehn
obscura Saussure
sericea Burmeister
stygia Walker
tomentosa Serville [Nyctibora latipennis Burmeister; Hebard (1917, p. 263)]

Oniscosoma granicollis (Saussure)

Opisthoplatia maculata Shiraki
orientalis (Burmeister)

Oulopteryx meliponarum Hebard

Oxyhaloa buprestoides (Saussure)

deusta (Thunberg)

Panchlora antillarum Saussure
exoleta Burmeister
fraterna Saussure and Zehntner
nivea (Linnaeus) (pl. 16) [Panchlora cubensis Saussure; Gurney (1955).  Pycnosceloides aporus  Hebard;  Hebard (1921c)]

peruana Saussure
sagax Rehn and Hebard
virescens (Thunberg)

Panesthia angustipennis (Illiger) [Panesthia javanica Serville; Hebard (1929)]

australis Brunner (pl. 8, B)

laevicollis Saussure
lobipennis Brunner
spadica (Shiraki)

Parahormetica bilobata (Saussure)

Parcoblatta americana (Scudder)

bolliana (Saussure and Zehntner) [Kakerlac schaefferi Rehn; Hebard (1917)]

caudelli Hebard [♀♀ of Ischnoptera insolita R. and H.; Ischnoptera uhleriana fulvescens S. and Z. (in part); Hebard (1917)]

desertae (Rehn and Hebard) [♂♂ of Ischnoptera insolita R. and H.; Hebard (1917)]

divisa (Saussure and Zehntner) [Ischnoptera divisa S. and Z.; Hebard (1917)]

fulvescens (Saussure and Zehntner) [Ischnoptera uhleriana fulvescens S. and Z. (in part); Hebard (1917)]

lata (Brunner) [Ischnoptera couloniana R. and H. (not Saussure); Ischnoptera major R. and H. (not S. and Z.); Hebard (1917)]

notha Rehn and Hebard
pensylvanica (De Geer) (pl. 17, A) [Ischnoptera pennsylvanica Saussure; Hebard (1917)]

uhleriana (Saussure) (pl. 18) [Ischnoptera uhleriana Saussure; Hebard (1917)]

virginica (Brunner) (pls. 17, B; 27, A; 33, C; fig. 6) [Ischnoptera borealis Brunner; Hebard (1917)]

zebra Hebard

Pelmatosilpha coriacea Rehn
kevani Princis
marginalis Brunner
purpurascens (Kirby)

rotundata Scudder
vagabunda Princis

Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus) (pls. 19, 35) [Stylopyga americana; Blatta americana L.; Hebard (1917)]

australasiae (Fabricius) (pls. 20, 32)

brunnea Burmeister (pl. 21)

cavernicola Chopard
fuliginosa (Serville) (pl. 22)

ignota Shaw
lata (Herbst)

Perisphaerus armadillo Serville
glomeriformis (Lucas)

Phaetalia pallida (Brunner)

Phidon (?) dubius Princis

Phlebonotus pallens (Serville)

Pholadoblatta inusitata (Rehn)

Phorticolea boliviae Caudell
testacea Bolívar

"Phyllodromia" treitliana Werner

Phyllodromica brevipennis (Fischer)

graeca (Brunner)

irinae (Bei-Bienko)

maculata (Schreber)

megerlei (Fieber)

polita (Krauss)

pygmaea (Bei-Bienko)

tartara (Saussure)

tartara nigrescens Bei-Bienko

Platyzosteria analis (Saussure) [Polyzosteria analis Saussure; Kirby (1904)]

armata Tepper
bifida (Saussure)

castanea (Brunner)

novae seelandiae (Brunner) (pl. 23) [Periplaneta fortipes Walker; Shelford (1912); Platyzosteria novae-zealandiae]

scabra (Brunner)

Plectoptera dorsalis (Burmeister)

infulata (Rehn and Hebard)

lacerna Rehn and Hebard
perscita Rehn and Hebard
poeyi (Saussure) [Plectoptera floridana Hebard; Rehn and Hebard (1927)]

porcellana (Saussure)

pygmaea (Saussure)

rhabdota (Rehn and Hebard)

vermiculata Rehn and Hebard

Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus) [Blatta aegyptiaca L.; Bei-Bienko (1950). Heterogamia aegyptiaca (L.); Gurney (personal communication, 1957). "Polygamia" aegyptiaca; according to Gurney (p. c.), there is no genus Polygamia and almost surely the reference is to Polyphaga aegyptiaca.]

indica Walker [Polyphaga pellucida (Redtenbacher); Princis (1957)]

saussurei (Dohrn)

Polyzosteria limbata Burmeister
melanaria (Erichson)

Pseudoderopeltis aethiopica (Saussure) [Blatta aethiopica Saussure; Gurney (personal communication, 1957)]

Pseudomops cincta (Burmeister) [Thyrsocera cincta Scudder; Hebard (1917)]

laticornis Perty
septentrionalis Hebard

Pseudophoraspis nebulosa (Burmeister)

Pycnoscelus niger (Brunner)

striatus (Kirby) [Leucophaea striata Kirby; Gurney (personal communication, 1957)]

surinamensis (Linnaeus) (pl. 24) [Leucophaea surinamensis (L.); Hebard (1917). Blatta melanocephala Stoll; Kirby (1904)]

Rhicnoda natatrix Shelford

Rhytidometopum dissimile Princis

Riatia fulgida (Saussure) [Lissoblatta fulgida (Saussure); Gurney (personal communication, 1959)]

orientis Hebard

Robshelfordia circumducta (Walker) [Escala circumducta (Walker); Gurney (personal communication, 1957)]

longiuscula (Walker) [Escala longiuscula (Walker); Gurney (personal communication, 1957)]

Salganea morio (Burmeister)

Sibylloblatta panesthoides (Walker)

Simblerastes jamaicanus Rehn and Hebard

Spelaeoblatta gestroi Bolívar

Sphecophila polybiarum Shelford
ravana Fernando
termitium Shelford

Steleopyga (?) sinensis Walker [Dr. Gurney (personal communication, 1957) could not find a reference to this species. Walker described species named sinensis in three different genera of cockroaches, and it is uncertain which one this combination represents.]

Stictolampra buqueti concinula (Walker)

Styphon bakeri Rehn

Supella hottentotta (Saussure)

supellectilium (Serville) (pls. 25; 30, B-E; 31, A-E) [Phyllodromia supellectilium (Serv.); Bei-Bienko (1950)]

Symploce breviramis (Hanitsch)

cavernicola (Shelford) [Ischnoptera cavernicola (Shelford); Phyllodromia nigrocincta Chopard; Hebard (1929)]

curta Hanitsch
flagellata Hebard
hospes (Perkins) [Symploce lita Hebard; Hebard (1922)]

jamaicana (Rehn)

kevani Chopard
parenthesis (Gerstaecker) [Phyllodromia parenthesis Gerstaecker; Rehn (1932)]

remyi (Hanitsch) [Ischnoptera remyi Hanitsch; Chopard (1938)]

ruficollis (Fabricius) [Symploce bilabiata Rehn and Hebard; Princis (1949a)]

Tartaroblatta karatavica Bei-Bienko

Temnopteryx obliquetruncata Chopard
phalerata (Saussure)

Theganopteryx straminea Chopard

Therea nuptialis (Gerstaecker) [Corydia nuptialis Gerstaecker; Princis (1950)]

Tivia australica Princis
brunnea (Chopard)

fulva (Burmeister)

macracantha Chopard
obscura (Chopard)

Typhloblatta caeca (Chopard) [Spelaeoblatta caeca Chopard; Chopard (1924b)]

Typhloblattodes madecassus Chopard

Xestoblatta festae (Griffini)

immaculata Hebard

III. ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS

The ecology of extinct cockroaches is necessarily a highly speculative subject. From the coexistence of fossil cockroaches and fossil plants in the same geological stratum, one might conclude that there had been intimate associations between them during prehistoric life. Heer (1864) and Goldenberg (1877) suggested that Carboniferous cockroaches fed on the plants with which they have been found as fossils. Scudder (1879) concurred with this hypothesis. However, Bolton (1911), remarking on the noticeable associations of blattoid wings with vegetable remains, suggested that the cockroaches may have been partly carnivorous, feeding on the snails Spirorbis pusillus, which were attached to the leaves of Cordaites. Yet the proximity of fossil insects and plants in the same geological formation is hardly proof of a similar association during life. In fact, Sellards (1903), Bolton (1921), and Laurentiaux (1951) have all pointed out that the cockroach remains, particularly the more resistant wings, may have been washed into streams by heavy rains and transported with drifting plant material to places where permanent deposits were accumulating.

Some species of fossil cockroaches have long, well-developed ovipositors, very unlike present-day cockroaches whose ovipositors are small and nonprotruding. Brongniart (1889) and Zalesskii (1939, 1953) have suggested that certain Permian and Carboniferous cockroaches with long ovipositors may have inserted their eggs singly into trees and other plants, rather than protecting the eggs with an oötheca. However, Laurentiaux (1951), although conceding the possibility of egg laying in vegetable material, suggested that oviposition into the earth is more probable because of the unbending nature of the ovipositor.

Although the ecological associations of modern cockroaches should be well known from direct observation, actually most species are still little more than names on museum specimens, and our knowledge of them is fragmentary. All too frequently ecological observations have been only incidental to taxonomic or faunistic studies; yet the biological information that is contained in such papers is all that we know of many species. For this reason we have cited these observations in some detail, especially when they were brief; longer accounts of cockroach bionomics, of necessity, have been abstracted.

Very few exclusively ecological studies of insects have included cockroaches. The native woodroaches (Parcoblatta pensylvanica, P. uhleriana, and P. virginica) of the northern United States were included in ecological studies of the Orthoptera by Hubbell (1922), Strohecker (1937), and Cantrall (1943). Fifteen species of cockroaches were included in an ecological study of the Orthoptera of northern Florida by Friauf (1953). The original papers should be consulted for detailed descriptions of the habitats and accounts of the associated plants and other Orthoptera.

In this chapter the cockroaches are grouped into those that have been found in man-made structures and those that occur in other habitats. Certain species may appear in several categories because they live both indoors and out. The structural pests are divided into cockroaches that occur in land-based structures, those on ships, and those in aircraft. The nonstructural cockroaches are divided into those that occur in quite specific habitats (caves, water, and deserts) and those that occur generally out of doors. Nests of various arthropods serve as microhabitats of commensal cockroaches; these latter associations are discussed on pages 310-318.

In this chapter our discussion is limited to the physical environment and specific habitats of cockroaches, and only very general references are made to associated organisms. The relationships of cockroaches to the biota are examined in detail in subsequent chapters. To show the full extent of the associations, the associates, from bacteroids to vertebrates, are arranged phyletically. These associate-centered classifications serve admirably to relate various species of cockroaches within common bounds, but fail to give an integrated account of the total biotic relationships in the ecology of each species. Although physically separated in this monograph, the many associates of each species of cockroach should all be considered in appraising the ecology of that species. To assist the reader to achieve this end, we have included a checklist (p. 290) which serves as a convenient index to certain organisms associated with particular species of cockroaches.

CAVE HABITATS

Caves, mines, and animal burrows are somewhat similar habitats that provide many species of cockroaches with shelter and frequently with food. The microclimates of these cockroach habitats have not been described in detail in the papers cited, but it seems rather obvious that natural caves, man-made caves (mines), and burrows offer relatively stable temperatures and humidities and protection from adverse climatic conditions. Although such cavernicolous animals as birds and bats periodically leave caves to search for food, cockroaches find the accumulated guano and animal and plant detritus an entirely adequate dietary (Chopard, 1938). Cockroaches in mines presumably subsist on the food and feces dropped by man and mine animals (e.g., pit ponies). Food stored in their nests by burrowing animals is undoubtedly utilized by the associated cockroaches.

Cavernicolous cockroaches show varying degrees of dependence on and adaptation to these specialized habitats. Some of the common domiciliary species (Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and Periplaneta americana) may have accompanied man into caves and remained there after he left (Chopard, 1929a, 1936, 1938). Other species, from the paucity of records noting their occurrence in caves, are undoubtedly accidental inhabitants that may never become established. Besides these, however, many other species of cockroaches have established large breeding colonies in caves. Although some of the latter species show very pronounced morphological adaptations to a cave life, many others resemble their noncavernicolous relatives. The possible origin of cavernicolous Orthoptera has been discussed by Chopard (1938).

Cavernicolous cockroaches have been segregated into four groups according to their ability to adapt to their environment and the degree of their specialized evolution (Chopard, 1936, 1938): (1) Trogloxenes: Cockroaches that occur in caves in a sporadic fashion (the domiciliary cockroaches and accidentals such as Ectobius and Heterogamodes). (2) Troglophiles: Cockroaches found habitually in caves (Symploce, Periplaneta cavernicola). (3) Guanobies: Cockroaches that live in the guano of cavernicolous vertebrates (Gyna, Acanthogyna, Dyscologamia, Pycnoscelus). (4) Troglobies: Cockroaches that apparently cannot live outside of caves and which show very marked adaptive characters (Alluaudellina, Nocticola, Spelaeoblatta, Typhloblatta). For complete discussions of these groups including descriptions of the adaptive characters shown by certain genera, the original sources should be consulted.

Although we know very little of the ethology of most of the cavernicolous cockroaches, it is intriguing that three of the six known species of Nocticola are cave dwellers, two are inhabitants of termite nests (p. 315), and one (N. bolivari) was found under stones and cement blocks (Chopard, 1950b). In the rather extensive list of cavernicolous cockroaches only two (Arenivaga grata and Parcoblatta sp.) were taken from caves in North America north of Yucatan. All other records are from Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, West Indies, East Indies, and the Philippine Islands. This we find puzzling. Packard (1888) in his extensive study of the cave fauna of North America listed no cockroaches. Dearolf (1941) found only the above-mentioned Parcoblatta in one of 37 caves in Pennsylvania. Kohls and Jellison (1948) listed no cockroaches among the arthropods from six bat caves in Texas. We would expect Periplaneta americana to inhabit mines in North America, but we have found no such records. Have cockroaches been ignored in fauna collections from North American caves, or has our cave fauna been less extensively studied than that of other parts of the world?

The two species of cockroaches found in mines (Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana) are also found in caves. For this reason we have included them in the list headed Cavernicolous Cockroaches. On the other hand, the cockroaches found in animal burrows are generally different species from those found in caves, so we have grouped these together in a second list.

CAVERNICOLOUS COCKROACHES

Alluaudellina cavernicola

Tanganyika.—From Kulumusi caves, near Tanga. The eyes of this cockroach are reduced to a pair of slender streaks (Shelford, 1910a; Chopard, 1932a).

East Africa.—Chopard (1936).

Apotrogia angolensis

Belgian Congo.—A troglophile without well-marked adaptive characters. Collected in moist sand on floor of a sandstone grotto inhabited by bats (Chopard, 1927, 1950a). Taken in many caves in Bas Congo (Leleup, 1956).

Apteroblatta perplexa

East Africa.—Accidental inhabitant of cave (Chopard, 1936).

Arenivaga grata

Arizona.—"A female and many nymphs were taken by Flock in the guano in a bat cave in the Tucson Mountains" (Ball et al., 1942).

Aspiduchus borinquen

Puerto Rico.—In limestone cavern by thousands in grass and on walls (Rehn and Hebard, 1927; Rehn, J. W. H., 1951a).

Aspiduchus cavernicola

Puerto Rico.—In limestone cave, in caves inhabited by bats, and apparently seen in other caves well removed from entrance. "In this latter situation great numbers were seen on the side walls and roof" (Rehn, J. W. H., 1951a).

Blaberus atropos

Yucatan.—Found once, in Xmahit cave (Pearse, 1938).

Blaberus craniifer

Yucatan.—Collected within three caves, near the entrances (Pearse, 1938).

Blaberus giganteus

Panama.—Two males and several nymphs were taken under rocks in the second chamber of the Chilibrillo cave; some also were on the walls (Caudell, 1924).

Blatta lateralis

Turkmen S.S.R.—All stages, but more often females and nymphs, were found in the middle and back part of Bakharden cavern, which was inhabited by tens of thousands of bats (Vlasov, 1929).

Blatta orientalis

Turkmen S.S.R.—All stages found in front part of Bakharden bat cave. This cave was uninhabited by man but supported a variety of other animals (Vlasov, 1929).

Blattella germanica

South Africa.—Numerous in a gold mine on the Witwatersrand (Porter, 1930).

Tonkin.—Chopard (1929a); Colani (1952).

Byrsotria fumigata

Cuba.—Cueva de las Cucarachas, La Pantana, Baracoa, Oriente Province: 21 specimens, "It is evident ... that the species is also a cave inhabitant" (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Deropeltis erythropeza

East Africa.—Found at entrance of cave; not a strictly cavernicolous form according to Chopard (1936).

Ectobius pallidus

France.—Nymph in cave in Basses-Pyrénées, accidental inhabitant (Chopard, 1936).

Ectobius vittiventer

Italy.—In detritus at base of entrance shaft of Acquaviva cave in the Venezia Tridentina (Conci, 1951).

Ectobius    sp.

Italy.—Found in the heap of saprophytic detritus at the base of the entrance shaft in the Acquaviva cave (Conci, 1951).

Ergaula scarabaeoides

Sumatra.—West coast (Hebard, 1929).

Malaya.—Found burrowing in bat guano among stones at entrance to caves in Selangor (Chopard, 1919, 1929).

Euthyrrhapha nigra

Madagascar.—Three males and six females in guano in Antsinomy grotto (Chopard, 1949a).

Gyna kazungulana

East Africa.—This species is especially found in caves although it shows no special adaptive characters. It is a typical guanobe (Chopard, 1936).

Gyna maculipennis

Belgian Congo.—Troglophile, guanophile. Found in two caves in Lualaba (Leleup, 1956).

Gyna tristis

Belgian Congo.—In three caves in Uele (Leleup, 1956).

Heterogamodes krügeri

North Africa.—An accidental inhabitant of caves (Chopard, 1938).

Holocompsa zapoteca

Yucatan.—Common throughout rather dry, dusty caves in southern Yucatan (Pearse, 1938).

Hoplosphoropyga babaulti

Stated to be a troglophile by Chopard (1938).

Nocticola caeca

Philippine Islands.—Bolívar (1892).

Nocticola decaryi

Madagascar.—A true troglobite according to Chopard (1945).

Nocticola simoni

Philippine Islands.—Bolívar (1892).

Parcoblatta    sp.

Pennsylvania.—Found in Merkle cave, Berks County (Dearolf, 1941).

Periplaneta americana

IN CAVES

East Africa.—Its presence in the cave at Shimoni was thought to indicate that man had sought refuge there and brought the cockroaches in with baggage or provisions (Chopard, 1936).

India.—Many present in cave at Vengurla, the floor of which was covered with bird guano (Abdulali, 1942).

Madagascar.—Thought to have been introduced into the cave entrance by man (Chopard, 1945, 1949a).

IN MINES

Great Britain.—In a coal mine at Pontewydd where they had been established for some years (Lucas, 1916). In the Pentre Pit mine where they were abundant (Lucas, 1918). Abundant in a Welch mine 2,166 feet below the surface (Lucas, 1925). This species was found quite commonly in a number of South Wales coal mines; in one deep mine a white-eyed mutant form comprised about 5 percent of the cockroach population for the preceding 11 years (Jefferson, 1958).

India, western Bengal.—Very numerous in coal mines where the sole food apparently was human faeces (Chandler, 1926).

South Africa.—Numerous in four deep-level gold mines on the Witwatersrand.

Sumatra.—Numerous males and females from Sawah Lunto "'from a coal mine where they lived in great numbers on the faeces of miners'" (Hanitsch, 1929).

Periplaneta australasiae

Sarawak.—Found swarming on walls of caves and in soft bird guano in company with Symploce cavernicola (Moulton, 1912).

Tonkin.—Chopard (1929a); Colani (1952).

Periplaneta cavernicola

Malaya.—Taken on walls of inner caverns, where they were particularly abundant (Chopard, 1919).

Periplaneta lata

Tonkin.—Chopard suggested that its presence in caves is probably linked with man (Chopard, 1929a; Colani, 1952).

Periplaneta    sp.

Malaya.—From a cave in Jalor (Annandale et al., 1913).

Perisphaerus    sp.

Malaya.—The wingless females and nymphs mined in bats' guano in a cavern of the Jalor caves (Annandale, 1900).

Polyphaga aegyptiaca

Turkmen S.S.R.—Females found in front part of Bakharden bat cave on several occasions (Vlasov, 1929).

Turkey.—At Magharadjik and Arab Dede, found in caves with various other animals (Lindberg, 1954).

Polyphaga    sp.

Burma.—Hsin Dawng Cave, S. Shan States, 1 immature male under stone in complete darkness (Chopard, 1924b).

Pycnoscelus niger

Tonkin.—Apparently not an accidental inhabitant as nymphs were present (Chopard, 1929a; Colani, 1952).

Pycnoscelus striatus

Malaya.—Found burrowing in bats' guano at entrance to caves in Selangor, where it was very abundant 50 to 600 feet from entrance; also on walls of inner cavern (Chopard, 1919, 1929). In the absence of other evidence, the presence of P. striatus in a cave indicates that bats also inhabit the cave (Chopard, 1929a).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Assam.—Found 300 to 400 feet from entrance of Siju cave in the Garo Hills (Chopard, 1924b).

South Celebes.—Hanitsch (1932).

Spelaeoblatta gestroi

Burma.—Chopard stated that this species shows marked characteristics of adaptation to a life in darkness (Bolívar, 1897; Annandale, 1913; Chopard, 1919).

Symploce breviramis

South Celebes.—Hanitsch (1932).

Symploce cavernicola

Sarawak, Borneo.—Swarming on walls of caves and in soft bird guano on the cave floor (Moulton, 1912). Hanitsch (1931) noted that this species was first recorded by Shelford from a cave in Sarawak and that there is a series from a cave in the Oxford University Museum, taken by Banks in 1928.

Malaya.—On the walls of the inner cavern of a cave at Biserat; the insects covered the walls in places (Chopard, 1919).

Sumatra.—From Baso cavern, on the west coast (Hebard, 1929).

Symploce curta

South Celebes.—Hanitsch (1932).

Symploce remyi

Tonkin.—This seems to be a true cavernicolous species (Chopard, 1929a; Colani, 1952).

Tivia macracantha

Belgian Congo.—A troglophile without well-marked adaptive characters (Chopard, 1950a). At Haut-Katanga, troglophile and guanophile (Leleup, 1956).

Tivia sp.

Madagascar.—Last-stage nymphs captured in guano in Antsinomy grotto (Chopard, 1949a).

Typhloblatta caeca

India, Assam.—An eyeless species with noticeably elongated appendages (Chopard, 1945).

Typhloblattodes madecassus

Madagascar.—Unpigmented integument and reduced eyes (Chopard, 1945).

Xestoblatta immaculata

Panama.—Found under rocks on guano-covered floor of the Chilibrillo bat caves (Caudell, 1924).

Unidentified cockroaches

Malaya.—The walls of a cave were covered by dense groups of a species of "Blatta" (Annandale, 1900).

England.—"The chief insect pests of the mines are cockroaches, which often swarm in hot mines and those with pit pony stables...." (Hardy, 1941).

COCKROACHES FROM THE BURROWS OF VERTEBRATES

Arenivaga apacha

Arizona.—In the nests of wood rats, Neotoma sp. (Hebard, 1917).

Arenivaga bolliana

Texas.—In the nests of wood rats, Neotoma sp. (Hebard, 1917; 1943a).

Arenivaga erratica

Arizona.—The wingless females were commonly found in burrows of Dipodomys spectabilis spectabilis Merriam, the kangaroo rat. The winged males were never found in the burrows (Vorhies and Taylor, 1922). Found most commonly in wood-rat and ground-squirrel dens in the desert regions (Ball et al., 1942).

Arenivaga floridensis

Florida.—Found in a burrow of Peromyscus polionotus rhoadsi (Bangs), the white-footed mouse (Young, 1949).

Arenivaga roseni

Turkmen S.S.R.—Occasionally found in burrows of Rhombomys opimus Lichtenstein; in the burrows of the desert turtle, Testudo horsfieldi Gray; and frequently in burrows of the ground squirrel, Spermophilopsis leptodactylus Lichtenstein (Vlasov, 1933; Vlasov and Miram, 1937).

Arenivaga tonkawa

Texas.—An immature specimen was found in a prairie-dog hole (Hebard, 1943a).

Cariblatta lutea

Florida.—It has been taken in burrows of the pocket gopher, Geomys sp. (Hubbell and Goff, 1940).

Euthlastoblatta abortiva

Texas.—In the nests of wood rats, Neotoma sp. (Hebard, 1917).

Parcoblatta fulvescens

Texas.—In the nests of wood rats, Neotoma sp. (Hebard, 1917).

Polyphaga aegyptiaca

Turkmen S.S.R.—Nymphs and adult females were often found in burrows of the sand mouse, Rhombomys opimus (Vlasov, 1933).

Polyphaga indica

Turkmen S.S.R.—This species prefers sandy soils where it can be found in burrows of Spermophilopsis leptodactylus and Pallasiomys meridionalis pennicilliger Heptner (Vlasov and Miram, 1937).

Polyphaga saussurei

Tadzhikistan.—Found in burrows of turtles and rodents (Zmeev, 1936).

Turkmen S.S.R.—Nymphs and adult females are common in burrows of Rhombomys opimus and in burrows of Testudo horsfieldi. Its principal habitat is rodent burrows in loess dust, where it is not infrequently found in the food stores of the host (Vlasov and Miram, 1937).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Texas.—In the nests of wood rats, Neotoma sp. (Hebard, 1917).

DESERT HABITATS

There is relatively little ecological information about cockroaches that live in deserts, even though certain species, notably Polyphaga aegyptiaca, have long been known to inhabit arid zones. In fact, so little is known about the ecology of arid-zone insects in general that it is more a subject for research than for review (Pradhan, 1957). In their account of the cockroaches of Northern Kenya and Jubaland, Kevan and Chopard (1954) describe in some detail the vegetational areas of this arid desert or semidesert country, which averages only about 10 inches of rain per year. The other sources that are cited below contain very little more biological information than the abstracted material that is given under each species.

Nearly all the Polyphaginae are said to be marked xerophiles whose distribution coincides with that of the deserts (Bei-Bienko, 1950). With the exception of Arenivaga floridana, the species of Polyphaginae in the United States all occur in the Southwest, where they are (with a few exceptions) the only cockroaches that inhabit the desert regions proper (Hebard, 1917). The Polyphaginae reach their greatest diversity in the deserts of Northern Africa and Anterior and South-Central Asia (Bei-Bienko, 1950). Some of the desert-inhabiting species have also been found under nondesert conditions. This only further exemplifies the plasticity of cockroaches in adapting to different environments.

The ability of desert insects to live under what appear to be extremely unfavorable conditions has been abundantly illustrated by Pradhan (1957). Uvarov (1954) has pointed out that a desert "covers a great variety of landscapes, which provide desert animals with a wide range of habitats, some of them offering very favorable conditions for life." Pradhan (1957) stated that many desert animals avoid the extremes of desert climates by choosing suitable microclimates for diurnal resting places, that a permanent or temporary underground existence is very common among insects in arid zones, and that many nocturnal Orthoptera burrow into the soil or hide under stones where temperatures are lower. For example, the type of Parcoblatta desertae was found under a boulder on the bare desert (Rehn and Hebard, 1909).

Symbiosis with burrowing animals is another solution to the problem of existence in the desert; in fact, symbiosis is a mode of life adopted by nearly half of the desert cockroaches about which we have any information. Vlasov and Miram (1937) found Polyphaga indica, Polyphaga saussurei, and Arenivaga roseni in the burrows of rodents and desert turtles. In the desert regions of Arizona, females of Arenivaga erratica were found commonly in burrows of the kangaroo rat (Vorhies and Taylor, 1922) and in dens of wood rats and ground squirrels (Ball et al., 1942). Arenivaga apacha and Arenivaga bolliana have also been found inhabiting the nests of wood rats (Hebard, 1917; 1943a). Bei-Bienko (1950) has suggested that the adaptation of desert-inhabiting cockroaches to rodent burrows might enable these insects to survive in the severe climatic conditions of deserts in summer.

Under desert conditions in southern Arizona, the relative humidity outside of the burrows of the kangaroo rat is 1 to 15 percent during the day and 15 to 40 percent at night; but inside the burrows the relative humidity is 30 to 50 percent, and the temperature, even during the day, is below 30° C. (Schmidt-Nielsen, 1949). Thus by living in rodent burrows during the day and going outside at night, the desert cockroaches could avail themselves of the most favorable microclimates obtainable. Presumably whatever food these insects eat provides them with sufficient water to enable them to survive under desert conditions. Bodenheimer (1953) has suggested that the extent of utilization of dew, which is sometimes heavy in the desert, should be investigated; he stated that tenebrionid beetles have been seen in the early morning eating dry [dead?] herbs that were still wet with dew. It is obvious that there is a need for additional detailed information without which we can only guess about the ecology of desert cockroaches.

In the following list we have cited only those species that were stated to have been found under desert conditions. Undoubtedly, related species that have been taken in similar localities are also desert-inhabiting forms, as, for example, other species of Arenivaga that were collected in Texas by Hebard (1943a). In the absence of specific information linking such other species with deserts, we have arbitrarily relegated those forms to the section on outdoor habitats. In addition to the species listed below, desert cockroaches are said to be found in the following genera: Anisogamia, Mononychoblatta, and Nymphytria (Chopard, 1938).

DESERT COCKROACHES

Agis orientalis

Northern Kenya.—In desert-grass and thorn-bush country; scattered, dry tufts of grasses interspersed among acacia bush and scattered trees (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Arenivaga apacha

U.S.A.—Inhabits desert regions of the Southwest, has been found in nests of wood rats (Hebard, 1917).

Arenivaga bolliana

U.S.A.—On gravelly hillocks, in scattered scrub, and in the nests of wood rats in Texas. It is a desert inhabitant in the Southwest (Hebard, 1917; 1943a).

Arenivaga erratica

U.S.A.—Inhabits desert regions of the Southwest (Hebard, 1917). In Arizona it has been found in rodent burrows in the desert (Vorhies and Taylor, 1922; Ball et al., 1942).

Arenivaga roseni

Turkmen S.S.R.—Predominantly found in burrows in sand; all stages "swim" in sand and loess dust (Vlasov and Miram, 1937).

Blattella vaga

Arizona.—Found in small numbers on the dry desert (Flock, 1941a).

Compsodes schwarzi

U.S.A.—Occurs in the Southwest where it is confined to the desert and semidesert mountainous areas, rarely being found on the desert floor (Hebard, 1917). Taken in an ant nest in mountains of Arizona (Ball et al., 1942).

Cyrtotria capucina

Eastern Africa.—"Commonly met with under débris, the apterous females being most frequent." Thorn-bush country (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Derocalymma lampyrina

Northern Kenya.—Very abundant; both sexes under débris in desert-grass and thorn-bush country (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Derocalymma porcellio

Northern Kenya.—Taken in upland grassland and bush (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Deropeltis autraniana

Northern Kenya.—In thorn-bush country (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Deropeltis melanophila

Northern Kenya.—"Very commonly found at the base of tufts of grass and other débris, the apterous female particularly in the latter situation"; in upland grassland near forest; in thorn-bush country (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Deropeltis nigrita

Northern Kenya.—Taken in upland grassland and bush (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Eremoblatta subdiaphana

U.S.A.—Apparently found in greatest abundance in the extreme desert conditions of the southwestern United States (Hebard, 1917). Two small groups of males were observed in the midst of the sandy desert north of Yuma, Ariz.; these insects alternately flew and ran over the sand in the hot sun while headed in a southwesterly direction (Wheeler, 1911).

Euandroblatta palpalis

Northern Kenya.—In desert-grass and thorn-bush country (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Heterogamodes rugosa

Northern Kenya.—"All from desert grass and thorn bush (on sand)." It was stated (under discussion of Tivia fulva) that Heterogamodes females live more or less buried in the sand (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Namablatta bitaeniata

Southwestern Africa.—Limited in distribution to the more arid portions, being peculiar to extreme desert conditions (Rehn, 1937).

Nauphoeta punctipennis

Northern Kenya.—In desert grass and thorn bush; "probably the commonest of all the medium-sized cockroaches occurring in the area under discussion, coming very freely to light" (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Parcoblatta desertae

U.S.A.—In the desert and semidesert mountainous areas of the Southwest; it is rarely found on the desert floor (Hebard, 1917). Found under boulder on bare desert (Rehn and Hebard, 1909).

Polyphaga aegyptiaca

Caucasus.—The wingless female was found buried in sand and dust (Burr, 1913).

Turkmen S.S.R.—Although this species is secondarily encountered in dwellings and courtyards, it is a very characteristic insect of the Trans-Caspian deserts; the females are encountered fairly frequently as inhabitants of sand, where they run slowly over the surface, or dig themselves into the sand to continue their forward motion not far below the surface (Fausek, 1906). Uvarov (in Chopard, 1929b) indicated that females of this genus are found in various desert localities, particularly where vegetative debris occurs, but they are not strictly attached to sandy terrain.

Polyphaga indica

Turkmen S.S.R.—This species prefers sandy soils where the nymphs, alate males, and wingless females "swim" readily through the sand; they can also be found in the burrows of desert animals (Vlasov and Miram, 1937).

Polyphaga saussurei

Turkmen S.S.R.—Its principal habitats are rodent burrows in loess dust and burrows of the desert turtle (Vlasov and Miram, 1937).

Supella hottentotta

Northern Kenya.—Taken in bushes by dry river bed and in desert-grass and thorn-bush country at several stations (Kevan and Chopard, 1954). " ... taken with light at night running on bark of a large acacia tree" (Rehn, 1947).

Symploce kevani

Northern Kenya.—In desert grass and thorn-bush country (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Theganopteryx straminea

Northern Kenya.—Taken at three stations in desert grass and thorn bush (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Tivia brunnea

Northern Kenya.—In open sandy, riverine bush (scanty ground cover among acacia trees and doum palms) (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Tivia fulva

Northern Kenya.—In desert grass and thorn bush; distributed in semidesert areas south of Sahara; the apterous females probably live buried in sand (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

Tivia obscura

Northern Kenya.—In desert grass and thorn bush (Kevan and Chopard, 1954).

AQUATIC HABITATS

The so-called aquatic or amphibious cockroaches are all members of the subfamily Epilamprinae (Chopard, 1938). These forms are not nearly as aquatic as water beetles or aquatic Hemiptera, but in their relations to water they behave differently from nonamphibious cockroaches, which tend to avoid water except for drinking. There are apparently no special morphological characteristics that distinguish amphibious cockroaches (Shelford, 1907, 1909a; Chopard, 1938), although Takahashi (1926) listed several characters that he considered made Opisthoplatia maculata adapted for an aquatic life: (1) Back of body easily wetted; (2) long hairs on underside of thorax trap air; (3) terminal abdominal spiracles open into tubes that extend rearward; (4) long hairs on ventral surfaces of cerci "protect" terminal abdominal spiracles. Annandale (1906) also suggested that the position of the posterior abdominal spiracles, at the base of tubes that project rearward from beneath the seventh tergite, are an adaptation to an aquatic life. However, as Shelford (1907) and Chopard (1938) have pointed out, this same feature may be observed in many terrestrial cockroaches. The legs of amphibious cockroaches are similar to those of nonaquatic species and are not modified for swimming (Shelford, 1909a; Takahashi, 1926).

Biological observations have been made on relatively few species, but representatives of at least six genera occur in quasi-aquatic habitats. Strictly speaking, these cockroaches live on land at the edges of streams or pools and spend relatively brief periods in the water. A few species are found in water-filled bromeliads. The behavior of the known amphibious species of cockroaches in relation to their habitats is discussed below.

AMPHIBIOUS COCKROACHES

Audreia bromeliadarum

Panama.—These insects when disturbed would dive into the water that had collected in the base of the bromeliad; they would disappear beneath the surface and remain submerged for some considerable time (Caudell, 1914).

Dryadoblatta scotti

Trinidad.—This species was taken from the leaf bases of Tillandsia sp. at 3,100 feet; water had collected between the leaves and the insect was presumed to be more or less amphibious (Scott, 1912). Subaquatic in the bromeliad Glomeropitcairnia erectiflora: "This large and handsome species [D. scotti] is very common in the larger, water-filled, epiphytic bromeliads of the rain forest. Within these plants it is usually to be found, often in considerable numbers, just above the surface of the water or partly immersed in it. The cockroaches will descend rapidly into the water when alarmed and probably obtain their nourishment from the accumulated organic matter in the water. Floating material is probably taken and it seems less likely that they feed below the surface. They appear to be ovoviviparous." (Princis and Kevan, 1955.)

Epilampra abdomen-nigrum

Puerto Rico.—Abundant in wet "malojillo" meadows. The nymphs swim easily and remain under water for long periods, as do the adults (Seín, 1923; Wolcott, 1950).

Panama.—A swimming nymph, captured in a dipper with mosquito larvae in a lagoon of the Rio Chilibre, was kept under observations in an aquarium. If disturbed, the insect dived into the water from floating vegetation and swam rapidly below the surface for a minute or two. Finally becoming quiescent, the cockroach would then cling to submerged roots; twice it remained still for 15 minutes before climbing to the surface, where it remained for five or more minutes before emerging completely (Crowell, 1946).

Epilampra annandalei

Lower Burma.—One male and three nymphs were collected in the Dawna Hills by Annandale who made the following observations: "The wingless specimens were under stones in a jungle stream and behaved just as the one I obtained in Chota, Nagpur, did [Annandale, 1906]. The winged specimen was under a stone at the edge of the stream, but swam readily. It did not seem so much at home in the water, however, and apparently could not, owing to the wings, raise the tip of its abdomen above the surface." (Shelford, 1909a.)

Epilampra    sp.

Siamese Malay States.—Wingless females rested on floating logs from which they would dive into the water upon the least disturbance; they remained under water for several minutes, then surfaced beneath the shelter of the log. In the jungle all females were taken either in the water or among matted roots on the sides of the stream. Winged males were seen rising from the surface of the water (Annandale, 1900).

Sarawak.—All specimens were immature; they swam and dived well, but were soon drowned if prevented from rising to the surface to breathe. "When at rest the body of the cockroach is almost entirely submerged, the tip of the abdomen alone projecting above the surface of the water; the abdomen moves gently up and down and every 30-40 seconds a bubble of air issues from the prothoracic spiracle on each side." (Shelford, 1901, 1916.)

India.—A nymphal female, found in a jungle stream at Chota Nagpur, could swim with belly or back upward. When held under water it drowned in a few minutes. The tip of the abdomen was held out of water (Annandale, 1906).

Shelford (1907) has suggested that the immature stages of terrestrial species of Epilampra may well be amphibious. This is an area that could profit by more field observations.

Opisthoplatia maculata

Formosa.—Invariably found under or between rocks near mountain streams. The wingless adult and the nymph have similar habits. Normally the cockroach lives on land, and when it goes into the water it returns to land within a few minutes. This cockroach rarely swims, but when it does, it maintains its body in a horizontal position just below the surface of the water. Ordinarily, it walks on the river bottom or on water-covered rocks. This insect feeds on decayed leaves and, according to Shikano, it will eat human feces. (Takahashi, 1926.)

This species has a large number of long hydrophobic hairs on the ventral sides of the thorax and anterior abdominal segments. When the insect submerges, air is trapped in these hairs. The thoracic and one pair of abdominal spiracles open into the bubble of trapped air. However, the insect apparently does not use this plastron of air to replenish its tracheal air supply, but, like Rhicnoda natatrix (see below), it inspires air while at the surface through its posterior abdominal spiracles and expires air into the bubble under the thorax. While the insect is submerged, the air bubble increases in volume until part of it breaks away and floats to the surface. (Takahashi, 1926.)

Opisthoplatia orientalis

Formosa.—Lives on or in swampy ground (Takahashi, 1924).

Rhicnoda natatrix

Sarawak.—Immature cockroaches were found in sodden leaves at the edge of a pool, where they rested for hours at a time. Generally the fore part of the body was in the water but the tip of the abdomen was always in air. When disturbed the insects dived into the water and hid under sticks and stones on the bottom. Air is inspired through the posterior abdominal spiracles, when they projected above the water surface, and expired through the thoracic spiracles. In experiments in which the insects' abdomens were held immersed in water, with the thorax exposed, the insects died in 6 to 12 hours or less. (Shelford, 1907.)

Stictolampra buqueti concinula

Westsumba.—Found under moist fallen leaves on gravelly shore of Melolo River. The nymphs distinguished themselves through their amphibious mode of life and were often good swimmers (Princis, 1957a).

Unidentified epilamprines

Brazil.—These cockroaches were found under stones at the side of a rocky stream at Ouro Preto. When disturbed they ran down under the surface of the water and hid under stones at the bottom. When thrown on the water surface, they were helpless, and to get beneath the water surface they had to walk down some object. When they had penetrated the surface film they could swim freely. Specimens kept in jars lived several days with only a portion of their abdomens exposed to the air. (Bristowe, 1925.)

OUTDOOR HABITATS

This category is a catchall for all cockroaches that are not limited to the more circumscribed habitats that have been previously considered. Some cockroaches in this section select specific microhabitats (e.g., Cryptocercus spp., which live exclusively in rotten logs; and Neoblattella dryas, N. eurydice, and N. grossbecki in bromeliads). Others are found in a wide variety of habitats (e.g., Ischnoptera deropeltiformis and Parcoblatta spp.). But some species are so little known that their actual habitats are barely suggested in the collection data.

Williams (1941) made an ecological study of the floor fauna of the Panama rain forest. He found Orthoptera (nearly all were unidentified nymphal cockroaches) in the litter of dead leaves, twigs, and other plant products in over 90 percent of the quadrats he examined. These insects represented about 0.25 percent of the total animal population.

Delamare Deboutteville (1948) made a quantitative study of the animal population in suspended soil that had accumulated between the roots of forest epiphytes of the lower Ivory Coast. He analyzed 2 dm.3 samples of soil from an epiphyte located 45 meters above ground on a main branch of Parinarium, with these results: Horizon A.—Superficial zone of large rootlets, 6 cm. deep: 2 cockroaches, 4 arachnids, and 4 beetles. Horizon B.—Zone of fine rootlets, 6 cm. deep: 6 cockroaches and numerous other arthropods. Horizon C.—Humid zone, 8 cm. deep: 7 cockroaches and numerous other arthropods. Plants, such as Palissota, were also living in this very original biotype.

The species of cockroaches listed below have been found in the following kinds of outdoor microhabitats: In jungle, forest, and woodlands they have been found in rotten wood; under bark of living, dead, and fallen trees; in decay cavities in trees; burrowing in living bark; on foliage of trees, shrubs, bushes, and low herbage; on vines and in bromeliads and epiphytic ferns; under signs on trees and stumps; in piles of logs and firewood; under dead leaves and debris; in and under decaying fruit on the ground. Cockroaches have been found between the leaves and under leaf sheaths of sugarcane, corn, and other grasses; under dry fibers and fronds of coconut trees; in hollow stems and bases of tree-fern fronds; under bracts of banana blossoms and in bunches of bananas (p. 146). Cockroaches also inhabit abandoned cocoons and larval tents, wasp nests, ant nests, termite nests, bird nests, rat nests, and burrows of other rodents (pp. 23-25, 310-319). Cockroaches have been found in rock crevices and under rocks; under boards and other objects on ground; under seaweed, drift, and other debris on beaches; burrowing in soil and under clods of earth; in marshes and swamps; in dumps and rubbish heaps.

The above list does not exhaust the available outdoor microhabitats that cockroaches find suitable for their continued existence, but it is fairly representative. Although we have no measurements to substantiate this conclusion, we suggest that the microhabitats cited above have a more constant temperature and a relatively higher humidity than is provided by the surrounding macrohabitats. We would expect insects such as cockroaches, whose water balance is dependent on a continuous supply of fluid water or moist food, to seek moist environments or to avoid situations in which their transpiration might increase. Deviations, presumably brief, from this expected behavior must occur to account for the cockroaches that are found under relatively unfavorable environmental conditions. Despite the apparent preference for cryptic habitats, some cockroaches are found in hot sunlight (Ellipsidion spp.; Tepper, 1893); Rehn (1945) has stated that many kinds are diurnal rather than nocturnal. Movement of cockroaches between habitats may be assumed to occur; but movement from an unfavorable environment to a more favorable one, following a shift in water balance, has not been observed in nature; however, laboratory experiments suggest that the mechanism for mediating such behavior is present in some species of cockroaches (Gunn and Cosway, 1938; Roth and Willis, 1952a). Obviously, additional research is needed on the bionomics of all species. Further conclusions based on current limited knowledge can only be speculative and possibly misleading.

COCKROACHES FROM OUTDOOR HABITATS

(Except Amphibious, Desert, and Cavernicolous Forms)

Aglaopteryx absimilis

Puerto Rico.—Living in rotten, wooden fence; living between leaves of Samanea saman and in abandoned cocoons of Megalopyge krugii on bucare trees (Wolcott, 1950).

Leeward Islands.—On coconut tree (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Aglaopteryx facies

Puerto Rico.—As diaphana, in dead branch 10 feet above the ground on Mona Island (Hebard, 1917). In trunks of trees under bark and very often in abandoned cocoons of the "plumilla" (Seín, 1923). On rotten, wooden fence; in empty cocoons of Megalopyge krugii on trunks of bucare trees, Erythrina glauca; on trunk of Inga laurina; in larval tents of Tetralopha scabridella on Inga vera (Wolcott, 1936). In large numbers in nests of the gray kingbird (Wolcott, 1950).

Aglaopteryx diaphana

West Indies.—In Cuba, under corky bark of large tree in open; Jamaica, under loose bark of shade trees and in bracts of banana blossoms; in bromeliads and hollow bases of dead tree-fern fronds (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Aglaopteryx gemma

Florida.—On Long Key, under coquina boulder in heavy scrub; under loose, dry fibers near head of standing coconut palm (Rehn and Hebard, 1912). Climbing on roots of red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle, in swamp; under loose bark on trunk of Exothea paniculata in dense jungle; under limestone boulder in keys scrub; under signs on oaks, sweet gum, and longleaf pines in southeastern and southern States (Hebard, 1917). Infrequent in the shrub growth of the Sandhills habitat (Friauf, 1953).

Texas.—In undergrowth of pine forest; under sign on oak near river; in Tillandsia sp. (Hebard, 1917). Usually in hiding places on trees; only once found under a stone on ground (Hebard, 1943a).

Allacta similis

Hawaii.—Common in hollow stems and under bark (Swezey and Williams, 1932).

Amazonina emarginata

Trinidad.—On low herbage, on hibiscus at night, and in banana bunch (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Anaplecta asema

Panama.—Under dead leaves in jungle (Hebard, 1920).

Anaplecta decipiens

Costa Rica.—In decayed leaves (Rehn, 1906).

Anaplecta fallax

Costa Rica.—Under stones on borders of Surubres River (Rehn, 1906).

Anaplecta hemiscotia

Panama.—Under rubbish at edge of jungle and in overgrowth of heavy vines on low bushes (Hebard, 1920).

Anaplecta lateralis

Panama.—Under drift on edge of coral-sand beach (Hebard, 1920).

Arenivaga bolliana

Texas.—In dense jungle brush of the river plain; on gravelly hillocks in scattered scrub; under debris and leaf mold under mesquite trees; in rat's nests, Neotoma sp. (Hebard, 1917). In dry earth under bush; inhabits litter on ground and nests of rats (Hebard, 1943a).

Arenivaga floridensis

Florida.—Male on ground under leaves of cabbage palmetto (Blatchley, 1920). Females in sand under boards and debris along lake shore (Friauf in Cantrall, 1941). Infrequent on bare soil and ground under vegetation in the longleaf-pine flatwoods habitat (Friauf, 1953). In rodent burrow (Young, 1949).

Arenivaga grata

Texas.—Under stones in upper canyon; under rocks in pine-oak forest; from oak-manzanita forest along dry stream bed (Hebard, 1943a).

Aristiger histrio

Malaya.—Lives freely on bushes and flowers of Passiflora sp. (Karny, 1924).

Aspiduchus boriquen

Puerto Rico.—"Apparently the species [as deplanatus] is locally numerous in suitable locations, such as caves, rock crevices and the shelter of large stones." (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Audreia bromeliadarum

Panama.—Perfectly at home in bromeliads (see p. 31) (Caudell, 1914).

Audreia jamaicana

Jamaica.—In bromeliads; under dead wood in dense forest (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Balta godeffroyi

Australia.—Under bark (Hebard, 1943).

Balta quadricaudata

Australia.—From sugarcane (Hebard, 1943).

Balta scripta

Australia, Queensland.—On leaves, grass, and sugarcane (Hebard, 1943).

Balta torresiana

Australia.—From leaves, under bark, from sugarcane (Hebard, 1943).

Balta verticalis

Australia.—In leaves, from tree, from sugarcane (Hebard, 1943).

Blaberus atropus

Trinidad.—Female in rotting log (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Blaberus discoidalis

Jamaica.—Under dead coconut petioles in open spot. Gundlach found it under stones in a field in Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Blaberus giganteus

Trinidad.—Nymph in rotten palm tree (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Blaberus    spp.

Venezuela.—Only taken in the forests of the Orinoco near the trunks of rotten trees at night (Doumerc in Blanchard, 1837).

Panama.—Among dead leaves and debris on floor of rain forest (E. C. Williams, Jr., 1941).

Blatta lateralis

U.S.S.R.—Found among rocks at 2,000 or more meters elevation. It is found in cultivated areas as well as in mountainous landscapes and in semideserts (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Blatta orientalis

Great Britain.—One female nymph under bark of tree 10 feet above the ground (Burr, 1900). Swarming within a rubbish heap in February (Lucas, 1912). In refuse tip under old sacks and sheets of linoleum (Hallett in Lucas, 1922). Male under bark of oak far from houses (Donisthorpe, 1918). One adult female and nymph in prone dead elm 50 yards from house (Burr, 1937). An immature male at the roots of Ballota nigra (Buck in Gardner, 1954). Four additional records of this species outdoors away from houses (Lucas, 1920).

Southern Crimea.—Under stones, dead leaves, and detritus in small copses of Quercus pubescens, Carpinus orientalis, Cornus mas, Paliurus aculeatus, and Dictamnus fraxinella; 19 specimens, apparently breeding outdoors (Adelung, 1907).

North-central U.S.—Observations since 1950 indicate a marked increase in frequency and duration of infestations outdoors; observed in bare soil, vegetation, debris, alongside foundations in sodded areas, along sidewalks, and at edge of parking areas throughout the year; in some urban residential areas, the yards of whole blocks of houses were "alive" with this species on warm summer nights; in winter they have been found under stones, leaf debris, and soil near structures (Shuyler, 1956).

Blattella germanica

Algeria.—Under moist leaves in woods (Lucas, 1849).

California.—Under rubbish and on date palms (Herms, 1926).

Connecticut.—In city dump under loose material, very numerous (Walden, 1922). Additional infestations of dumps by this species have been reported in New York (Felt, 1926, 1928) and New Jersey (Hansens, 1949, 1950)

England.—Swarming within a rubbish heap in February (Lucas, 1912).

Formosa.—Lives among fallen leaves on the ground (Takahashi, 1924).

North-central U.S.—Reported living outdoors near buildings and in soil under basementless buildings from early summer to late fall (Shuyler, 1956).

Blattella humbertiana

India.—Common among decaying vegetation and on trees (Chopard and Chatterjee, 1937).

Formosa.—Normally found in sugarcane fields, pineapple fields, and grasslands where it feeds on decayed leaves and other decayed vegetable matter and dead insects. It lies concealed among and under fallen leaves and clods of earth on or close to ground and never on the upper parts of plants, except pineapple where it is found among the leaves (Takahashi, 1940).

Blattella vaga

Arizona.—Typically an inhabitant of irrigated fields and yards, it is found in fewer numbers on the dry desert. It is found under stones, plant debris, and clumps of earth; found in greatest numbers around decaying dates on ground (Flock, 1941a).

Texas.—Beneath duff under athel trees; rather abundant in clumps of Rhodes grass (Riherd, 1953).

Byrsotria cabrerae

Cuba.—In sea-coast woods: "The species [this and Byrsotria fumigata] are ground-dwelling, hiding under stones and other shelter" (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Byrsotria fumigata

Cuba.—Ground dwelling, hiding under stones, etc.; also a cave inhabitant (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Cahita borero

Brazil, Matto Grosso.—Beaten from tree foliage in dry scrub, from tree foliage at edge of dry riverine tangle, and from undergrowth in a dry forest area (Rehn, 1937a).

Cahita nahua

Honduras.—All beaten from foliage along roads or in thickets, during rainy season (Rehn, 1937a).

Cariblatta antiguensis

Virgin Islands, St. Croix.—Common under heaps of rubbish (Beatty, 1944).

Trinidad.—On herbage below bananas; all stages on Hibiscus at night; in grass at dusk; on low herbage under old coconut (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Cariblatta cuprea

Jamaica.—In leaves on leaf mold in hillside forest (Hebard, 1916a).

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).

Florida.—Throughout winter and spring they are frequent beneath leaves and other debris on ground, especially in dry, sandy locations (Blatchley, 1920). Friauf (1953) found this species under debris, fallen leaves, leaf mold, or decaying wood in these habitats: Dry, ruderal grassland (infrequent), scrub (frequent), sandhills (dominant), xeric hammock (infrequent), mesic hammock (dominant), pond margin (infrequent), longleaf-pine flatwoods (frequent), bayhead (occasional), low hammock (frequent), and alluvial hammock (occasional). In the shrub stratum in these habitats: Scrub (frequent), sandhills (dominant), and xeric hammock (infrequent). In herbaceous stratum in these habitats: Sandhills (dominant), mesic hammock (dominant), and black-pine flatwoods (infrequent). On bare soil or bare sand under vegetation in these habitats: Sandhills (dominant), pond margin (infrequent), longleaf-pine flatwoods (frequent), and slash-pine flatwoods (frequent) (Friauf, 1953).

Cariblatta lutea minima

Florida.—Series of specimens captured on Long Key under dead petioles of coconut palm on moist ground at edges of pools of brackish water. Specimens from Key West were in dry dead grass under boards (Rehn and Hebard, 1912). Nymphs frequent under bark on decaying pine logs in pine woods; occasional in leaf mold in heavy junglelike scrub (Rehn and Hebard, 1914). In water-soaked leaves in heavy red-mangrove swamp (Hebard, 1915). Under dead petioles of coconut palm on sandy soil in grapefruit grove (Hebard, 1916a). Numerous at bases of tufts of coarse grass growing just back of sea beach (Blatchley, 1920). Friauf (1953) found this species in leaf duff, leaf mold, debris, or decaying wood in these habitats: Dry, ruderal grassland (occasional), scrub (infrequent), sandhills (infrequent), mesic hammock (infrequent), pond margin (occasional), longleaf-pine flatwoods (occasional), and low hammock (infrequent). On bare soil or bare sand under vegetation in these habitats: Longleaf-pine flatwoods (occasional) and slash-pine flatwoods (occasional). Dominant in the spartina marsh habitat in the grass stratum and duff around clumps. Frequent in the saw-grass marsh habitat in the grass stratum and, during the dry season, in decaying vegetation on the marsh floor.

Cariblatta nebulicola

Jamaica.—Adults in dead leaf litter alongside the trail in dense forest of tree ferns, Podocarpus, Cyrilla, and other trees; the forest was bathed in fog much of the time (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Cariblatta reticulosa

Jamaica.—In leaves on leaf mold in hillside forest (Hebard, 1916a). Moderately numerous in leaf litter in mangrove swamp; in decaying herbage (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Cariblatta stenophrys

Puerto Rico.—Between the leaves and under the leaf sheaths of corn (Sein, 1923; Wolcott, 1936).

Cariblatta    spp.

West Indies.—The tropical species of this genus inhabit heavy forest, living among the fallen leaves resting on the leaf mold, in epiphytic bromeliads, and in dead agaves (Hebard, 1916a; Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Cariblattoides instigator

Cuba.—In siftings from under sea grapes, other shrubs, and low trees (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Cariblattoides suave

Puerto Rico.—On dry limestone hills (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Ceratinoptera picta

Trinidad.—Under bark of old cacao tree (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Chorisoneura flavipennis

Costa Rica.—Under stones on borders of Surubres River (Rehn, 1906).

Chorisoneura formosella

Jamaica.—Swept from huckleberry trees (Vaccinium meridionale) (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Chorisoneura parishi

Panama.—From jungle undergrowth (Hebard, 1920).

Chorisoneura specilliger

Panama.—In grass (Hebard, 1920).

Chorisoneura texensis

Florida.—"The almost impenetrable jungle on Key Largo was examined, and in its depths the two specimens of this species were secured by beating the lower branches of gumbo limbo, other trees and the lower bushes and shrubs, among which latter are to be found such tropical forms as Ocotea catesbyana [= Nectandra coriacea] and Citharexylum villosum" (Rehn and Hebard, 1912). In nests of webworm and beaten from bushes of bayberry, Myrica cerifera, along edge of pine woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1916). Beneath dead leaves in oak woods and beaten from foliage of oak and bayberry (Blatchley, 1920). Infrequent in the tall shrub stratum of the xeric hammock habitat (Friauf, 1953).

Texas.—The great majority of specimens were beaten from foliage of bushes (Hebard, 1943a).

Southeastern and southern U.S.—In undergrowth in pine woods; beaten from shrubbery, from bayberry bushes, from lower branches of gumbo limbo and other trees, from lower bushes and shrubs in jungle, and from low oaks on hills. In Texas, beaten from tall weeds in opening in river-plain jungle scrub (Hebard, 1917).

Chorisoneura translucida

Panama.—In jungle vegetation, including vines covering low bushes (Hebard, 1920).

Chromatonotus infuscatus

Trinidad.—Males on low herbage under old cacao tree (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Chromatonotus notatus

Trinidad.—Males in orchard on low herbage at night; females under refuse and in grass (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Comptolampra liturata

Malaya.—Often found between dry foliage in the beakers of the epiphytic fern, Asplenium nidus, although the species lives mainly in bamboo bushes (Karny, 1924).

Cryptocercus punctulatus

North Carolina.—"They were never found except in parts of the logs [chestnut] where the decayed wood was soft, punky and wet" (Rehn and Hebard, 1910).

Oregon.—In fir logs where sap wood was soggy (Hebard, 1917).

Virginia.—In decaying chestnut and pine logs; taken six times in chestnut and once in pine (Hebard, 1917). In rotten logs in deep ravines of moist woods (Davis, 1926).

Appalachian Mountains, U.S.—In southern Virginia and eastern Tennessee, it is usually quite abundant in well-forested areas at elevations from 3,000 to 5,000 feet; "sometimes even a majority of the dead logs on a mountain side have roaches in them" (Cleveland et al., 1934). This cockroach not only lives in rotten, dead logs but also in sound logs that have been down only a few years. In Virginia it is found more often in chestnut and hemlock. "It occurs fairly often in oak, and has been found in pine, spruce, and arbor vitae.... There is little evidence that they ever leave the log and enter the ground" (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Cryptocercus relictus

Eastern Manchuria.—In great numbers under rotting fallen trees and in rotten dead wood (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Cutilia soror

Marquesas Islands.—Males under stones and dead log (Hebard, 1933a).

Hawaii.—In soil about roots of pineapple (Illingworth, 1927). Often found about roots of grasses and weeds and other debris (Williams et al., 1931). Under stones and pineapple mulching paper (Fullaway and Krauss, 1945).

Wake Island.—Numerous, some from rotten logs. Found in bunch grass on Ocean Island (Bryan, 1926).

Cutilia    spp.

Australia.—Frequent woods where they leave shelter soon after sunset and run actively on ground or ascend shrubs and trees in quest of prey (Tepper, 1893).

Dendroblatta sobrina

Panama.—Colony on tree trunk; on surface of trunk of fallen tree (Hebard, 1920).

Diploptera punctata

Hawaii.—"Crowds of these insects in various stages of development sometimes gather in cypress trees, in suitable chinks, in old flowerhead sheaths of palms, etc., and even more or less openly on leafy twigs, in bunch grass, and the species is at times locally abundant behind the older leaf bases of sugar cane" (Williams et al., 1931). Williams also lists the following as food plants: Cryptomeria, algaroba, lime trees, ripening mangoes, papayas, and oranges. However, Bianchi (personal communication, 1954) doubted that any of the above are the main dietary, because the largest populations he had seen "were found in the fairly dry litter of Star Jasmine (Jasminum pubescens Willd.), well removed from any of the plants mentioned by Williams."

Raiatea, Society Islands.—Beaten out of bracken (Cheesman, 1927).

Uahuka, Marquesas Islands.—Under bark (Hebard, 1933a).

Dryadoblatta scotti

Trinidad.—Very common in water-filled, epiphytic bromeliads in the rain forest (see p. 31) (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Ectobius africanus

Belgian Congo.—Females in forest margin and in forest undergrowth (Rehn, 1931).

Ectobius albicinctus

South France.—Females and young beneath stones (Blair, 1922).

Ectobius duskei

U.S.S.R.—In the steppe belt, it is a very characteristic member of feather-grass steppes, where it is found in associations of typically steppe vegetation, with feather grasses at the head (Stipa lessingiana and others), and on rocky slopes; it occurs frequently in cultivated fields of young crops and also in young geological strata in sections with virgin soil. The populations of this steppe cockroach average 6 to 8 individuals per square meter from the middle to the end of July. By the end of summer most individuals were observed at the bases of straw stacks with a canopy, having their south sides sheltered. This is the only species of Ectobius adapted to a purely steppe biocenose. (Bei-Bienko, 1950.)

Ectobius lapponicus

Southeastern Europe.—Numerous under stones on Trebovic (Burr, 1898).

U.S.S.R.—Found in wooded communities and peat bogs (in northern part of its range); males occur predominantly on herbaceous plants and bushes, but females hide under fallen leaves, moss, etc. (Bei-Bienko, 1950). It populated about 25 percent of the aspen trees in an experimental plot, feeding in galleries in the bark of young branches; there were 25 or more individuals per tree (Stark in Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Germany.—Abundant in woods; in pine woods in company with Stenobothrus vagans and Tettix kraussi. Numerous in low aspen bushes in forest. Numerous in deciduous and coniferous forests on trees and underbrush; under fallen leaves and moss; on oaks (Zacher, 1917). In foliage of young oak on top of mountain (Ramme, 1923).

Great Britain.—Under moss and dry leaves, among woodland undergrowth, and, generally, on vegetation close to the ground; occasional on bushes and trees (Lucas, 1920). Nymphs in heather in February and later; adults among rushes fringing pond in July (Lucas, 1925). Nymphs and males on rushy vegetation; unusually abundant on low herbage in dried-up swamp (Lucas, 1930).

Ectobius nicaeensis

France.—In dry woods, on bushes, and at the base of trees (Chopard, 1947).

Ectobius pallidus

Algeria.—Under stones; in moist places that are shaded and covered with plants (Lucas, 1849).

England.—Very abundant on sand dunes and among bracken in July (Buxton, 1914).

Germany.—In deciduous and coniferous forests; at edge of forest, from bare woods and bushes; numerous under leaves in oak woods and under moss (Zacher, 1917). In forest well lighted by the sun (Ramme, 1923).

Massachusetts.—Under loose lichens and bark on oak trees; under boxes, baskets, paper, etc., near houses; on Swiss chard (Flint, 1951). On roofs of houses, in shrubbery (Gurney, 1953). We have collected this species for several summers in a fairly dense, wooded area near dwellings, among fallen leaves and climbing on the erect stems and undersides of the leaves of periwinkle. Oöthecae were found on the ground under leaves and debris.

Ectobius panzeri

England.—Abundant on sandhills along shoreline among roots of grass (Burr, 1908). Under dead seaweed and other rubbish a few yards from shore on ground that would be washed by the sea (Lucas, 1896). Nymphs found among marram grass (Buxton, 1914). On sandhills near coast and covered with marram grass; often found on heather and low herbage; under old bark and rotten wood on posts; in decayed stump (Lucas, 1920). Swarming on Beta maritima and other plants in July (Lucas, 1920a). Very common in all stages in August, being frequently found under stones (Lucas, 1925). Common on sand dunes especially under stems of dead marram grass. Viable oöthecae found buried in sand (Brown, 1952).

Germany.—In beech woods and in pine woods (Zacher, 1917).

Ectobius semenovi

Kazakhstan.—Along the shores of the Syr-daria it is found on and around living willows and on Populus euphratica; under loose bark of dying and dead trees (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Ectobius sylvester

U.S.S.R.—In wooded steppe zones; probably only occurs in association with forests (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Ectobius tadzhicus

Tadzhikistan.—Great numbers at the roots of Eleagnus shrubs on the banks of reservoirs and frequently under the bark of old trees (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Ectobius vittiventer

South France.—One male beneath stone (Blair, 1922).

Ellipsidion affine

Australia.—From leaves, from scrub (Hebard, 1943). Collected in trees (Pope, 1953a).

Ellipsidion australe

Australia.—On eucalyptus leaves, on wattle, under bark (Hebard, 1943). Collected in trees (Pope, 1953a).

Ellipsidion bicolor

Australia.—In corn and from tree (Hebard, 1943).

Ellipsidion simulans

Australia.—From sugarcane (Hebard, 1943).

Ellipsidion    spp.

Australia.—All stages are diurnal moving about the foliage of shrubs and small trees in bright sunlight on hottest summer days (Tepper, 1893).

Epilampra abdomen-nigrum

Trinidad.—In dried-up drain; among grass; in debris under old cacao tree; under old leaves (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Puerto Rico.—Abundant in damp lowlands (Seín, 1923). Under dead leaves in wet malojillo meadow (Wolcott, 1936).

This species is amphibious (p. 31). Shelford (1907) suggested that immature stages of other species of the genus may be aquatic, which would place them in moist situations on the shores of rivers and other bodies of water.

Epilampra azteca

Panama.—Very scarce, under palm trees in decaying leaf mold and litter; one found under decaying bark of a log (Hebard, 1921a).

Epilampra mona

Mona Island, Puerto Rico.—One specimen under bark of dead tree (Ramos, 1946).

Epilampra tainana

Cuba.—Under dead leaves on stream bank (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Epilampra wheeleri

Puerto Rico.—In siftings from high-altitude primeval forest (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Epilampra    spp.

Australia.—By day the insects live under bark, stones, logs, dead vegetable debris, or buried in loose dust or soil. After sunset females wander in grass or ascend low objects (Tepper, 1893).

Ergaula capensis

Uganda.—In open bush and short grass (Princis, 1955).

Eudromiella bicolorata

Panama.—Under rubbish on edge of jungle (Hebard, 1920).

Euphyllodromia liturifera

Colombia.—In brushwood (Princis, 1946).

Eurycotis biolleyi

Costa Rica.—Numbers of individuals were found in the large bromeliads of the temperate localities (Picado, 1913).

Eurycotis decipiens

Trinidad.—In old, rotten coconut stump (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Eurycotis dimidiata

Cuba.—"This species was recorded from under stones in the fields ... by Gundlach" (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Eurycotis ferrum-equinum

Cuba.—Under stones in woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Eurycotis floridana

Florida.—Moderately common under bark of dead pine stumps and logs; at Key West it fairly swarmed under coquina boulders in the woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1905). Many specimens under palmetto leaves on ground (Caudell, 1905). In pine woods under dry bark of dead logs; on Long Key in dry fibers at the base of the heads of coconut palms; "at Key West, a large colony was discovered among boards lying on dry grass in a field, and several were captured upon turning over coquina boulders in the dense bush" (Rehn and Hebard, 1912). Particularly numerous in tree cavities and under bark along the edge of hammock areas (Hebard, 1915). Abundant between basal leaves of Tillandsia utriculata; beneath loose bark of logs and stumps; in and beneath decaying palmetto trunks and leaves; under rubbish (Blatchley, 1920). On ground in heavy tangle after dark; in decaying log of Sabal palmetto; in bromeliads; common under debris and bark in jungle; under signs on Pinus caribaea; in almost every sheltered outdoor place (Hebard, 1917). It moves about at night and hides under bark of logs and in other recesses during the day; where pines are present it almost invariably hides under bark of dead logs and stumps (Rehn and Hebard, 1914). Friauf (1953) found this species in leaf duff, leaf mold, or decaying wood in these habitats: Sandhills (infrequent), xeric hammock (dominant), mesic hammock (frequent), and low hammock (dominant); on tree trunks in sandhills habitat (infrequent) and mesic hammock (frequent); infrequent in saw-grass marsh habitat in the grass stratum and, during the dry season, in decaying vegetation on floor of marsh. Under the bark of logs and beneath logs in the woodpile habitat (Friauf, 1953).

Eurycotis galeoides

Cuba.—Under stones in deep woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Eurycotis kevani

Trinidad.—Under debris, trash, and vegetable refuse (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Eurycotis opaca

Cuba.—In pine and palmetto region (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Euthlastoblatta abortiva

Texas.—Under dense tangle of bushy vegetation, palms, and vines near Rio Grande; in leaves and dry litter on ground; on dead petiole hanging from palm tree (Hebard, 1917). Under bark of dead hackberry; abundant in dead leaves, dry litter, and rats' (Neotoma sp.) nests in heavy scrub (Hebard, 1943a).

Graptoblatta notulata

Tahiti.—On foliage in sun or concealed among dead leaves that collect between the fronds of tree ferns (Cheesman, 1927).

Hawaii.—Quite active during the day, occurring on sugarcane, etc., in the wetter districts; it is also a household insect (Williams et al., 1931).

Hemiblabera brunneri

Puerto Rico.—Under bark of tamarind tree (Rehn and Hebard, 1927). Under the bark on a fence post (Wolcott, 1950).

Henicotyle antillarum

Dominica.—From rotting wood and wood soil (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Holocompsa metallica

Dominican Republic.—Along railroad through jungle and swamp (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Hololampra bivittata

Canary Islands.—Found in numbers among pine needles; nymphs were in the majority, adults rare (Burr, 1911).

Hololampra chavesi

Azores.—Very common in the hedges, particularly in brambles. Contrary to most species of this genus, which live on the ground under stones, this species is exclusively dendricolous and is only captured by beating the bushes on which it abounds (Chopard, 1932).

Hololampra maculata

Germany.—Abundant in deciduous forest in grass and under fallen leaves; in pine forests under lichens and between fallen needles; in edge of coniferous forest; under stones (Zacher, 1917).

Hololampra marginata

Macedonia.—Usually found crawling on the flowers and stems of giant thistles in May; common on thistles in June (Burr, 1923).

Hololampra    sp.

Caucasus.—Numerous beneath dry leaves in a garden (Burr, 1913).

Hololeptoblatta    sp.

Seychelles.—Apparently only inhabits Pandanus between the leaf bases (Scott, 1910, 1912).

Homalopteryx laminata

St. Vincent.—In decaying leaves in forest (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Trinidad.—In forest debris and debris under old cacao trees; it is not uncommon under dry leaves; it feigns death when disturbed (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Hormetica laevigata

Brazil.—From crown of palm between leaf bases (Hancock, 1926).

Ignabolivaria bilobata

U.S.S.R.—Under rocks and on the edges of woods in the lowlands in the north and in the mountains in the south (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Ischnoptera deropeltiformis

North Carolina.—Under pine straw on ground in woods (Brimley, 1908).

Georgia.—Under dead oak leaves; under debris in garden; running on ground in pine and oak woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).

Indiana.—It is "a ground-frequenting, forest-loving insect, hiding beneath cover or about the edges of deep woodland, more frequently in damp places, and rarely taken beneath bark, signs, or at lights" (Blatchley, 1920).

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

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

Australia.—Infrequently seen during dry season from March to October. "They burrow quite deeply, about two feet below the surface of the sandy soil in stands of cypress pine (Callitris sp.). They make a nest of dead leaves, grass roots, etc., frequently among the pine roots. The young nymphs rarely appear above ground, but following rain the adults burrow to the surface, especially at night.... This species is also found in the brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) scrub about 70 miles west of Rockhampton, Queensland, and on Fraser Island off the Coast of Queensland" (Henson in Day, 1950).

Megaloblatta blaberoides

Panama.—Under bark on tree (Hebard, 1920).

Ecuador.—Under a dense pile of dead leaves around base of tree (Campos R., 1926).

Megamareta verticalis

Australia.—In sugarcane (Hebard, 1943).

Methana canae

Australia.—Under loose bark on dead upright tree (Pope, 1953a).

Methana curvigera

Australia.—Under loose bark on trees and logs; many specimens on wattle trees where in strong sunlight they hid in curled-up leaves; oöthecae attached to underside of loose bark and leaves (Pope, 1953a).

Methana marginalis

Australia.—Under loose bark of trees and logs (Pope, 1953a).

Moluchia (?) dahli

Chile.—Collected from lichens and mosses on tree trunks (Princis, 1952).

Muzoa madida

Costa Rica.—Under dead wood in dense second-growth forest; in thick mat of hanging dead vegetation in dense forest; under leaves in forest (Rehn, 1930).

Nauclidas nigra

St. Vincent.—Under rotten fruit (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Nelipophygus ramsdeni

Cuba.—Under rotten bark (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Neoblattella detersa

Jamaica.—Under dried leaves of coconut palm; in dry leaves under acacia on hillside; in debris on beach; under stones on coral rock; in leaf mold under dense brush on hillside; under bracts of banana blossoms (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Neoblattella dryas

Jamaica.—In bases of dead tree-fern fronds; numerous in bromeliads; nearly all collected specimens were taken in these plants (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Neoblattella eurydice

Jamaica.—Nearly all collected specimens taken in bromeliads (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Neoblattella grossbecki

Jamaica.—In epiphytic bromeliads and hollow bases of dead tree-fern fronds; nearly all collected specimens taken in bromeliads (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Neoblattella proserpina

Jamaica.—Under bark of huckleberry; nearly all collected specimens taken in bromeliads (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Neoblattella semota

Jamaica.—All specimens collected from under drying bracts of banana blossoms (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Nesomylacris cubensis

Cuba.—In dry region of palmettos and pines (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Nesomylacris relica

Jamaica.—Widely distributed from sea level to 5,700 feet elevation; in bromeliads in mountain forest; among dead leaves in heavy leaf mold under dense hillside scrub; under stones and in ground litter about banana trees; under bark of tree in dense ridge-type forest; in dead agave in scrub forest (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Nocticola bolivari

Ethiopia.—Always found under stones or cement blocks, but not necessarily deeply buried in the ground (Chopard, 1950b).

Nyctibora laevigata

Jamaica.—In cracks in dead stump of mimosa; in bromeliads (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Nyctibora lutzi

Puerto Rico.—Possibly to be found most often in rotten tree trunks in the highest mountains; found in rotten stump with termites, ants, and beetle grubs (Wolcott, 1950).

Nyctibora obscura

Trinidad.—Under pile of cornstalks (Princis and Kevan, 1955)

Nyctibora stygia

Haiti.—Under loose dead bark of mesquite tree, 52 specimens (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Oniscosoma    spp.

Australia.—The females bury themselves in loose soil or dust (Tepper, 1893).

Opisthoplatia orientalis

Formosa.—On or in swampy ground or under rotten trees on the ground (Takahashi, 1924).

Panchlora antillarum

Dominican Republic.—In cultivated grounds, palms, fruits, etc. (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Panchlora nivea

Panama.—As Pycnosceloides aporus, in jungle under decaying banana stem in which were boring individuals of Litopeltis bispinosa (Hebard, 1920).

Texas.—Lives in foliage and in the green sheaths of plants (Hebard, 1943a).

Cuba.—On cane leaves; according to Gundlach this genus lives under the loose bark of trees (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Puerto Rico.—In rotting trunks of coconut palms (Seín, 1923). Most specimens have been collected from the very rotten interior of coconut palms (Wolcott, 1950).

Trinidad.—On corn; under old log; flies readily to lights (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Panchlora sagax

Dominica.—In decaying stump in banana patch and in rotting wood. In Puerto Rico, in rotten coconut palm (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Panesthia australis

Australia.—In burrows under the thick bark of fallen and rotting trees (Shaw, 1914). In loose detritus, beneath clods of earth, and in fissures at foot of cliffs along the seashore beyond direct action of the waves (Tepper, 1893).

Panesthia laevicollis

Australia.—Under decayed logs in coastal scrub. It burrows into the soft part of the log (Froggatt, 1906).

Parcoblatta bolliana

North Carolina.—Under pine straw on ground in pine woods (Brimley, 1908).

Texas.—Under dry cow dung in pine woods (Hebard, 1917).

Nebraska.—Under pile of old boards (Hauke, 1949).

Parcoblatta caudelli

North Carolina.—From under the bark of dead trees (Rehn and Hebard, 1910).

Virginia.—At night on shrubbery. In South Carolina, under sign on tree (Hebard, 1917).

Tennessee.—In traps baited with cornmeal, cantaloupe, or fish in a stand of oak on dry ridge, and in abandoned rocky field on a south-facing slope (Walker, 1957).

Parcoblatta desertae

Texas.—From mountains, arid, and semi-arid regions; under small boulder on desert (Hebard, 1917). On ground in dry-creek bed through scrub oak, pine, and juniper forest (Hebard, 1943a).

Parcoblatta divisa

Eastern and southeastern U.S.—All specimens taken from under signs on red oaks and longleaf and shortleaf pines in Georgia and Virginia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916). Trapped in molasses-baited jar in oak forest in New Jersey; under signs on red and white oaks, sweet gum, and other deciduous trees; under signs on shortleaf and longleaf pines and pine stumps (Hebard, 1917). Widespread in southeastern U.S. in habitats as diverse as dry pine lands, oak scrub, moist hammocks in northern Florida, and deep, cool ravines along Apalachicola River (Hebard, 1943a).

Parcoblatta fulvescens

Eastern and southeastern U.S.—Trapped in molasses jars: in heavy, barrier-beach forest; in typical pine-barrens undergrowth; in pine barrens with heavy, grassy undergrowth; on border of pine barrens and on edge of swamp; in heavy deciduous forest; in heavy oak woods. Found under debris in dead, shortleaf-pine needles; under dead leaves on edge of oak and shortleaf-pine woods; under bark of pine log; among dead leaves under live oaks; under sign on Pinus caribaea (Hebard, 1917).

Georgia.—From under bark of pine log, among dead leaves under live oaks, and under leaves on edge of oak and shortleaf-pine woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).

Florida.—Very common among dead leaves, under logs, beneath loose bark, and wanders about at night in pinelands, hammock, turkey oak, and sand-scrub habitats (Hubbell and Goff, 1940). Beneath drift, cow dung, leaves, boards, bark of logs, and other debris, usually in open pine woods in sandy areas; frequent at the base of thistle leaves (Blatchley, 1920). Friauf (1953) found this species in leaf duff, debris, or decaying wood in these habitats: Scrub (dominant), sandhills (dominant), xeric hammock (dominant), mesic hammock, longleaf-pine flatwoods (infrequent), low hammock (infrequent), and alluvial hammock (infrequent). In the shrub stratum in these habitats: Scrub (dominant), sandhills (dominant), xeric hammock (dominant), and longleaf-pine flatwoods (infrequent). In the herbaceous stratum of the longleaf-pine flatwoods habitat, and under bark and beneath logs in the woodpile habitat.

Parcoblatta lata

Southeastern and southern U.S.—Under bark of pine logs and stumps; in sweet-gum logs and stumps; moderately numerous under bark of dead shortleaf pines; under bark of longleaf-pine stumps; under signs on red oak and longleaf pines; in dead oak. In Texas, under bark of pine stumps (Hebard, 1917).

North Carolina.—All stages under loose bark of dead pines, both prostrate and upright, and stumps. "It seems to prefer the space under the bark to be rather damp" (Brimley, 1908). Under bark of dead pine trees (Rehn and Hebard, 1910).

Florida.—Infrequent in leaf duff and decayed wood of low hammock habitat (Friauf, 1953).

Indiana.—Beneath rocks on sides and tops of high hills, in limestone glades where cedar abounds (Blatchley, 1920).

Missouri.—In leaf stratum of oak-hickory forest (Dowdy, 1951). Earlier, Dowdy (1947) reported finding numerous immature Pseudomopinae [presumably Parcoblatta sp.] in soil and leaf strata of oak-hickory forest.

Texas.—Captured in molasses-baited traps in low, wet, oak woods and in dry woodlot on hillside (Hebard, 1943a).

Parcoblatta pensylvanica

Eastern and southeastern U.S.—Trapped in molasses-baited jars; in oak and in chestnut forests, and on knoll with high deciduous trees. Found in oak and pine woods, under bark of decaying chestnut log and dead chestnut stump, and under signs on trees including oaks (Hebard, 1917).

North Carolina.—In all stages under loose bark of upright, dead pines, when the space under the bark was dry (Brimley, 1908).

Virginia, North and South Carolina.—Under signs on trees (white and red oaks); under bark of dead shortleaf-pine and sweet-gum logs and stumps (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).

Indiana.—Beneath bark of logs and stumps; empty oöthecae common beneath loose bark of logs, especially shellbark hickory (Blatchley, 1920). Under loose bark on logs in January (Blatchley, 1895).

Illinois.—In pine forest associes, in black oak forest on sand, in oak-hickory forest on clay, and in climax forest; it evidently moved into the pine associes nightly, great numbers of oöthecae were found under bark of pine logs, where, in October and November, hibernating nymphs were found (Strohecker, 1937). In nests of Vespula maculata (Balduf, 1936; McClure, 1936).

Missouri.—Usually in hollow trees, under loose bark, in woodpiles, and in cracks in rural buildings (Rau, 1940).

Michigan.—Common in oak-dune and beech-maple forests, under loose bark on dead trees and fallen logs, and under debris on forest floor (Hubbell, 1922). "A characteristic inhabitant of the low shrub-terrestrial and probably the terrestrial-hypogeic stratum." It occurred throughout the upland forests; groups were found established in and under logs 100 to 200 feet from the nearest forest (Cantrall, 1943).

Ontario.—Very abundant in rocky, sparsely-wooded country, where it occurred in rotten logs and under loose bark; on tree trunk at night on rocky island in lake (Walker, 1912).

Parcoblatta uhleriana

North Carolina.—Under pine straw on ground in woods (Brimley, 1908). Under bark of dead trees; 92 males attracted to lights (Rehn and Hebard, 1910).

Virginia.—Resting on woods foliage; at night on road (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).

Eastern and southeastern U.S.—Trapped in molasses-baited jars: in oak and pine woods, in heavy barrier-beach forest, in both scant and typical undergrowth on pine barrens, in heavy grassy undergrowth on pine barrens, on border of pine barrens, on edge of swamp, in heavy deciduous forest, in heavy oak woods, in upland oak and chestnut forest, in chestnut forest, in forested ravine, and on ridge with heavy oak, chestnut, and maple forest. Found under damp leaves on edge of forest, under bark of decayed chestnut log, inside decaying chestnut log with Cryptocercus punctulatus, under palmetto roots, under bark of pine stump, and in dry leaves under live oaks (Hebard, 1917).

Tennessee.—In traps baited with cornmeal or cantaloupe in maple-gum-oak forest in a mesic valley, and in a stand of oak on a dry ridge (Walker, 1957).

Indiana.—Beneath cover on slopes of high wooded hills. "This is essentially a forest-loving species; usually occurring beneath leaves and other debris on or along the borders of heavy hardwood timber." (Blatchley, 1920.)

Illinois.—In oak-hickory forest on clay and in climax forest (Strohecker, 1937).

Michigan.—In oak-dune woods (Hubbell, 1922). Restricted to woodlands, where it inhabited piles of moist dead leaves and rotten logs in oak-hickory forest (Cantrall, 1943).

U.S.A.—This species, P. uhleriana, and P. virginica were attracted at night to honeydew secreted by aphids on Pyrus sp. (Davis, 1918).

Parcoblatta virginica

New England.—Females under loose stones, boards, and other debris on ground; beneath loose bark (Morse, 1920).

North Carolina.—Under debris in dead shortleaf-pine needles (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).

Florida.—Infrequent in the shrub stratum of the scrub habitat. This was the only habitat of 25 studied in which this species was found (Friauf, 1953).

Eastern and southeastern U.S.—Trapped in molasses-baited jars: in pine and oak woods, in pine barrens, in pine woods with heavy grass undergrowth, in oak forest, in heavily forested ravine, on rocky slope with few deciduous trees, on knoll with high deciduous trees, in lofty chestnut forest, and in heavy low chestnut and oak forest on high ridge; under bark of decaying chestnut log and stump; under stones in chestnut forest; under bark of pine stumps (Hebard, 1917).

Indiana.—Frequents borders of open woods and fields; under debris, loose bark, and half-buried logs (Blatchley, 1920).

Illinois.—In black-oak forest on sand, in oak-hickory forest on clay, and in climax forest (Strohecker, 1937).

Michigan.—Common in oak-dune and beech-maple forests; under loose bark on dead trees and fallen logs and under debris on forest floor (Hubbell, 1922). Restricted to woodlands, where it inhabited piles of moist dead leaves and rotten logs in oak-hickory forest (Cantrall, 1943).

Texas.—Captured in molasses traps in moist woods of maple, oak, and pine with much undergrowth and a heavy layer of duff; in open, rather dry woodlot of Spanish oak and other trees; and in low wet woods of willow and oak along creek (Hebard, 1943a).

Parcoblatta zebra

Indiana.—Beneath log in cypress swamp (Blatchley, 1920).

Louisiana and Mississippi.—In decay cavity in sweet gum; under sign on shortleaf pine (Hebard, 1917).

Parcoblatta    spp.

Alabama.—In the dry wall of a sweet-gum stump together with serropalpid and tenebrionid beetles (Snow, 1958).

Ohio.—Oöthecae under loose bark of fallen trees, where as many as 184 oöthecae were found within a few feet of each other; others found under boards and in piles of firewood (Edmunds, 1952).

Pelmatosilpha coriacea

Puerto Rico.—Mona Island, under bark of dead trees and under guava leaves (Ramos, 1946). Under bark of Sideroxylon foetidissimum (Wolcott, 1941). Common along the coast and in mountains. "Very much at home" under the loose bark of Sideroxylon foetidissimum (Wolcott, 1950).

Pelmatosilpha kevani

Trinidad.—Under debris in bush (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Pelmatosilpha purpurascens

Dominica.—In decaying logs in forest (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Periplaneta americana

Bermuda.—Among and under decaying debris, just above high-tide line (Verrill, 1902).

Johnson Island.—Nocturnal, coming out at night in great numbers about Tribulus blossoms. Under timbers on French Frigate Shoals (Bryan, 1926).

United States.—Alleyways and yards may be overrun during the summer; adults and hundreds of nymphs found in decaying maple trees along residential street (Gould and Deay, 1938, 1940). Around fumaroles where a railroad fill was burning internally (Davis, 1927). Common in palm trees along the gulf coast of Texas, where they often fly around street lights at night (Zimmern in Gould and Deay, 1940).

Periplaneta australasiae

Bermuda.—Very abundant under stones (Rehn, 1910).

Jamaica.—Under bark of dead tree and under bases of leaves of coconut palms (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Virgin Islands, St. Croix.—Common in sugarcane fields and in woodlands (Beatty, 1944).

Florida.—Juveniles under bark of dead logs of Pinus caribaea (Hebard, 1915). Frequently found under signs on trees near borders of towns; under bases of dead petioles of cabbage palmetto (Hebard, 1917). Beneath logs, burlap bags, and other cover in old orange orchards (Blatchley, 1920).

Marquesas Islands.—Under coconut fronds and grass (Hebard, 1935).

Nihoa Island.—Nymphs only, on Sida, Pritchardia, bunch grass, and about camp (Bryan, 1926).

Periplaneta brunnea

Georgia.—Under signs on oaks (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).

Florida.—Beneath bark of stump (Blatchley, 1920).

Periplaneta fuliginosa

Southeastern and southern U.S.—"This species is usually encountered out of doors, in or near towns. Over its range it is frequently found under signs on trees" (Hebard, 1917).

Phidon (?) dubius

Chile.—Collected from mosses and lichens on tree trunks (Princis, 1952).

Phoraspis spp.

Brazil and Guiana.—In grasslands, plantations of maize, sugarcane, and other plants on the borders of forests; the cockroaches were always found between the leaves which form the branches of the plants (Doumerc in Blanchard, 1837).

Phyllodromica brevipennis

Asia Minor and western Europe.—On ground among grasses; under moss and brushwood in mountain meadows (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Phyllodromica graeca

U.S.S.R., western Georgia.—In pine forest mixed with deciduous trees (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Phyllodromica irinae

U.S.S.R., Turan Lowland.—Along margins of "tugas" under half-fallen bushes of Salsola kali that overhang the ground (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Phyllodromica maculata

Central Europe and western U.S.S.R.—On the edges of forests of the central-European type that are lighted by the sun; under fallen leaves; on bushes and conifers (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Phyllodromica meglerei

U.S.S.R.—Among fallen leaves under bushes; on oak branches; under mown hay (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Phyllodromica polita

Caucasus.—Under fallen leaves on slopes of mountains covered by forest or brushwood (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Phyllodromica pygmaea

U.S.S.R.—In the sands of Un-dzhal-kum and Zhety-konur it is found in the dense turf of Aristida pennata (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Phyllodromica tartara

Central Asia.—In lowlands and in mountains up to 2,500 meters; in fruit orchards under trap rings fastened to trees to combat lesser apple worm (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Phyllodromica tartara nigrescens

Southern Uzbekistan.—Under bark of Juniperus sp., under stones and on flowers of Scorzonera acanthoclada (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Platyzosteria castanea

Australia.—Under loose wood or bark (Shaw, 1914).

Platyzosteria novae seelandiae

New Zealand.—Swarms under loose dry bark and logs (Walker, 1904).

Plectoptera dominicae

Dominica.—On moss-covered lime trees. "The species of the genus Plectoptera are all foliage and flower frequenters, generally secured by beating low arborescent vegetation, or are attracted to light" (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Plectoptera dorsalis

Puerto Rico.—In caladium, grass, weeds, coffee, and bananas; in flowers of Ipomoea tiliasea (Rehn and Hebard, 1927). "... living in trees between leaves, or in 'butterfly-nests' of Tetralopha scabridella in leaves of Inga vera, or of Pilocrocis secernalis in the leaves of 'capá blanco' (Petitia domingensis) in the mountains. Along the coast they have been found under the bracts of cotton squares or bolls, and under the leaf-sheaths of sugar cane, in curled-up leaves of grapefruit, or in the dry flower clusters of 'espino rubial' (Zanthoxylum caribaeum)." These observations apply also to Plectoptera infulata and P. rhabdota (Wolcott, 1950).

Plectoptera floridana

Florida.—On fringe of tall bushes at edge of mangrove swamp (Rehn and Hebard, 1914). Rehn and Hebard (1927) stated that on the Keys it frequented dry scrubby vegetation, particularly Ilex cassine.

Plectoptera infulata

Puerto Rico.—See Wolcott's (1950) comments under Plectoptera dorsalis above.

Plectoptera lacerna

Cuba.—In grasses, sedges, etc., about a waterhole; on grass, pines and oak (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Plectoptera perscita

Dominica.—On moss-covered lime trees (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Plectoptera porcellana

Cuba.—Taken on flowers of "Júcaro" (Gundlach in Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Plectoptera pygmaea

Jamaica.—In relatively dense forest foliage; in shrubbery (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Plectoptera rhabdota

Puerto Rico.—In mixed vegetation; on grapefruit tree and guava (Psidium guajava); on bushes and shrubs (Rehn and Hebard, 1927). On coffee trees; on Spondias; on sugarcane; in caterpillar nests of Tetralopha scabridella on Inga vera; in old cotton bolls; on grapefruit (Wolcott, 1936). See also Wolcott's (1950) comments under Plectoptera dorsalis.

Plectoptera vermiculata

Cuba.—On pine in palmetto region (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Polyphaga aegyptiaca

Algeria.—Nymphal females under decaying leaves at the end of November (Lucas, 1849).

Transcaucasia.—In burrows in argillaceous cliffs along ravines. Females often covered by attached clay particles, an indication, according to Bei-Bienko, that this species is ecologically connected to compact clay soils or at least does not avoid them (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

See also the section on desert habitats (p. 29).

Polyphaga saussurei

South-central Asia.—Occupies compact clay soils; distributed in drier regions than P. aegyptiaca; frequently found near dwellings, in yards, stables, and houses (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Polyzosteria limbata

Australia.—Common, usually "resting among the foliage or sunning itself on a fence or stumps, seldom or never hiding under bark or logs like most of the species" (Froggatt, 1906).

Poroblatta    spp.

Tropical America.—"The species of Poroblatta apparently live as borers in stumps and logs in a manner similar to those of Cryptocercus Scudder in the United States" (Gurney, 1937).

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

Costa Rica.—Among humus and rubble in crevices and large cavities in rocks of the Tertiary limestone rim and the metamorphosed and igneous rocks of the interior of the islands (Baker in Rehn, 1930).

Supella supellectilium

Virgin Islands, St. Croix.—Under rubbish heaps; in sugarcane straw (Beatty, 1944).

Africa.—"A cosmotropical species which occurs both out of doors and as a household pest in many warmer parts of the world. It is apparently endemic to non-forested areas in much of Africa north of the Equator." (Kevan and Chopard, 1954.)

Symploce flagellata

Puerto Rico.—Under low trees on hillside and dead leaves in thicket of sea grape (Hebard, 1916c).

Symploce hospes

Hawaii.—Under stones and rubbish (Illingworth, 1915).

Virgin Islands, St. Croix.—Under rubbish and on shrubbery at night (Beatty, 1944).

Symploce jamaicana

Jamaica.—In dead leaves under acacia and other shrubs in desert tract; under log and rubbish in open on limestone sand near beach (Hebard, 1916c). Very common in short dry grass in roadside gutter at night, often clustered together; under beach trash in stony wash of Hope River (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Symploce ruficollis

Virgin Islands, St. Croix.—Under rubbish and on shrubbery at night (Beatty, 1944).

Puerto Rico.—In siftings from sea-grape thicket on sandy soil (Rehn and Hebard, 1927). Often living under leaf-sheaths of sugarcane (Wolcott, 1950).

Tartaroblatta karatavica

Asia, Kara-tau Mountains.—Many hundreds of individuals found only under stones on moist earth and not where ground seemed dry; found on very stony slopes with sparse vegetation, often with undergrowth present (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

STRUCTURAL HABITATS

In this category we include all man-made structures, whether inhabited by man or not, that may become infested with cockroaches. A nonexhaustive list of such structures would include dwellings, restaurants, mess halls, barracks, groceries, markets, bakeries, dairies, drug stores, department stores, hotels, hospitals, warehouses, mills, factories, packing houses, animal houses, breweries, incinerators, privies, sewers, sewage treatment plants, ships, aircraft, etc. Although dwellings are only one of the many kinds of structures that are colonized by cockroaches, the several species that have adopted this mode of life are generally referred to as domiciliary cockroaches. This term is adequate only if we remember that these cockroaches are not restricted to domiciles but are pests in other structures as well.

Associations between man and certain species of cockroaches possibly started as casually as the short-lived association that Beebe (1953) observed when he discovered three cockroaches in the newly built couch of an orang-utan. Obviously, when man came down from the trees, his fellow travelers found his cave dwellings and other abodes particularly favorable habitats. From such primitive beginnings, domiciliary cockroaches have spread into every kind of structure that man has since devised. We predict that when man develops a suitable vehicle, cockroaches will someday accompany him into space. Yet despite the apparent predilection of certain species of cockroaches for man, man is only incidental to these associations. Only the shelter and food that man unwittingly provides for these unwelcome guests attract cockroaches to him; man's physical presence is unnecessary.

Most, if not all, of the common domiciliary cockroaches apparently originated in the Tropics or sub-Tropics from whence they have spread, through normal commercial channels, into most of the inhabited world. At least eight domiciliary cockroaches originated in Africa (Rehn, 1945): Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, Leucophaea maderae, Nauphoeta cinerea, Oxyhaloa buprestoides, Periplaneta americana, P. australasiae, and Supella supellectilium; and, perhaps, Periplaneta brunnea as well; Neostylopyga rhombifolia was probably of Indo-Malayan origin; Pycnoscelus surinamensis was of oriental origin; and Leurolestes pallidus was endemic in the West Indies (Rehn, 1945). Princis (1954a) rejected Africa as the original home of Blatta orientalis and advanced reasons for placing its origin in Central Asia.

Several domiciliary species have become well established in temperate zones and some even in the Arctic. Bei-Bienko (1950) listed the following 10 species as sinanthropes in the Palearctic zone: Blatta lateralis, B. orientalis, Blattella germanica, Leucophaea maderae, Periplaneta americana, P. australasiae, Polyphaga saussurei, Pycnoscelus surinamensis, and Supella supellectilium. In the warmer parts of the temperate regions, as in their native Tropics, certain domiciliary species breed outdoors as well as indoors. In the less temperate extensions of their ranges most domiciliary species are nearly always found indoors. In regions with low winter temperatures these cockroaches do not survive in unheated structures; but in heated buildings Blattella germanica, for example, has been able to withstand the rigorous climate of Alaska, where it has caused severe infestations (Chamberlin, 1949).

The limiting factors that determine whether man-made structures will provide suitable habitats for cockroaches are favorable temperature and availability of water and food. The range of temperatures that man provides for his own comfort and protection fosters the rapid increase of cockroach populations indoors. Gunn (1934, 1935) has demonstrated that the preferred temperature range (zone of indifference) of Blatta orientalis is 20-29° C. The upper limit of the preferred temperature of Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana is 33° C. (Gunn, 1935). The lower limits of temperature tolerance were not sharply defined in Gunn's work. However, less than optimum temperatures, if they last for only short periods, are not necessarily lethal. The 24-hour mortality for P. americana that had been held for one hour at 0° C. was only 2±2 percent (Knipling and Sullivan, 1957). Gunn (1934) observed that Blatta orientalis would not settle at temperatures above 33° C. and would react violently against higher temperatures (e.g., 39° C.) by running away; thus the thermotactic behavior of cockroaches might be presumed to bring them into favorable environments within structures. Thermal death points have been determined for the above three species by Gunn and Notley (1936).

It is common knowledge among those who rear cockroaches experimentally that, unless the water content of the food is high, fluid water is essential in the insects' dietary. Ten species of domiciliary cockroaches have been shown to be unable to survive as long on dry food alone as they could on food and water at 36-40 percent relative humidity (Willis and Lewis, 1957). Blatta orientalis, when in a state of normal water balance, usually spent more time in the drier part of a humidity gradient; but desiccated insects tended to become hygropositive (Gunn and Cosway, 1938). We presume that other domiciliary species behave similarly. If water is available nearby, it may be presumed that partially desiccated cockroaches could locate a source through the mediation of a humidity sense. Hygroreceptors have been demonstrated on the antennae of Blattella germanica (Roth and Willis, 1952a) and suggested for Blatta orientalis (Gunn and Cosway, 1938).

Drinking water is available to cockroaches in the traps of sinks, wash basins, tubs, and toilet bowls; in flush tanks; as condensation on cold pipes, flush tanks, and windows; around leaking pipes and faucets; as spillage; in miscellaneous water-filled containers, such as pet drinking dishes, aquaria, vases; empty beverage bottles; and drainage from ice boxes. Soft, juicy fruits and vegetables can provide both moisture and food. There seems to be a tendency for certain species (Blatta orientalis and Blattella germanica) to become established in the more humid parts of structures, such as basements, around sinks, and in bathrooms. Whether this is a reaction to a preferred humidity or merely a fortuitous aggregation near sources of drinking water and food has never been clearly demonstrated. The rather widespread dissemination of these species into zones of low as well as high humidity suggests that detailed studies of the microclimatic conditions of structural microhabitats will be needed before meaningful conclusions can be drawn about the stratification of cockroaches within structures according to species.

In nearly all structures infested by cockroaches, food of some kind is available, either in the structure itself or nearby. This may be the food stored by man for his own use or the use of kept animals; it may be crumbs, food spillage, garbage, or excreta; glues and pastes on cartons, boxes, stamps, envelopes, labels, and wall paper; sizing on cloth and book covers; various dried animal and plant products; dead insects; living plants; etc. In fact, it is almost impossible, despite good housekeeping, to keep any structure used by man free of all food suitable for cockroaches.

That the requisite temperature, water, and food are provided, more or less adequately, by a variety of structures is attested by the innumerable infestations of cockroaches that develop when control measures are relaxed. Within structures the accessibility of certain harborages to cockroaches probably depends on the habits of the species and to some extent on their size. Similar types of harborages in different structures may be used by the same species, although there seems to be some overlapping by different species into the same kinds of daytime shelters. The comparative ecology of domiciliary cockroaches has not been thoroughly investigated, so any interpretation of observational data is necessarily speculative and inconclusive at this time. Our discussion on pages 324 to 343 is also pertinent to this section.

LAND-BASED STRUCTURES

Dwellings provide a variety of microhabitats that are acceptable to cockroaches. It has been stated that old houses, or houses that have many cracks and crevices, or have basement kitchens that are not kept clean and in good repair are particularly liable to invasion by cockroaches (Laing, 1946; British Museum [Nat. Hist.], 1951). Although this statement is undoubtedly true, it has been our personal experience, as well as the experience of others, that new, clean, and well-planned houses and apartments are also easily and sometimes quickly invaded by cockroaches. Mallis (1954) has cited the following places that are frequently infested by cockroaches in homes. In the kitchen, cockroaches are found in and around sinks, in cupboards above and below sinks, under tables and chairs, in stoves, around breadboards, in utility cabinets, in kitchen closets, under linoleum, behind, under, and inside refrigerators and iceboxes. In living rooms cockroaches are found in furniture, studio couches, sewing machines, closets, and bookshelves; behind picture frames, pennants, calendars, and other wall ornaments. In bathrooms cockroaches are found in and behind utility cabinets and toilets; they may be found in wicker clothes hampers, in brooms and mops, and in door hinges. Ordinarily, cockroaches are not found in bedrooms unless they are abundant elsewhere in the dwelling. Additional harborages are cited under specific cockroaches in the list below.

In markets DeLong (1948) found the German cockroach in bags of potatoes and onions, in crates of citrus fruits, in pads and shredded papers in banana boxes, and in cases of bottled beverages. The insects were attracted by coffee and crawled into the folds of coffee bags. They were found in cartons of canned goods; in bread and baked goods; in cartons of packaged cookies, cakes, and crackers. Packaged cereals were attractive, and cockroaches were sometimes found in packages of cigarettes. The insects occurred in scales (by the hundreds) and in cash registers. Rather heavy infestations were found under stainless-steel cappings that covered wooden arms on the fish cleaning stand. The insects were numerous in display cases where they were warm and sheltered. They were also found behind mirrors above produce racks, in electrical switch boxes and conduits, and in telephone boxes, as well as generally in cracks and behind loose moldings or loose wall boards. Enclosed boxlike tables were frequently heavily infested.

In restaurants cockroaches may be found in the following places: Crevices in wood, plaster, concrete, and metal; in the bar; in the kitchen and in the associated equipment; in cupboards, lavatories, and garbage storage areas; and on the undersides of chairs and tables (Mallis, 1954).

In drug stores Frings (1948) found cockroaches behind the mirror and between the sink and the cooler. Thousands were found in hollow ornamental shelf edging. The hollow bases of malted-milk dispensers and drink mixers were cockroach havens.

In a hospital Frings (1948) found cockroaches in decorative trim around doorways, by the thousands in wicker laundry baskets, and in incubators for premature babies. In military hospitals we have seen cockroaches (Blattella germanica) in kitchens and dining halls in the usual hiding places mentioned above and on the undersides of stainless-steel serving tables.

In department stores cockroaches have been found in food departments, beauty salons, rest rooms, dressing rooms, linen departments, and stationery departments (Anonymous, 1952). The infestation in the linen department was traced to clean towels which, when returned from the laundry, contained at least 500 cockroaches per bundle. The insects were carried into the rest rooms and beauty salon when the towels were distributed.

The microhabitats of cockroaches in privies and sewers have not been studied. These habitats are particularly important in view of the demonstrated migrations of cockroaches from sewers into dwellings and the possible dissemination of pathogenic microorganisms from feces to food. The reader is referred to our 1957(a) paper for a summary of the known information on cockroach dispersal from sewers.

COCKROACHES ASSOCIATED WITH LAND-BASED STRUCTURES

Most of the cockroaches listed below are either known domiciliary species or they have been found one or more times in houses or other man-made structures. The known structural pests breed within the building. Certain other species, which have been observed only infrequently in structures and are not known to breed there, may possibly be incipient pests; these latter species may attain future economic importance if they establish breeding colonies within a structure. A few species have undoubtedly wandered indoors by accident. It is difficult to decide whether a particular species was an accidental invader or whether it was attracted indoors in response to some stimulus. Only additional information will provide the desired answers.

Aglaopteryx ypsilon

Trinidad.—Male found indoors (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Allacta similis

Hawaii.—Found only indoors at Nauhi. Otherwise this is apparently an outdoor species (Swezey and Williams, 1932).

Blaberus craniifer

Cuba.—Household pest (Deschapelles, 1939). Particularly abundant in houses in Santiago and Havana (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Florida.—Under boards in woodshed (Rehn and Hebard, 1912, 1914).

Blaberus discoidalis

Ecuador.—In eating places (Campos R., 1926).

Hispaniola.—In houses (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

New Jersey.—In greenhouse (Weiss, 1917).

Puerto Rico.—In homes (Seín, 1923). In fruit stores (Wolcott, 1950).

Blatta lateralis

Central Asia.—Household pest, often found in homes with clay floors (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Turkmen S.S.R.—Males and females occurred in dwellings (Vlasov, 1929).

Blatta orientalis

This species is a cosmopolitan domiciliary pest (Hebard, 1917; Rehn, 1945). It is reported to occur particularly in basements and crawl spaces under basementless houses (Mallis, 1954). In damp basements where food is available large colonies are not unusual, but it also may infest offices and apartments several floors off the ground (Gould and Deay, 1940). The number encountered on upper floors is seldom large, but the frequency of occurrence may reach 30 percent of the observations (Spear et al., in Shuyler, 1956). In supermarkets this species hides during the day inside concrete blocks or cracks in the foundation, under furniture, or behind cartons; it is conspicuous on the floors of the markets at night (De Long, 1948). In Great Britain the kitchen is preferred by this pest (and by Blattella germanica); they shelter beneath steam radiators and gas stoves, behind hot-water pipes, underneath furniture and floor coverings, sinks and baths; basements and underground kitchens are especially likely to be infested (Laing, 1946; British Museum [Nat. Hist.], 1951). Goodliffe (1958) noted that B. orientalis may travel long distances to find food.

Blattella germanica

This species is a cosmopolitan domiciliary pest (Hebard, 1917; Rehn, 1945). It is one of the commonest insects in homes and restaurants (Gould and Deay, 1940). It is found in kitchens, larders, bathrooms, furnace rooms, and storage rooms of bakeries, breweries, hospitals, barracks, as well as dwellings, where, during daylight, it hides behind cupboards, furniture, hanging pictures, panels and skirting boards, in cracks around drains, water pipes, electric wires, and hot-water and steam heating units (Wille, 1920). The German cockroach may be found in cracks around baseboards, pipes, conduits, sinks, and drawers; behind cabinets; inside switch boxes and refrigerators; on under surfaces of tables, chairs, and shelves; between stacks of stored goods, and in almost every place that is not readily observed (Kruse, 1948). We have also seen this species packed in electric-clock cases and loud-speaker baffles, in cash registers, and clinging to the undersurface of stainless-steel steam tables. The infestation of markets by this species has been described above. Very narrow cracks provide refuges for the German cockroach. Wille (1920) found first-instar nymphs in cracks 0.5 mm. wide and adult males and females without oöthecae in cracks 1.6 mm. wide.

Shuyler (1956) has observed extensions into relatively new structural habitats by Blattella germanica in the north-central area of the United States. A few German cockroaches are now being encountered in living rooms, bedrooms, clothes closets, bedroom furniture, lobbies, entrance halls, checkrooms, nonfood storerooms, nonfood warehouses, and coin-vending machine repair shops. In these situations this species is behaving much like the brown-banded cockroach, Supella supellectilium.

Blattella schubotzi

Cameroon.—Five specimens in a house (Princis, 1955).

Blattella vaga

U.S.A.—Although this is mostly an outdoor species, during dry seasons it may temporarily enter houses in great numbers, occasionally breeding indoors in Arizona (Flock, 1941a). Two adults were collected indoors in Texas (Riherd, 1953).

Chromatonotus notatus

Trinidad.—A male was found indoors (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Cutilia soror

Hawaii.—Almost as common in houses as Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Hebard, 1922).

Ectobius duskei

U.S.S.R.—Frequently occurs in living apartments in farming localities as an accidental inhabitant (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Ectobius pallidus

Massachusetts.—A summertime pest in houses along coast (Gurney, 1953; E. R. Willis, personal observation). Generally an outdoor species.

Epilampra abdomen-nigrum

Trinidad.—Male, indoors (Princis and Kevan, 1955). An outdoor species generally.

Ergaula capensis

Cameroon.—A male taken in a house (Princis, 1955).

Eublaberus posticus

Trinidad.—Indoors, feeding on bat feces (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Eurycotis floridana

Florida.—Occasionally found in homes (Creighton, 1954; Roth and Willis, 1954a).

Euthyrrhapha pacifica

Hawaii.—Found outdoors and indoors where it breeds in neglected cupboards and in rubbish (Fullaway and Krauss, 1945).

Holocompsa azteca

Mexico.—Household pest (Ball et al., 1942).

Holocompsa cyanea

Costa Rica.—One specimen in house (Rehn, 1906).

Holocompsa nitidula

Apparently domiciliary in American Tropics (Hebard, 1917). In houses under chests, etc., Cuba (Gundlach, 1890-1891); Puerto Rico (Gundlach, 1887). In folds of burlap bag, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1914).

Ischnoptera rufa occidentalis

Panama.—Thrives about human habitations under litter, though not domiciliary (Hebard, 1920).

Ischnoptera rufa rufa

Jamaica.—In hotel. "While hardly a domiciliary form it would seem to frequent environments where man has considerably disturbed natural conditions, as under debris, docks, under logs and stones in cultivated areas" (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Leucophaea maderae

West Indies.—In habitations, warehouses, and other structures; "At times it is a very abundant and serious pest" (Rehn, 1945). In Puerto Rico it was also found in fruit stores, markets, and inns (Seín, 1923; Wolcott, 1950).

Reported as a domiciliary pest in Madeira (Heer, 1864); Windward Islands (Marshall, 1878); Tropics and sub-Tropics (Rehn, 1937); Philippine Islands (Uichanco, 1953); New York City (Anonymous, 1953; Gurney, 1953); Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955). This species is also established in coastal Brazil, Central America, all the Greater Antilles, several other tropical islands, and tropical Africa, where it probably originated (Rehn, 1945).

Leurolestes circumvagans

Hispaniola, Grenada.—Largely domiciliary (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Leurolestes pallidus

Cuba.—All over island, in houses, under lockers, etc. (Rehn, 1945; Gundlach, 1890-1891).

Florida.—Rehn and Hebard (1914).

This species has been recorded from various islands in the West Indies, from Mexico, Guatemala, and Brazil (Rehn, 1945).

Methana marginalis

Australia.—Reported entering houses (Pope, 1953a).

Nauphoeta cinerea

Australia.—In hospital (Mackerras and Mackerras, 1948). In dwellings, grain stores, and fowl-feeding pens (Pope, 1953).

Sudan.—Domiciliary in huts of the Shilluk natives; fairly widely distributed in eastern Africa (Rehn, 1945).

Hawaii.—In feed rooms of poultry plants (Illingworth, 1942).

Florida.—Established in feed mills around Tampa (Gresham, 1952; Gurney, 1953).

The wide distribution of this species from East Africa, where it originated, to the Orient and the New World was undoubtedly mediated by shipping (Rehn, 1945).

Neoblattella    sp.

Puerto Rico.—Observed [as Blatta caraibea, Rehn and Hebard (1927)] in houses (Gundlach, 1887).

Neostylopyga rhombifolia

Domiciliary in Indo-Malaya and New World Tropics (Rehn, 1945); Philippine Islands (Uichanco, 1953); and Hawaii (Hebard, 1922).

Oxyhaloa buprestoides

Presumably to some extent domiciliary, as it evidently spread from Africa to the New World via slave ships (Rehn and Hebard, 1927; Rehn, 1945).

Panchlora nivea

Colombia.—A male and a female taken in a dwelling (Princis, 1946). This is primarily an outdoor species which is frequently taken indoors as an adventive on bananas (see p. 150 for references).

Parcoblatta fulvescens

Florida.—Males found in laboratory and dormitory buildings, ostensibly attracted by lights (Friauf, 1953).

Parcoblatta lata

Connecticut.—Domiciliary pest (Moore, 1957). Generally an outdoor species.

Parcoblatta notha

Arizona.—It may occasionally be a nuisance in houses (Ball et al., 1942).

Parcoblatta pensylvanica

U.S.A.—Country houses often badly infested, Indiana (Blatchley, 1920). Frequently taken in houses in wooded areas, Michigan (Hubbell, 1922). Infestation by males, females, and nymphs on fourth floor of building, South Dakota (Severin, 1952). Houses in wooded areas infested by nymphs and occasionally by adults (Gould and Deay, 1940).

Canada.—Pest in summer cottages in Ontario (Walker, 1912).

Periplaneta americana

This is a cosmopolitan domiciliary pest (Hebard, 1917; Rehn, 1945). It is common in restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, and where food is prepared or stored; it was trapped regularly in the basement and upper floors of store buildings, and it was also found in all heated parts of an old meat-packing plant (Gould and Deay, 1938). P. americana was numerous in latrines in Iran (Bei-Bienko, 1950) and in privies in Texas (Dow, 1955) and Georgia (Haines and Palmer, 1955). Large numbers of this species also occur in sewers adjacent to human habitations (Roth and Willis, 1957a).

Periplaneta australasiae

Generally domiciliary, but also occurs outdoors in the West Indies (Rehn and Hebard, 1927). It is a very abundant domiciliary pest in tropical Africa and tropical America (Rehn, 1945); Ecuador (Campos R., 1926); Puerto Rico (Sein, 1923); Philippine Islands (Uichanco, 1953); Australia (Pope, 1953).

Also occurs as a pest in greenhouses in Pennsylvania (Thilow and Riley, 1891); France (Giard, 1900); Italy (Boettger, 1930); Great Britain (Laing, 1946; British Museum [Nat. Hist.], 1951).

Periplaneta brunnea

Circumtropical domiciliary pest which is apparently more nearly peculiar to the Tropics and adjacent regions than P. americana (Hebard, 1917). This species has been trapped in significant numbers in privies and dwellings in Georgia (Haines and Palmer, 1955). It is the species of Periplaneta present in homes in San Antonio, Texas (Mallis, 1954).

Periplaneta fuliginosa

U.S.A.—Frequently encountered out of doors, but has been reported common after dark about a hotel in Alabama and was captured in a house in Louisiana; it was also extremely abundant on the wharves at night in Jacksonville, Florida (Hebard, 1917). As a domiciliary pest it was, next to Blattella germanica, the most common cockroach inside homes in southwest Georgia, where it was also the most common cockroach in privies (Haines and Palmer, 1955). This species has become a very common domiciliary pest in Texas (Eads, personal communication, 1955). It infested a greenhouse for five years in Indiana (Gould and Deay, 1940).

Periplaneta ignota

Australia.—It occurs in dwellings occasionally (Pope, 1953).

Phaetalia pallida

Colombia.—Three specimens from three dwellings (Princis, 1946).

Trinidad.—Male indoors; male and female at light (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Plectoptera dorsalis

Puerto Rico.—According to Gundlach (1887) it enters houses at night attracted by light (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Polyphaga aegyptiaca

Iraq.—Common in houses (Weber, 1954).

Caucasus.—Winged male in kitchen (Burr, 1913).

U.S.S.R.—Listed as a sinanthrope (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Polyphaga saussurei

South-central Asia.—One of the commonest domiciliary species (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Pseudophoraspis nebulosa

East Indies.—This species is sometimes difficult indoors (Karny, 1925).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

A household pest in the East Indies (Karny, 1925); Philippine Islands (Uichanco, 1953); Tanganyika (Smith, 1955); Trinidad, eight records indoors (Princis and Kevan, 1955). It is also a greenhouse pest (Hebard, 1917; Zappe, 1918; Doucette and Smith, 1926; Saupe, 1928; Roeser, 1940). Common in or around chicken batteries and yards in Hawaii (Schwabe, 1949).

Supella supellectilium

Domiciliary wherever distributed (Rehn, 1945), this species is especially difficult to control because of its apparently nonselective dispersal throughout dwellings. For example, Mallis (1954) observed in Texas that it was widely distributed throughout the apartment and was probably the most common cockroach seen in the bedroom; its favorite harborages were beneath and behind corner braces on kitchen chairs, underneath tables, behind pictures and other objects on walls, and in shower stalls; its oöthecae were commonly fastened on walls and ceilings throughout the house. Gould and Deay (1940) reported that this species prefers high locations, such as shelves in closets, behind pictures, and picture molding; oöthecae were found about kitchen sink, desks, tables, and other furniture, and even in bedding. Hafez and Afifi (1956) stated that the adult wanders in nearly all rooms of the house and only visits the kitchen when searching for food; it hides in cupboards, pantries, closets, bookshelves, drawers, and behind picture frames; the nymphs normally hide in the corners of drawers, behind frames, and in similar situations.

Symploce bicolor

Puerto Rico.—In houses, Sardinera Beach, Mona Island (Ramos, 1946).

Symploce hospes

North American Tropics.—Domiciliary, but not exclusively so, and apparently widely distributed (Hebard, 1917). In Florida, as Ischnoptera rufescens, found in a greasy cupboard (Rehn and Hebard, 1914).

Hawaii.—Illingworth (1915).

SHIPS

Sailing ships have long been notorious for their unwelcome hordes of cockroaches, and it was by ship that at least 11 domiciliary species migrated from their centers of origin to other parts of the world (Rehn, 1945). Over 40 nondomiciliary species have been carried by ship from the American Tropics to other parts of the world in cargoes of bananas (p. 146). In addition to these, other adventive cockroaches appear from time to time in ports to which they have been carried by ships. Yet by far the most numerous cockroaches on shipboard are the breeding populations of a few common domiciliary pests. Except in the most rigorously disinsectized ships, this commerce in cockroaches has continued to the present day.

Cockroaches undoubtedly infested the first ships that sailed the Mediterranean; of these we have no records. The earliest recognizable record of cockroaches on shipboard is Moffett's (1634) statement that when Drake captured the ship Philip, he found it overrun with cockroaches [Blattarum alatarum]. Bligh (1792) described disinfesting H.M.S. Bounty with boiling water to kill cockroaches. Chamisso (1829) reported that he had seen ships casks, in which rice or grain had been stored, that were found to be filled with Blattella germanica when opened. During a voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land, Lewis (1836) was greatly annoyed by hundreds of cockroaches flying about his cabin at night; the most numerous resembled Periplaneta americana and another was similar to Ectobius lapponicus. This latter was undoubtedly B. germanica, which is the only ship-infesting species that resembles the feral E. lapponicus. Lewis continued, P. americana "were in immense profusion, and had communication with every part of the ship, between the timbers or skin. The ravages they committed on everything edible were very extensive; not a biscuit but was more or less polluted by them, and amongst the cargo 300 cases of cheeses, which had holes in them to prevent their sweating, were considerably damaged, some of them being half devoured and not one without some marks of their residence."

Kingsley (1870), Kellogg (1908), Gates (1912), Heiser (1936), and Bronson (1943) have all reported that cockroaches were so numerous on ships that they gnawed the skin and nails of the men on board. These are all independent observations of what may well have been a common occurrence on ships. We have discussed in detail the subject of cockroaches biting man in our 1957(a) paper.

Mosely (1892) reported, "At the time that England was left the ship [H.M.S. Challenger] seemed nearly free of animals, other than men, dogs, and livestock required for food. The first cockroaches apparently came on board at St. Vincent, Cape Verdes.... Cockroaches soon became plentiful on board, and showed themselves whenever the ship was in a warm climate.

"At one period of the voyage, a number of these insects established themselves in my cabin, and devoured parts of my boots, nibbling off all the margins of leather projecting beyond the seams on the upper leathers."

Sir Edmund Freemantle (1904) recalled some of his experiences in the British Navy. "Cockroaches in the tropics were also terrible scourges. One saw little of them in fine, dry weather, but in damp, wet weather they seemed to come from every hidden corner ... our remedy in the 'Spartan' was to make the boys catch them—on pain of being caned.... One brig, the 'Lily,' was so overrun by cockroaches that the officers' clothes smelt of them."

The quotation from Sonan (1924) on page 348 describes similar conditions in the Japanese Navy.

On modern cargo ships cockroaches are reported to be extremely numerous in the galley, the crew's quarters, and sometimes in the holds; they dwell in hot, humid environments such as the casing around steam pipes (Monro, 1951). Williams (1931) reported that Blattella germanica was the most important cockroach pest on ships seen at New York. Although often numerous in the holds, the cockroaches as a rule congregated in living quarters. They were also frequently found between tarpaulins covering the hatches. It was not unusual to kill 20,000 to 50,000 in the forecastle, and more than 20,000 have been taken from a single stateroom. Simanton (1946) inspected the S.S. William Kieth when it berthed at San Francisco from a 10-month voyage to the South Pacific. The holds were infested with thousands of Periplaneta americana, but in the crew's quarters, mess halls, and storerooms B. germanica predominated. After insecticidal treatment about 2,000 P. americana were seen in each hold and as many as 24 B. germanica in each cabin. Richardson (1947) reported that in Army transports inspected between 1943 and 1946 at New York, P. americana was found in the galleys and messes, and occasionally heavy infestations were found deep in the holds; B. germanica was found in the galleys and messes; Blatta orientalis was found only in the hold.

Additional references indicating the presence of Blattella germanica on ships may be found in the account of its parasite Ripidius pectinicornis (p. 232). Although Rice (1925) and Williams (1931) cite B. germanica as the most numerous cockroach on ships, Brooke (1920) stated that the great majority of ship cockroaches were Periplaneta americana. In addition to citing cockroach infestations on ships, the following authors reported various methods for disinfecting ships: Canalis (1916), Pryor (1918), Brooke (1920), Rice (1925), Williams (1931), Simanton (1946), Richardson (1947), and Anonymous (1951, 1954).

COCKROACHES ASSOCIATED WITH SHIPS

In the following list we include some previously unpublished data on cockroaches that were recovered from ships at the Miami, Fla., Quarantine Station for the periods November 1945 through May 1946; May, June, August, and September 1950; and 17 July 1957 (Porter, personal communication, 1958). These data were lumped, without breakdown to species, under the entry Orthoptera in Porter (1958).

Certain of the species listed below occur only accidentally on shipboard and will probably never establish breeding colonies on ships or become pests on shipboard or elsewhere; some were merely passengers between one land-based colony and another. Others, the truly domiciliary pests, are as likely to be pests on shipboard as they are in land-based structures.

Blaberus discoidalis

Hispaniola.—On board ship (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Blatta orientalis

U.S.A.—At Port of New York (Richardson, 1947).

Blattella germanica

At sea?—In ships casks (Chamisso, 1829).

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).

AIRCRAFT

Michel (1935) stated that the development of air transportation brought the same insect dispersal problems that exist in land and water transportation; in addition, the problem of cockroach infestation had become a very serious one, quite aside from the hygienic point of view, because it had been discovered that these insects seek out the wings of airplanes, where they subsisted on the glue and dope used in airplane construction. However, Dethier (1945) found no cockroaches in dismantled or wrecked wing and tail structures of metal aircraft in central Africa. In fact, all-metal aircraft would seem to provide little in the way of food or water for stowaway cockroaches.

Laird (1951, 1952, 1956a) found living specimens of Blattella germanica, Periplaneta americana, and Periplaneta australasiae in baggage compartments and/or kitchens in aircraft. Other species which have been recovered from undisclosed spaces in aircraft are listed below. Some of the cockroaches that were reported as dead may not have died from exposure during flight but may have been killed by insecticide applied by inspecting personnel at the airports.

COCKROACHES ASSOCIATED WITH AIRCRAFT

In the following list we include some previously unpublished data on cockroaches that were recovered from aircraft in Miami, Fla., International Airport from 1 July 1956 through 30 June 1957 (Porter, personal communication, 1958). These data were lumped under the entry Orthoptera without breakdown to species in Porter (1958).

Species reported by Hughes (1949), and cited below as from southern United States, were recovered from aircraft that arrived at Brownsville, Fort Worth, Miami, New Orleans, and San Juan. There was no way of linking a specific record with any particular city.

The comments we made above about species that are infrequently encountered on ships apply with equal validity to similar species found on aircraft.

Anaplecta    sp.

U.S.A.—One live and 15 dead specimens recovered from 16 aircraft at Miami (Denning et al., 1947).

Blatta orientalis

U.S.A.—Six live and four dead specimens recovered from six aircraft at Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949).

Blattella germanica

Hawaii.—Williams (1946a).

Khartoum.—Whitfield (1940).

New Zealand.—Laird (1951, 1952, 1956a).

U.S.A.—At Miami 193 live and 184 dead specimens were recovered from 141 aircraft (Denning et al., 1947). Recovered at airports in southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949). Recovered at Miami, 51 live and 24 dead specimens (Porter, personal communication, 1958). Exposed experimentally in jet aircraft (Sullivan et al., 1958).

Blattella    sp.

Khartoum.—Whitfield (1940).

Southern U.S.—Hughes (1949).

Cariblatta    ssp.

U.S.A.—One live and three dead specimens recovered from three aircraft at Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949).

Epilampra    sp.

U.S.A.—One dead specimen, Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949).

Eublaberus posticus

Southern U.S.—Hughes (1949).

Ischnoptera rufa rufa

U.S.A.—Two dead specimens recovered from two aircraft at Miami (Denning et al., 1947).

Ischnoptera    sp.

U.S.A.—Two live and one dead specimen recovered from three aircraft, Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949). One dead specimen, Miami (Porter, personal communication, 1958).

Leucophaea maderae

U.S.A.—Three dead specimens recovered from three aircraft at Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949).

Nauphoeta cinerea

U.S.A.—One live and one dead specimen, Miami (Denning et al., 1947).

Neoblattella    sp.

U.S.A.—One dead specimen recovered at Miami (Denning et al., 1947).

Panchlora nivea

U.S.A.—Two dead specimens recovered from two aircraft, Miami (Denning et al., 1947).

Periplaneta americana

U.S.A.—Five live and three dead specimens recovered from seven aircraft, Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949). Three live and five dead, Miami (Porter, personal communication, 1958). Experimentally exposed in jet aircraft, U.S. (Sullivan et al., 1958).

New Zealand.—Laird (1951, 1952).

Periplaneta australasiae

U.S.A.—Two dead specimens recovered from two aircraft, Miami (Welch, 1939). Five live and three dead from five aircraft, Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949). Three live and two dead, Miami (Porter, personal communication, 1958).

New Zealand.—Laird (1952).

Periplaneta    spp.

U.S.A.—One live and three dead specimens from four aircraft, Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949). One live and six dead, Miami (Porter, personal communication, 1958).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

U.S.A.—Two live and three dead specimens from five aircraft, Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949).

New Zealand.—Laird (1956a).

Supella supellectilium

U.S.A.—Two live and one dead specimen from one aircraft, Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949).

Khartoum.—Whitfield (1940).

Supella    sp.

U.S.A.—Two live specimens from two aircraft, Miami (Welch, 1939). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949).

Symploce    sp.

U.S.A.—Two live and one dead specimen from three aircraft, Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949).

Unidentified cockroaches

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.—At Khartoum (Whitfield, 1940).

Brazil.—From flying boats, 62 specimens; from land planes, 45 specimens (Carneiro de Mendonça and Cerqueira, 1947).

Central Africa.—Dethier (1945).

Kenya.—At Kisumu (Symes in Whitfield, 1940).

New Zealand.—Laird (1956a).

U.S.A.—Four live and 14 dead specimens from 4 aircraft, Miami (Welch, 1939). One live and 15 dead specimens (adults?) from 16 aircraft; 8 oöthecae from 7 planes; 147 live and 83 dead nymphs from 108 planes, Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949). Five live and 7 dead specimens, Miami (Porter, personal communication, 1958).

IV. CLASSIFICATION OF THE ASSOCIATIONS

Asano (1937) classified the natural enemies of cockroaches into two types as follows:

1. Enemies that feed mainly on cockroaches (certain ripiphorid beetles and certain chalcid, evaniid, and ampulicid wasps).

2. Organisms which, in their search for food, devour cockroaches that may be encountered (certain species of scorpions, spiders, ticks, centipedes, Strepsiptera, ants, birds, rats, and "parasitic bacteria").

Cameron (1955) arranged the associates of cockroaches in two groups as follows:

Group A. Parasites and predators.

1. Parasites: Hymenoptera (Evaniidae, Eulophidae, Eupelmidae, Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, Cleonymidae) and Coleoptera (Ripiphoridae).

2. Predators: Hymenoptera (Ampulicidae), Hemiptera (Reduviidae), Coleoptera (Dermestidae), Arachnida (Araneae, Acarina).

Group B. Parasites and symbionts.

1. Protozoa (including examples of both parasites and commensals).

2. Nematoda (including both primary "parasites" and secondary parasites).

3. Bacteria (including the mutualistic bacteroids).

4. Algae [Arthromitis (= Hygrocrocis) intestinalis; see p. 124].

Asano's arrangement, although essentially true, is limited; Cameron's system is divided into arthropods (group A) and lower forms (group B), but does not include higher animals. Both attempts at classification need amplification; this we have endeavored to do below.

In classifying the biotic associates of cockroaches, we were immediately confronted with a problem in semantics. The concepts parasitism, predatism, and symbiosis have all been used with various shades of meaning by different authors. The problem is not solved merely by accepting as authoritative specific definitions, however apt they seem to be, because, unfortunately, these concepts are not mutually exclusive. For example, among the entomophagous insects, as Sweetman (1936) has pointed out, there can be no definite line of separation between parasitism and predatism: the two intergrade, only the extremes being quite distinct. In fact, Andrewartha and Birch (1954) generalized these relationships by calling both categories predatism. These authors divided natural populations of associated organisms into nonpredators and predators. Although this simplifies their presentation of the general principles of ecology, for our purpose more narrowly defined terms have proved useful.

In the main we have followed Sweetman (1936) and Allee et al. (1949) in arriving at the following definitions:

Symbiosis is the living together in more or less intimate association of organisms of different species; it includes virtually all relationships between cockroaches and other organisms, such as parasitism, predatism, commensalism, and mutualism. Allee et al. (1949) apparently do not include predatism in symbiosis.

Mutualism is symbiosis in which both members benefit by the association. The smaller partner has commonly been called a symbiont or symbiote by authors.

Commensalism includes associations in which neither party appears to benefit or be harmed. One partner may live on the surplus food or wastes of the other; shelter and transport may be involved.

Parasitism is the state of symbiosis in which one of the members feeds upon the other during the whole of either the immature or mature feeding stage; the host is harmed in some way and may be killed.

Predatism is an association in which one member attacks and feeds upon, or stores as food for its progeny, one or more other organisms; the predator spends less than the immature or mature feeding period on the prey. This category includes a few invertebrates and all the vertebrates that capture, kill, and feed on cockroaches. This association may be divided into interspecies predatism, in which the predator preys upon a different species, and intraspecies predatism (cannibalism) in which the predator preys upon its own species.

Although we have attempted to adhere to these definitions throughout this discussion, we realize that in doing so we may have tended to oversimplify complex relations. Some questionable interpretations stem from insufficient knowledge of the basic relationships between cockroaches and their associates. Only further study will clarify these relationships. Some of the problems are discussed below.

Probably many of the so-called parasites (e.g., Protozoa like Nyctotherus, and intestinal nematodes of the family Thelastomatidae), which do not invade the host's tissues and seem to have no effect on the activity and vitality of the host, are commensals. Although we consider these forms to be commensals, we realize that they might actually affect the host in some way even though this has not been shown. It is possible that Rothschild and Clay's (1957) statement about bird parasites may well apply to the apparently harmless organisms found in the cockroach. These authors wrote, "It cannot be too strongly emphasized that the effect of all types of parasites on the host is detrimental. If we find that a bird seems little, if at all, inconvenienced by the presence of Protozoa or worms or lice, or a cuckoo in the nest, we can nevertheless assume that it would be better off without them.... Small effects such as lack of vitality, loss of voice, excessive blinking, or perverted habits like dirt eating are extremely difficult to gauge. Nevertheless, it is only a question of degree. Potentially all parasites are harmful." It should also be pointed out that some workers would consider certain of our commensals of cockroaches to be parasites. Thus Faust (1955) stated that "A truly successful parasite is one which has developed a state of equilibrium with its host, so that no detectable damage is produced which endangers the health or life of the host. In a suitable host the parasite may obtain food and shelter without any evidence of trauma or toxicity. The damage produced may be so slight that repair and functional readjustment keep pace with the injury." Faust's successful parasite would be indistinguishable from a commensal, but there is undeniably a difference between an organism causing slight, and undetectable, damage to a host and one causing none. Certain of the organisms we list as commensals may eventually be shown to be parasites.

Certain organisms which live in cockroaches appear to have no effect on the vitality of the host even though the tissues of the host are invaded. Gregarines may penetrate the intestinal wall of the cockroach without seeming to injure the host. Fungi of the genus Herpomyces invade the cuticle of cockroaches producing pathological changes; yet the insects' behavior is apparently unaffected (see p. 129). We consider these organisms to be parasites because the host's tissues are invaded and, as far as we know, no benefit to the host results.

In the literature certain insects have been considered to be either parasites or predators or both. Among these are the ensign wasps (Evaniidae), whose larvae feed on the eggs of cockroaches within the oötheca, and the ampulicid wasps, which capture, paralyze, and store in their nests (as food for their larvae) nymphs and adults of cockroaches. Clausen (1940) claimed that the evaniid Zeuxevania splendidula is a true egg parasite when it destroys the first egg in a cockroach oötheca; but after the wasp larva molts and proceeds to devour the other eggs, he considered it to be a predator. Clausen's definition of an entomophagous parasite is an insect that in its larval stage develops either internally or externally upon a single host which is eventually killed; with few exceptions the adults are free-living and their food is usually different from that of the larvae. A predatory insect, by Clausen's definition, is principally free-living in the larval as well as adult stage, kills the host immediately by direct attack, and requires a number of victims to reach maturity; the predator is of greater size than the prey, and the food sources of the adults and immature stages are frequently the same.

It is apparent, as Clausen and other writers have pointed out, that there are instances of a particular species showing characteristics which fit both the definitions for predator and parasite. Thus, among the evaniids one wasp larva destroys all the eggs in an oötheca, but in spite of this the larva has more of the characteristics of a parasite than of a predator; the adult wasp does not utilize the same food as the larva (adults have been taken on flowers and on honeydew from scale insects). It is questionable whether the evaniid larva kills the cockroach egg outright. The wasp larva, being restricted to the inside of the oötheca, is not free-living. Probably the only criterion by which the evaniid could be judged to be a predator, by Clausen's definition, is that more than a single egg is devoured by the maturing wasp larva.

Among the other wasp parasites (Encyrtidae, Eulophidae, Eupelmidae) of cockroach eggs many individuals develop in a single oötheca. When a hundred or more wasps emerge from an oötheca which contained less than 20 eggs, it is obvious that a single cockroach egg supported more than one wasp, yet it is possible that one particular wasp larva may have fed upon more than one cockroach egg before becoming an adult. We consider all entomophagous wasps that develop in cockroach oöthecae to be parasites rather than predators.

On the other hand, even though Anastatus floridanus, A. tenuipes, and Tetrastichus hagenowii are egg parasites as larvae, the adult females are, in a sense, predators when they sometimes eat part of the cockroach egg that oozes through the oviposition puncture (Roth and Willis, 1954a, 1954b). Williams (1929) has seen the female of Ampulex canaliculata imbibe blood that oozed from the cut ends of the cockroach's antennae after she had clipped them off before leading the prey to her nest. Yet despite this evident predatism on the part of the adult, the larva feeds as a parasite on the stored cockroaches in accordance with Sweetman's (1936) (though not Clausen's 1940) definition of parasitism, which is "that form of symbiosis in which one symbiont lives in or on the host organism and feeds at its expense during the whole of either the immature or mature feeding stage." The ampulicid larva, as the evaniid, is not free-living and does not kill the host immediately by direct attack, even though it may require more than one victim to reach maturity. Thus, within one individual both parasitic and predatory behavior are operant during different stages of its life history.

With the above discussion in mind we have summarized below the various biotic associations of cockroaches. Only a few examples are given for each section, but all organisms with similar habits presumably would be classified in the same categories.

Class A. Associations in which cockroaches serve as hosts, vectors, or prey for other organisms.

Type I. Obligate associates. Animals and plants that normally develop only on or in the cockroach; in general, these organisms depend entirely upon the cockroach for survival.

Group 1. Mutuals (symbiotes or symbionts of authors).

(a) Bacteria-like organisms (bacteroids which are found in the fat body of all cockroaches that have been examined; p. 96).

(b) Bacteria (wood-digesting forms in Panesthia, and possibly certain bacteria in the intestines, of other cockroaches; p. 100).

(c) Protozoa (several genera and species found in Cryptocercus; p. 101).

Group 2. Commensals.

(a) Protozoa (Nyctotherus, Herpetomonas, Lophomonas, etc.; p. 172).

(b) Nematodes (Thelastomatidae; p. 193).

Group 3. Parasites.

(a) Fungi (Laboulbeniales; p. 134).

(b) Protozoa (gregarines, Plistophora, etc.; p. 181).

(c) Helminths.

(1) Primary parasites (mermithids and gordian worms; p. 201).

(2) Secondary parasites (Gongylonema neoplasticum, Oxyuris mansoni, Moniliformis spp.; p. 206).

(d) Arthropods.

(1) Mites (Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus; p. 219).

(2) Insects (larvae of ripiphorids, evaniids, and ampulicids; p. 231).

Type II. Facultative associates. Animals and plants that prey on cockroaches or are incidentally or accidentally picked up by the cockroach, but which can survive or propagate readily on some other host or prey. Steinhaus (1946) emphasized the importance of the environment in determining the type of microbial flora associated with the cockroach which may carry one type of flora in an area which is exposed to filth and a different type in other areas. Because many of these organisms survive passage through or on the cockroach, the blattid may act as a vector of these animals and plants.

Group 1. Commensals.

(a) Viruses (strains of poliomyelitis virus; p. 103).

(b) Bacteria (Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Micrococcaceae, etc.; p. 111).

(c) Fungi (Aspergillus; p. 130).

(d) Protozoa (Iodamoeba, Dobellina, and cysts of Entamoeba coli and Entamoeba histolytica; p. 179).

(e) Helminths (cysts of various helminths parasitic in vertebrates; p. 208).

(f) Arthropods.

(1) Mites (Tyrophagus lintneri; p. 218).

Group 2. Parasites.

(a) Bacteria (Serratia marcescens; p. 117).

(b) Helminths (Protospirura spp.; p. 206).

(c) Arthropods.

(1) Mites (Locustacarus sp.; p. 219).

(2) Insects (Melittobia chalybii; p. 248).

Group 3. Predators, active.

(a) Arthropods.

(1) Spiders (p. 214).

(2) Scorpions (p. 212).

(3) Centipedes (p. 222).

(4) Mites (Rhizoglyphus tarsalus; p. 218).

(5) Insects (dermestids, reduviids, and on occasion adult females of Tetrastichus, Anastatus, Ampulex; p. 234).

(b) Vertebrates.

(1) Amphibia (p. 269).

(2) Reptilia (p. 272).

(3) Aves (p. 276).

(4) Mammalia (p. 283).

Group 4. Predators, passive: Pitcher plants (p. 154).

Class B. Associations in which cockroaches serve as commensals or predators.

Group 1. Commensal cockroaches.

(a) Associates of social insects (Attaphila spp., etc.; p. 315).

(b) Obscure associates (p. 316).

Group 2. Predatory cockroaches.

(a) Interspecies predators (p. 319).

(b) Intraspecies predators (p. 322).

Class C. Associations of cockroaches with other cockroaches.

Group 1. Intraspecies associations.

(a) Familial associations (p. 325).

(b) Other conspecific associations (aggregations and fighting) (p. 336).

Group 2. Interspecies associations.

(a) Compatible associations (p. 337).

(b) Antagonistic associations (p. 329).

Class D. Ecological associations of cockroaches with higher plants.

Group 1. Benign associations (p. 139).

Group 2. Associations detrimental to plants (p. 162).

V. MUTUALISM

BACTEROIDS

Blochmann (1887, 1888) discovered intracellular particles (the bacteroids or symbiotes of authors) that resembled bacteria in the fat body of males and females of Blatta orientalis and Blattella germanica (pl. 26), in the ova of these insects, and in their embryos. Bacteroids have since been found in at least 25 species and 19 genera of cockroaches. Presumably such microorganisms are universally distributed throughout the Blattaria. General reviews of the bacteroids of cockroaches and other insects have been published by Glaser (1930b), Schwartz (1935), Steinhaus (1946, 1949), Buchner (1952, 1953), Brooks (1954), and Richards and Brooks (1958). The reader is referred to these papers, and those of authors cited in the list at the end of this section, for discussions of the morphology of the bacteroids, their distribution within the host, and attempts to culture them in vitro.

It has long been assumed, without proof, that cockroaches and their bacteroids form a mutually beneficial association. As it has not been possible to cultivate bacteroids apart from their cockroach hosts, it may be assumed that the host is essential to the continued existence of the microorganism, which also derives from the association other obvious benefits as well. Experiments to show that the host also benefits from the association have centered around rendering cockroaches bacteroid free. Starvation, parasites, electromagnetic radiation, heat or cold, or chemicals have all been used in attempts to eliminate the bacteroids. Of these, only chemical treatment has provided a satisfactory technique.

Few chemicals other than antibiotics have proved to be useful in the elimination or reduction of bacteroids. Yetwin (1932) injected various dilutions of 22 compounds into Blattella germanica. He observed decreases in the bacteroids of the fat body only following injection of methylene blue, but did not pursue this lead further. Gier (in Steinhaus, 1946) observed reduction in the numbers of bacteroids after cockroaches were injected with crystal violet, hexylresorcinol, or metaphen. Bode (1936) reported that injection of irritants such as lithium salts or quinine hydrochloride had no apparent effect on the symbiotes.

Brooks (1957) reared Blattella germanica on diets containing different concentrations of inorganic ions. On a manganese-deficient diet the cockroaches grew poorly and some of their progeny lacked normal bacteroids; about 10 percent of the aposymbiotic generation grew and reproduced on a diet fortified with yeast. Varying the concentrations of other salts in the diets gave results in which the progeny were either aposymbiotic or the fat body was abnormal but the mycetocytes were abundant; all these cockroaches soon died even on fortified diets.

The administration of certain antibiotic drugs has produced cockroaches very nearly free of bacteroids. Brues and Dunn (1945) found that although sulfa drugs had no effect on the bacteroids, penicillin in large doses reduced the number of bacteroids in Blaberus craniifer, but the cockroaches died within a few days. Death was attributed to lack of bacteroids rather than effect of the drug; this is perhaps an unwarranted conclusion in view of the survival of aposymbiotic cockroaches that have been produced by other drugs (Brooks, 1954; Brooks and Richards, 1955). Glaser (1946) found that the bacteroids of Periplaneta americana could be adversely affected or destroyed by sulfathiazole, or sodium or calcium penicillin. Fraenkel (1952) questioned the conclusions of Brues and Dunn (1945) and of Glaser (1946) because of the high mortality in their experiments, and he suggested that the described phenomena "were due rather to direct toxic effects on the host than to loss of the symbionts." Noland (in Brooks, 1954; Brooks and Richards, 1955) confirmed Glaser's results with penicillin and extended sulfa treatments to include Blattella germanica. Every female whose bacteroids were reduced to the vanishing point resorbed her ovaries and was incapable of reproduction. Brooks (1954; Brooks and Richards, 1955) found that administration of several antibiotics did not eliminate the bacteroids from the fat body of B. germanica unless the dose was so high that it caused excessive mortality. Frank (1955, 1956) was able to eliminate bacteroids from Blatta orientalis by injecting or feeding chlortetracycline, oxytetracycline, or penicillin; survival of treated insects was not good and reproduction was poor; the aposymbiotic individuals were smaller than normal. As Richards and Brooks (1958) have pointed out, it is uncertain how much of this difference was the result of loss of bacteroids and how much the effect of the drug. It is obvious that in all these experiments the action of the drugs on the bacteroids was accompanied by equivocal side effects which confused interpretation of the results. The effect on the cockroach of a loss of bacteroids cannot be separated from a possible toxic effect of the drug.

Fortunately Brooks (1954; Brooks and Richards, 1955) obtained completely aposymbiotic offspring from Blattella germanica that had been reared on aureomycin. These bacteroid-free nymphs were practically incapable of growth on a natural diet that was adequate for nymphs with symbiotes. However, the addition of large amounts of dried yeast to the diet enabled aposymbiotic nymphs to mature in two to three times the period required by normal nymphs. Final proof of the function of the bacteroids was obtained by reestablishing them in aposymbiotic cockroaches. The insects that received implants of normal fat body of B. germanica showed a slow, steady gain in weight over the controls (Brooks, 1954; Brooks and Richards, 1956). Obviously, the intracellular symbiotes subserve the normal nutrition of the cockroach. Whether the bacteroids produce only vitaminlike substances, as suggested by Keller (1950), or function in some other way is still to be determined. Brooks (1954) concluded that the amount of vitamin-containing food required for increased growth by aposymbiotic cockroaches is much greater than the known vitamin requirements; hence the factor(s) needed is unknown and present in low concentration, or it serves as a precursor of a second factor(s) whose synthesis is aided by the bacteroids. Brooks (in Richards and Brooks, 1958) has since found that the bacteroids of Blattella germanica "can supply the insect with B vitamins, amino acids and some larger protein fragment."

Gier (1947) stated that the symbiotes of cockroaches are generically all the same. However, as the symbiotes are presumed to have been associated with cockroaches for over 300,000,000 years (Buchner, 1952) they may be assumed to have developed specific differences that link them inseparably to their respective hosts. Ries (1932) transplanted symbiote-containing fat body from Blatta orientalis into the mealworm and larva of Ephestia kühniella, and from Blattella germanica and Stegobium paniceum (=Sitodrepa panicea) into B. orientalis. The implants did not become established in the new host, although most of the transplantations were successful in that the hosts survived and the implants remained intact for some time before they were encapsulated by host tissue. Brooks (1954; Brooks and Richards, 1956) transplanted fat body of Periplaneta americana and B. orientalis into aposymbiotic B. germanica. The growth of the cockroaches injected with foreign tissue was not different from that of aposymbiotic controls. Sections of host insects did not contain mycetocytes and no bacteroids were found. Haller (1955a) injected bacteroids or implanted mycetocytes of B. germanica into gryllids, acridids, and locustids. These implants and innoculations were rapidly destroyed by the hosts. But as Richards and Brooks (1958) have pointed out, none of these experiments provide information about the specificity of the bacteroids themselves.

COCKROACHES IN WHICH BACTEROIDS HAVE BEEN FOUND

Bantua stigmosa. Fraenkel (1921)

Blaberus craniifer. Brooks (1954); Brues and Dunn (1945); Hoover (1945).

Blaberus giganteus. Blochmann (1892).

Blatta orientalis. Blochmann (1887, 1888, 1892); Bode (1936); Brooks (1954); Buchner (1912); Cuénot (1896); Fraenkel (1921); Frank (1955, 1956); Gier (1936, 1947); Glaser (1920); Gropengiesser (1925); Gubler (1948); Heymons (1895); Hollande and Favre (1931); Hoover (1945); Hovasse (1930); Javelly (1914); Keller (1950); Koch (1949); Menel (1907)?; Mercier (1906a, 1907, 1907b, 1907c); Ries (1932); Ronzoni (1949); Tacchini (1946); Wolf (1924, 1924a).

Blattella germanica. Blochmann (1887, 1888, 1892); Bode (1936); Borghese (1946, 1948, 1948a); Brooks (1954); Brooks and Richards (1954, 1955, 1955a, 1956); Fraenkel (1921); Gier (1936, 1947); Glaser (1920, 1930a); Gropengiesser (1925); Haller (1955, 1955a); Heymons (1892, 1895); Hoover (1945); Koch (1949); Lwoff (1923); Milovidov (1928); Neukomm (1927, 1927a, 1932); Pérez Silva (1954, 1954a); Ries (1932); Rizki (1954); Ronzoni (1949); Tacchini (1946); Wollman (1926); Yetwin (1932, 1953).

Cryptocercus punctulatus. Gier (1936, 1947); Hoover (1945).

Derocalymma cruralis. Fraenkel (1921).

Ectobius lapponicus. Heymons (1892); Cuénot (1896); Koch (1949).

Ectobius pallidus. Heymons (1892, 1895); Cuénot (1896).

Epilampra grisea. Fraenkel (1921).

Eurycotis floridana. Gier (1936, 1947).

Loboptera decipiens. Buchner (1930).

Nauphoeta cinerea. Fraenkel (1921).

Nyctibora noctivaga. Gier (1947).

Parcoblatta lata. Gier (1936, 1947).

Parcoblatta pensylvanica. Brooks (1954); Gier (1936, 1947).

Parcoblatta uhleriana. Gier (1936, 1947); Hoover (1945).

Parcoblatta virginica. Glaser (1920); Gier (1947).

Periplaneta americana. Baudisch (1956); Bode (1936); Cuénot (1896); Gier (1936, 1937, 1947); Glaser (1920, 1930, 1946); Gubler (1948); Hertig (1921); Hoover (1945); Ketchel and Williams (1953).

Periplaneta australasiae. Gier (1936, 1947); Koch (1949).

Platyzosteria armata. Fraenkel (1921).

Polyphaga aegyptiaca. Fraenkel (1921).

Pseudoderopeltis aethiopica. Fraenkel (1921).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis. Bode (1936); Koch (1949).

Supella supellectilium. Brooks (1954).

BACTERIA

Evidence showing that intestinal bacteria contribute to the nutrition of cockroaches is meager. Cleveland et al. (1934) isolated a bacterial organism from the foregut of the wood-feeding cockroach Panesthia angustipennis. The bacterium digested cellulose rapidly in vitro and these workers believe that this cockroach and other related wood-feeding species are dependent on symbiotic bacteria for the digestion of their food.

Mencl (1907) described cell nuclei in "symbiotic," not closely defined types of bacilli that he found in abundance in the digestive tract of the Küchenschabe, Periplaneta (presumably Blatta orientalis). Unfortunately, he was more concerned about the morphology of the bacteria than the stated mutualistic relationship, so nothing is known of their physiology.

The growth rates of Periplaneta americana and Blattella germanica were retarded when the insects were reared aseptically, which suggests that microorganisms normally found in the digestive tract supply certain necessary dietary constituents (Gier, 1947a; House, 1949). Noland et al. (1949) suggested that microorganisms in the digestive tract of B. germanica synthesized riboflavin since the nymphs reared on a low riboflavin diet accumulated more of the vitamin than could have been ingested in the diet. However, Metcalf and Patton (1942) found little or no bacterial synthesis of riboflavin in P. americana. Noland and Baumann (1951) suggested that methionine, one of the amino acids essential for rapid growth of B. germanica, was synthesized by intestinal microorganisms in the insects.

PROTOZOA

It is probable that with few exceptions protozoa found in the digestive tract are not necessary for survival of the cockroach. However, very few experiments have been performed to determine the importance, if any, of these microorganisms to the host. Cleveland (1925) removed the protozoa from the cockroach (possibly Periplaneta americana) by oxygenation at 3.5 atmospheres. The ciliates Nyctotherus and Balantidium, flagellates Lophomonas and Polymastix, the amoeba Endamoeba blattae, and three unidentified protozoa were killed by this treatment, yet the insects lived normally after defaunation.

Armer (1944) studied the effects of high-carbohydrate, high-fat, and high-protein diets, as well as starvation, on the intestinal protozoa (Nyctotherus ovalis, Endamoeba blattae, Endolimax blattae, Lophomonas striata, and Lophomonas blattarum) in Periplaneta americana. Starvation of the host lowered the incidence or eliminated most of the protozoa, but a high-carbohydrate diet maintained them at a relatively high level. Lophomonas blattarum was eliminated by a high-protein diet, and practically eliminated by a high-fat diet. Lophomonas striata was eliminated from some hosts that were kept on high-fat and high-protein diets. Endamoeba blattae showed a decrease in infection rate when the cockroaches were maintained on high-fat and high-protein diets. The effects of diets on Endolimax blattae were not uniform.

It has been shown by Cleveland (1930, 1948) and Cleveland et al. (1931, 1934) that the wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus depends upon certain intestinal protozoa for survival; these protozoa utilize as food the wood ingested by this cockroach. The wood is broken down into compounds the cockroach can utilize by the protozoa which elaborate a cellulase and possibly a cellobiase (Trager, 1932). Only molting nymphs of Cryptocercus can pass the protozoa on to the newly hatched young, so that molting and hatching must happen concurrently each year or the young die.

The sexual cycles in species of protozoa in the genera Trichonympha, Saccinobaculus, Oxymonas, Monocercomonoides, Hexamita, Eucomonympha, Leptospironympha, Urinympha, Rhynchonympha, Macrospironympha, and Barbulanympha (fig. 3, B) are induced by hormones produced by Cryptocercus only during its molting period (Cleveland, 1931, 1947, 1947a, 1949-1956a). Perhaps the prothoracic gland hormone of the host may be responsible for initiation of the flagellate sexual cycles (Cleveland and Nutting, 1955). The protozoan sexual cycles may be used as indicators of the onset of molting in Cryptocercus; thus different species of protozoa begin their sexual cycles from 35 days before to 2 days after molting of the cockroach (Cleveland and Nutting, 1954). Hollande (1952) and Grassé (1952) have reviewed the roles and the evolution of the flagellates in Cryptocercus and in termites.

The protozoa of cockroaches and termites are clues to the relationship between these two groups of insects. Kirby (1927) pointed out similarities between Endamoeba blattae of Periplaneta and the amoebae of the termite Mirotermes, suggesting that these protozoans were probably derived from an amoeba in an ancestor common to both blattid and termite. Kirby (1932, in Kidder, 1937) found a species of Nyctotherus in Amitermes that resembles Nyctotherus ovalis from domestic cockroaches. The belief that the termites and cockroaches had a common origin is also strengthened by the similarities between the hypermastigotes of both Cryptocercus and termites (Cleveland et al., 1934).

The cockroaches Cryptocercus and Panesthia both feed on wood, but the protozoa found in Panesthia resemble more closely the species in domestic cockroaches than those in Cryptocercus. The Clevelandellidae (from Panesthia) are closely related to Nyctotherus and have probably evolved from common ancestors. However, the separation of the Clevelandellidae from Nyctotherus must have taken place at a later date than the divergence of their hosts, otherwise representatives of that family would probably also be found in Periplaneta and Blatta (Kidder, 1937).

The protozoa of Cryptocercus can be transferred from one individual to another (Nutting and Cleveland, 1954). They can also be transferred to the termite Zootermopsis where they survive only until the host molts; the reverse is also true, Zootermopsis Protozoa can survive in Cryptocercus until the cockroach molts (Nutting and Cleveland, 1954a).

VI. VIRUSES ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

Annotations on some of the following observations may be found in Roth and Willis (1957a). Use of asterisk is explained in footnote 3, page 4.

POLIOMYELITIS VIRUSES

* Lansing strain

Experimental vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Hurlbutt, 1949, 1950).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Hsiang et al., 1952).

* Brunhilde type, Minnesota and Mahoney strains

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Fischer and Syverton, 1951; Syverton et al., 1952).

* Columbia SK virus

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, Great Britain? (Findlay and Howard, 1951): Results with Blattella germanica were negative.

* Four unspecified strains

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica and/or Blattella vaga, Periplaneta americana and/or Periplaneta brunnea, and Supella supellectilium, U.S.A. (Syverton et al., 1952; Dow, 1955; Dow in Roth and Willis, 1957a).

OTHER VIRUSES

* Coxsackie viruses

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Fischer and Syverton, 1951a, 1957): Recently Fischer and Syverton (1957) found that after feeding a single meal of Coxsackie virus to Periplaneta americana, the gastrointestinal tracts of the insects, which were removed at 5-day intervals up to 20 days, contained sufficient virus to paralyze and kill test mice. Cockroach salivary glands, removed 5 days after the insects had fed, contained the virus which caused paralysis and death in test mice; mice were also infected by virus obtained from salivary glands removed from the insects 10 and 20 days after the cockroaches had fed once on the virus. The virus was also isolated from the cockroaches' feces and rarely from the fat bodies and reproductive organs. Fischer and Syverton concluded that it is possible that cockroaches could acquire the virus, by feeding on mammalian excreta, maintain it for a period of time, and transmit it by contamination of food. The virus could also be transmitted through the feces of wild mice if the mice happened to feed on virus-infected cockroaches.

* Mouse encephalomyelitis virus

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Syverton and Fischer, 1950).

* Yellow-fever virus

Experimental vectors.—Blattella germanica, Great Britain? (Findlay and MacCallum, 1939).

VII. BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

Classification of the bacteria follows Breed et al. (1948). Synonymy in most cases was taken from the same source. Names of bacteria preceded by the symbol † are either not listed by Breed et al. or are stated by them to be insufficiently characterized for definite classification. Use of asterisk is explained in footnote 3, page 4.

Phylum SCHIZOPHYTA

Class SCHIZOMYCETES

Order EUBACTERIALES

Family PSEUDOMONADACEAE

* Pseudomonas aeruginosa    (Schroeter) Migula

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949).

Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Olson and Rueger, 1950).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Olson and Rueger, 1950; Janssen and Wedberg, 1952).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949, 1949a; Olson and Rueger, 1950).

Experimental vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Herms and Nelson, 1913).

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

* Pseudomonas eisenbergii    Migula

Natural and experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1906).

* Pseudomonas fluorescens    Migula

Natural and experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906; Spinelli and Reitano, 1932).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Gier, 1947): The organism was pathogenic to the cockroach when injected.

† Spirillum periplaneticum    Kunstler and Gineste

Habitat.—Periplaneta americana, France? (Kunstler and Gineste, 1906): From intestinal tract.

† Spirillum α, β, and γ    Dobell

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, England (Dobell, 1911, 1912): From hind gut.

Spirillum    sp.

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Zasukhin, 1930): From intestinal tract.

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926): From digestive tract.

* Vibrio comma    (Schroeter) Winslow et al.

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898; Spinelli and Reitano, 1932).

Blattella germanica, Orient (Toda, 1923); Germany (Jettmar, 1927).

Periplaneta americana, Philippine Islands (Barber, 1914); Netherlands (Akkerman, 1933); Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926).

Periplaneta australasiae, Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926).

* Vibrio metschnikovii    Gamaléia

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906).

Vibrio tyrogenus    (Flügge) Holland

Synonymy.—Vibrio of Deneke.

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898): The organism passed through the intestinal tract unchanged.

† Vibrio Types I and II    Heiberg

Habitat.—Water.

Natural vectors.—Cockroaches, India (Pasricha et al., 1938): The vibrios were found in 16 or 17 percent of 94 cockroaches and resembled Vibrio comma in their morphology and their main biochemical reactions; however, serum-agglutination reactions differed.

Vibrio    sp.

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Leidy, 1853): From intestine.

Family RHIZOBIACEAE

Chromobacterium violaceum    (Schroeter) Bergonzini

Synonymy.—B. violaceus.

Habitat.—Water.

Experimental vectors.—Cockroach, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913): Recovered from outer part of body and intestinal tract.

Family MICROCOCCACEAE

* Micrococcus aurantiacus    (Schroeter) Cohn

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952).

* Micrococcus citreus    Migula

Natural vectors.—Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

* Micrococcus epidermidis    (Winslow and Winslow) Hucker

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952).

† Micrococcus nigrofaciens    Northrup

Source.—Diseased June beetle larvae.

Experimental infection.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Northrup, 1914): Three of four adults were infected by feeding them bread saturated with a broth culture of the Micrococcus. After 11 days the tarsi of the cockroaches became infected, and the hind legs split and broke off. Antennae and setae also were affected and micrococci were recovered from the feces.

* Micrococcus pyogenes var. albus    (Rosenbach) Schroeter

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949).

Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Tauber, 1940; Tauber and Griffiths, 1942).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Herms and Nelson, 1913; Herms, 1939; Janssen and Wedberg, 1952).

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898); U.S.A. (Tauber and Griffiths, 1942).

Micrococcus pyogenes var. albus (=Staphylococcus albus) and an unidentified short rod form were found by Tauber (1940) in the hemolymph of B. orientalis. These microorganisms were never found together in the same insect and caused loss of appetite, sluggishness, irregular respiratory movements, and paralysis in the cockroach; in the final stages of the disease the legs were folded under the body, the head was tucked beneath the forelegs, the whole insect became arched and maintained this position until death. In some cockroaches infected with the rod pathogen, conjunctival folds, particularly those between the dorsal abdominal sclerites, and the joints of the metathoracic legs ruptured liberating thick white hemolymph filled with bacteria. Tauber suggested that the infection might be spread by contact, especially to newly molted individuals or by actual ingestion of the bacteria by the cockroaches feeding on dead or dying individuals. All the roaches died after successful inoculation with the Micrococcus. The bacterial infection was associated with high total hemocyte counts and high percentages of mitotically dividing hemolymph cells (Tauber, 1940); these responses of the insect were interpreted as a mechanism whereby the number of hemocytes increases resulting in an increase in the number of phagocytes for combating the bacteria (Tauber and Griffiths, 1942).

* Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus    (Rosenbach) Zopf

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949).

Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1906).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Herms, 1939).

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

Micrococcus ureae    Cohn

Habitat.—Stale urine and soil containing urine.

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952): From intestinal tract and feces.

* Micrococcus spp.

These organisms were obtained from pus or were designated as staphylococci [i.e., pathogenic micrococci (Blair in Dubos, 1948)].

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Spinelli and Reitano, 1932); Germany (Jettmar, 1935).

Blattella germanica, Germany (Jettmar, 1935).

Experimental vectors.—Blattella germanica, on shipboard (Morrell, 1911); Germany (Vollbrechtshausen, 1953).

Micrococcus sp.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana? ("Blatella americana"), England (Shrewsbury and Barson, 1948): From intestinal tract.

† Sarcina alba    Zimmermann

Habitat.—Water.

Natural and experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao 1898, 1906): From intestinal contents.

Sarcina aurantiaca    Flügge

Habitat.—Air and water.

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1906): Intestinal contents.

Sarcina lutea    Schroeter

Habitat.—Air, soil, water, skin surfaces.

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1906): From intestinal contents.

† Sarcina symbiotica    Pribram

Habitat.—Oöthecae of Blatta orientalis and/or Blattella germanica, Germany (Gropengiesser, 1925): It was described as "eine gelbe Sarcina"; Pribram (1933) named the organism.

Sarcina ventriculi    Goodsir

Habitat.—Garden soil, dust, mud; isolated from a diseased stomach.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): From intestinal tract.

Sarcina    sp.

Natural and experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Gier, 1947): Organism not pathogenic to the cockroach when injected.

† Sarcina    sp.

Synonymy.—Sarcina "blanche" of Sartory and Clerc.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, France (Sartory and Clerc, 1908): Isolated from intestinal tract.

*† Sarcina    sp.

Synonymy.—Sarcina alba "patogena" of Cao.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906).

*† Sarcina    sp.

Synonymy.—Sarcina "bianca" and "gialla" of Cao.

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

Family NEISSERIACEAE

* Neisseria meningitidis    (Albrecht and Ghon) Holland

Experimental vectors.—Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

* Veillonella parvula    (Veillon and Zuber) Prévot

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Hatcher, 1939).

Family LACTOBACTERIACEAE

* Diplococcus pneumoniae    Weichselbaum

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

† Enterococcus    sp.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Spinelli and Reitano, 1932): From intestinal tract.

Lactobacillus fermenti    Beijerinck

Habitat.—Fermenting plant or animal products.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): From intestinal canal.

† Pneumococcus Type I, No. 1231

Experimental vectors.—Blattella germanica, Germany (Vollbrechtshausen, 1953).

* Streptococcus faecalis    Andrewes and Horder

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Steinhaus, 1941).

Periplaneta americana? ("Blatella americana"), England (Shrewsbury and Barson, 1948).

Cockroaches [presumably any or all of the above three species], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945).

* Streptococcus liquefaciens    Sternberg emend. Orla-Jensen

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946).

*† Streptococcus microapoika    Cooper, Keller, and Johnson

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946).

*† Streptococcus non-hemolyticus II    Holman

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana? ("Blatella americana"), England (Shrewsbury and Barson, 1948).

* Streptococcus pyogenes    Rosenbach

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1906).

Experimental vectors.—Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

* Streptococcus    sp. (pyogenic group)

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Jettmar, 1935).

* Streptococcus    sp. (viridans group)

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Jettmar, 1935).

* Streptococcus    spp.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Jettmar, 1935).

Blattella germanica, Germany (Jettmar, 1935); U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952).

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

Family CORYNEBACTERIACEAE

* Corynebacterium diphtheriae    (Flügge) Lehmann and Neumann

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

Family ACHROMOBACTERIACEAE

† Achromobacter hyalinum    (Jordan) Bergey et al.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Hatcher, 1939): Isolated from feces.

Achromobacter    sp.

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952).

Alcaligenes faecalis    Castellani and Chalmers

Synonymy.—Bacillus faecalis alkaligenes; Bacillus alcaligenes faecalis; B. alcaligenes faecalis.

Habitat.—Intestinal canal of man. Has been isolated from feces, abscesses related to intestinal canal, and occasionally in the bloodstream. However, it is generally considered nonpathogenic.

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): Isolated from feces.

Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): Isolated from intestinal tract.

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952): From intestinal tract and feces.

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949): Isolated from intestinal tract.

Cockroaches [presumably Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945): From suspensions of macerated whole insects.

Alcaligenes recti    (Ford) Bergey et al.

Synonymy.—B. alcaligenes recti.

Habitat.—Intestinal canal.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): Isolated from intestinal tract.

Alcaligenes viscosus    (Weldin and Levine) Weldin

Habitat.—Water, dairy utensils; produces ropiness in milk.

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952): Isolated from intestine and feces.

Family ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

Aerobacter aerogenes    (Kruse) Beijerinck

Synonymy.—Bacillus lactis aerogenes.

Habitat.—Grains, plants, intestinal tract of man and other animals.

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): Isolated from feces.

Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): Isolated from intestinal tract.

Blattella germanica, on shipboard (Morrell, 1911): Isolated from feces.

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949): Isolated from intestinal tract.

Cockroaches [presumably Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945): Isolated from outer surface of body, intestinal tract, and suspensions of macerated whole insects.

Aerobacter cloacae    (Jordan) Bergey et al.

Synonymy.—Bacillus cloacae.

Habitat.—Sewage, soil, water, human and other animal feces.

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, on shipboard (Morrell, 1911): From feces. U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952; Steinhaus, 1941): From intestinal tract, feces, and oötheca.

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949): From intestinal tract.

Aerobacter    sp.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949): Isolated from intestines.

† Eberthella oedematiens    Assis

Habitat.—Intestinal canal.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949): Intestinal tract.

* Escherichia coli    (Migula) Castellani and Chalmers

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao 1898, 1906; Spinelli and Reitano, 1932); France (Sartory and Clerc, 1908); Europe (Jettmar, 1935); Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Steinhaus, 1941).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949, 1949a).

Cockroaches [presumably one or all of the above three species], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945).

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

Experimental vectors.—Blattella germanica, Germany (Vollbrechtshausen, 1953): When injected anally or orally the bacteria invaded the intestinal cells and in heavy infections killed the cockroaches.

Escherichia coli var. acidilactici    (Topley and Wilson) Yale

Synonymy.—Bacillus acidi lactici.

Source.—Diseased nun moth larvae.

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Europe (Filatoff, 1904): Organism pathogenic to cockroach when injected but not when fed.

Escherichia coli var. communior    (Topley and Wilson) Yale

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): From feces.

Escherichia freundii    (Braak) Yale

Habitat.—Soil, water, intestinal canal of man and other animals.

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): From feces.

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952): From intestinal canal and feces.

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949): From intestinal tract.

Escherichia intermedium    (Werkman and Gillen) Vaughn and Levine

Habitat.—Soil, water, intestinal canal of man and other animals.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949): From intestinal canal.

* Klebsiella pneumoniae    (Schroeter) Trevisan

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

* Paracolobactrum aerogenoides    Borman, Stuart and Wheeler

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949).

* Paracolobactrum coliforme    Borman, Stuart and Wheeler

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949).

* Paracolobactrum    spp.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Olson and Rueger, 1950).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Olson and Rueger, 1950).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949; Olson and Rueger, 1950).

* Paracolon bacilli

Natural vectors.—Cockroaches [presumably Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945).

* Proteus mirabilis    Hauser

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949, 1949a).

* Proteus morganii    (Winslow et al.) Rauss

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949, 1949a).

Cockroaches [presumably Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and/or Periplaneta americana], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945).

* Proteus rettgeri    (Hadley et al.) Rustigian and Stuart

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949).

* Proteus vulgaris    Hauser

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949).

Blatta orientalis, Italy (Spinelli and Reitano, 1932).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949, 1949a).

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

* Proteus    spp.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Olson and Rueger, 1950).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949; Olson and Rueger, 1950).

* Salmonella anatis    (Rettger and Scoville) Bergey et al.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Eads et al., 1954).

* Salmonella choleraesuis    (Smith) Weldin

Experimental vectors.—Polyphaga saussurei, U.S.S.R. (Zmeev in Pavlovskii, 1948).

* Salmonella enteritidis    (Gaertner) Castellani and Chalmers

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Rozengolts and I͡udina in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Olson and Rueger, 1950); U.S.S.R. (Rozengolts and I͡udina in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Polyphaga saussurei, U.S.S.R. (Zmeev in Pavlovskii, 1948).

* Salmonella morbificans    (Migula) Haupt

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, Australia (Mackerras and Mackerras, 1948, 1949).

Experimental vectors.—Nauphoeta cinerea, Periplaneta australasiae, Periplaneta ignota, and Supella supellectilium, Australia (Mackerras and Pope, 1948).

* Salmonella paratyphi    (Kayser) Castellani and Chalmers

Experimental vectors.—Polyphaga saussurei, U.S.S.R. (Zmeev in Pavlovskii, 1948).

* Salmonella schottmuelleri    (Winslow et al.) Bergey et al.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949, 1949a).

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

Polyphaga saussurei, U.S.S.R. (Zmeev in Pavlovskii, 1948).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Adelaidae)

Experimental vectors.—Nauphoeta cinerea, Periplaneta australasiae, Periplaneta ignota, and Supella supellectilium, Australia (Mackerras and Pope, 1948).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Bareilly)

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Eads et al., 1954).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Bredeny)

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949, 1949a).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Derby)

Experimental vectors.—Nauphoeta cinerea, Periplaneta australasiae, and Supella supellectilium, Australia (Mackerras and Pope, 1948).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Kentucky)

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Eads et al., 1954).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Kottbus)

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta australasiae, Australia (Mackerras and Pope, 1948).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Meleagris)

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Eads et al., 1954).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Montevideo)

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Jung and Shaffer, 1952).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Newport)

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Eads et al., 1954).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Oranienburg)

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949, 1949a; Eads et al., 1954).

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Olson and Rueger, 1950).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Panama)

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Eads et al., 1954).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Rubislaw)

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Eads et al., 1954).

* Salmonella    sp. (Type Tennessee)

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Eads et al., 1954).

* Salmonella typhimurium    (Loeffler) Castellani and Chalmers

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, Belgium (Graffar and Mertens, 1950).

Nauphoeta cinerea, Australia (Mackerras and Mackerras, 1948).

Experimental vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949).

Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Rozengolts and I͡udina in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Blattella germanica, Belgium (Graffar and Mertens, 1950); U.S.A. (Olson and Rueger, 1950; Janssen and Wedberg, 1952; Beck and Coffee, 1943); U.S.S.R. (Rozengolts and I͡udina in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Nauphoeta cinerea, Australia (Mackerras and Pope, 1948).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Beck and Coffee, 1943; Jung and Shaffer, 1952).

Periplaneta australasiae and Supella supellectilium, Australia (Mackerras and Pope, 1948).

Polyphaga saussurei, U.S.S.R. (Zmeev in Pavlovskii, 1948).

* Salmonella typhosa    (Zopf) White

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Antonelli, 1930, 1943).

Experimental vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949).

Blatta orientalis, Italy (Spinelli and Reitano, 1932); U.S.A. (McBurney and Davis, 1930); U.S.S.R. (Rozengolts and I͡udina in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952); Germany (Jettmar, 1927); U.S.S.R. (Rozengolts and I͡udina in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922); Netherlands (Akkerman, 1933); Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926); U.S.A. (Olson in Roth and Willis, 1957a).

Periplaneta australasiae, Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926).

Polyphaga saussurei, U.S.S.R. (Zmeev in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Cockroaches [presumably Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and/or Periplaneta americana], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945).

Serratia marcescens    Bizio

Synonymy.—Bacillus prodigiosus, Bacterium prodigiosum.

Habitat.—Water, soil, milk, foods, and various insects.

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): From intestinal tract. Italy (Spinelli and Reitano, 1932).

Blattella germanica, Canada (Heimpel and West, 1959).

Diploptera punctata, Nauphoeta cinerea, Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Panchlora nivea, Pycnoscelus surinamensis, and Supella supellectilium, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1958): The organism was isolated and identified by Dr. Hillel Levinson, Quartermaster bacteriologist, from dead specimens found in our laboratory colonies which showed the red coloration characteristic of insects that have died with infections of S. marcescens (pl. 16, A, B).

Leucophaea maderae, U.S.A. (Levinson, personal communication, 1958): The organism was isolated from the hemolymph of living insects while attempting to determine the cause of unexplained mortality in our laboratory colony of this insect.

Leucophaea maderae or Periplaneta americana, Philippine Islands (Barber, 1912): From hemolymph.

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Gier, 1947; Steinhaus, 1959).

Periplaneta australasiae and Periplaneta brunnea (Roth and Willis, unpublished data [1954]): In laboratory colonies. Isolated from suspensions of ground insects. In 1954 we received a culture of Periplaneta brunnea from the Department of Public Health, University of Minnesota. These insects began to die off rapidly and the normally lightly pigmented parts of the body became red. Dr. Hillel Levinson, Quartermaster bacteriologist, cultured Serratia marcescens from several moribund individuals. The Department of Public Health of Minnesota had at times in the past cultured S. marcescens but had discarded the cultures and was unaware that it might be surviving in the cockroach colonies (Richards, personal communication, 1954).

Periplaneta sp., U.S.A. (Olson in Roth and Willis, 1957a): Isolated from an undetermined species of Periplaneta, received in a shipment from the South, a strain of S. marcescens which was toxic to mice when administered intraperitoneally.

Experimental hosts.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): When fed in small numbers, S. marcescens increased to such an extent that the insect's extremities and upper halves of their bodies turned deep red. The insects died after this color appeared and practically pure cultures of Serratia were recovered from the reddened areas.

Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898): Isolated from intestinal contents. Passed unchanged through the gut.

Blattella germanica, Canada (Heimpel and West, 1959): Not normally pathogenic per os; LD_50 by injection, is approximately 38,000 bacteria per insect.

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Gier, 1947): Organism toxic to the cockroach when injected.

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913): Isolated from legs and viscera after feeding experiments.

* Shigella alkalescens    (Andrewes) Weldin

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949, 1949a).

* Shigella dysenteriae    (Shiga) Castellani and Chalmers

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Spinelli and Reitano, 1932).

Periplaneta americana, Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926).

Polyphaga saussurei, U.S.S.R. (Zmeev in Pavlovskii, 1948).

* Shigella paradysenteriae    (Collins) Weldin

Natural vectors.—Blatta lateralis, Tadzhikistan (Zmeev, 1940).

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

Polyphaga saussurei, U.S.S.R. (Zmeev in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Family PARVOBACTERIACEAE

Bacteroides uncatus    Eggerth and Gagnon

Habitat.—Probably intestinal canal of mammals; from human feces.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): From intestinal canal.

* Brucella abortus    (Schmidt and Weis) Meyer and Shaw

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Ruhland and Huddleson, 1941).

Fusiformis lophomonadis    Grassé

Habitat.—Surface of a flagellate (Lophomonas striata) which lives in the intestine of cockroaches (Breed et al., 1948; Grassé 1926, 1926a).

* Malleomyces mallei    (Zopf) Pribram

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

* Pasteurella multocida    (Lehmann and Neumann) Rosenbusch and Merchant

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Küster, 1902, 1903); Italy (Cao, 1906).

* Pasteurella pestis    (Lehmann and Neumann) Holland

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Hongkong (Hunter, 1906).

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898); Germany (Küster, 1903).

Blattella germanica, Germany (Jettmar, 1927).

Leucophaea maderae and Periplaneta americana, Philippine Islands (Barber, 1912).

Family BACTERIACEAE

† Bacterium alkaligenes    Nyberg

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana? ("Blatella americana"), England (Shrewsbury and Barson, 1948): From intestinal tract.

† Bacterium delendae-muscae    Roubaud and Descazeaux

Source.—Diseased fly larvae.

Experimental infection.—Cockroach, France (Roubaud and Descazeaux, 1923): Organism pathogenic to cockroach when injected.

Bacterium haemophosphoreum    Pfeiffer and Stammer

Habitat.—Diseased larvae of Mamestra oleracea.

Experimental infection.—Blatta orientalis and Blattella germanica, Germany (Pfeiffer and Stammer, 1931): Organism pathogenic, when injected, to eight B. orientalis and two B. germanica.

Coccobacillus cajae    Picard and Blanc

Experimental host.—Blatta orientalis, France (Picard and Blanc, 1913): The organism was pathogenic to B. orientalis when injected.

Family BACILLACEAE

* Bacillus anthracis    Cohen emend. Koch

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906); Germany (Küster, 1903).

† Bacillus bütschlii    Schaudinn

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Schaudinn, 1902): Isolated from intestinal tract. Three percent of the cockroaches from Berlin bakeries were infected.

Bacillus cereus    Frankland and Frankland

Synonymy.—Bacillus albolactis.

Habitat.—Soil, dust, milk, plants.

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): From feces.

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Hatcher, 1939): In feces.

Experimental host.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Babers, 1938): The cockroaches died within 96 hours after being injected with 10-3 ml. of a 24-hour broth culture.

Bacillus circulans    Jordan

Habitat.—Soil, water, dust.

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952): From intestine and feces.

† Bacillus flacheriae    (Hoffman)

Source.—Diseased nun moth larvae.

Experimental infection.—Blatta orientalis, Europe (Filatoff, 1904): The organism was not pathogenic when fed to the cockroach, but killed the insects when injected into the body cavity; after the insects died Filatoff reisolated this pathogen together with another bacillus from the cadavers. He succeeded in culturing the new microorganism and found it to be pathogenic when injected into, but not when fed to, the cockroaches. The diseased insects became sluggish, failed to eat or drink, turned over on their backs, their extremities became totally paralyzed, and they finally died.

Bacillus megaterium    De Bary

Habitat.—Soil, water, decomposing materials.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana? ("Blatella americana"), England (Shrewsbury and Barson, 1948): From intestinal tract.

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898): Organism recovered, apparently unchanged, from intestinal contents.

† Bacillus monachae    (von Tubeuf) Eckstein

Synonymy.—Bacterium monache.

Source.—Diseased larvae of nun moth, Lymantria monacha.

Experimental infection.—Blatta orientalis, Europe (Filatoff, 1904): Organism pathogenic to the cockroach when injected but not when fed.

† Bacillus periplanetae    Tichomiroff

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R.? (Tichomiroff, 1870[?], in Filatoff, 1904): The infected insects suffered from a diarrhea and the liquid feces were yellow-brown.

† Bacillus stellatus    Hollande

Natural infection.—Blatta orientalis, France (Hollande, 1934): Organism observed regularly in the intestine (especially rectum). Extensive description given.

† Bacillus radiciformis

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao 1898): Organism recovered, apparently unchanged, from intestinal contents.

* Bacillus subtilis    Cohn emend. Prazmowski

Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949).

Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906; Spinelli and Reitano, 1932); France (Sartory and Clerc, 1908); Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946).

Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A. (Hatcher, 1939).

Periplaneta americana? ("Blatella americana"), England (Shrewsbury and Barson, 1948).

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Longfellow, 1913).

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906).

"Bacillus subtilis group"

Natural infection.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Ronzoni, 1949): Isolated from oöthecae.

† Bacillus tritus    Batchelor

Habitat.—Isolated from feces (man?).

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): Isolated from intestinal tract.

* Clostridium feseri    Trevisan

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

Clostridium lentoputrescens    Hartsell and Rettger

Habitat.—Soil, intestinal tract of man.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): Isolated from intestinal tract.

* Clostridium novyi    (Migula) Bergey et al. or

* Clostridium sporogenes    (Metchnikoff) Bergey et al.

Natural and experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

* Clostridium perfringens    (Veillon and Zuber) Holland

Natural vectors.—Cockroaches [presumably Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and/or Periplaneta americana], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945).

* Clostridium tetani    (Flügge) Holland

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

* Clostridium    spp.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana? ("Blatella americana"), England (Shrewsbury and Barson, 1948).

Order ACTINOMYCETALES

Family MYCOBACTERIACEAE

* Mycobacterium avium    Chester

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Ekzempliarskaia in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Mycobacterium friedmannii    Holland

Habitat.—Parasitic in turtles and possibly sparingly distributed in soils.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Texas (Micks, in Roth and Willis, 1957a): Organism isolated from batches of intestinal tracts of cockroaches collected at random.

* Mycobacterium lacticola    Lehmann and Neumann?

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Leibovitz, 1951).

* Mycobacterium leprae    (Armauer-Hansen) Lehmann and Neumann

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica, Southern Rhodesia and Kenya (Moiser, 1945, 1946, 1946a; Anonymous, 1946).

Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta australasiae, Formosa (Arizumi, 1934, 1934a).

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926); Belgian Congo (Radna, 1939).

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Europe (Paldrock in Klingmüller, 1930); Nyasaland (Lamborn, 1940).

Blattella germanica, Europe (Paldrock in Klingmüller, 1930); Southern Rhodesia and Kenya (Moiser, 1945, 1946, 1946a, 1947; Anonymous, 1946).

Nauphoeta cinerea, Nyasaland (Lamborn, 1940).

Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922); Formosa (Arizumi, 1934, 1934a).

Periplaneta australasiae, Formosa (Arizumi, 1934, 1934a).

Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Radna, 1939); Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

* Mycobacterium lepraemurium    Marchoux and Sorel

Experimental vectors.—Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Radna, 1939).

* Mycobacterium phlei    Lehmann and Neumann

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Leibovitz, 1951; Micks in Roth and Willis, 1957a).

* Mycobacterium piscium    Bergey et al.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Leibovitz, 1951).

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Ekzempliarskaia in Pavlovskii, 1948).

* Mycobacterium tuberculosis    (Schroeter) Lehmann and Neumann

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898); Germany (Küster, 1903); U.S.S.R. (Ekzempliarskaia in Pavlovskii, 1948).

Blattella germanica, on shipboard (Morrell, 1911).

Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926); U.S.A. (Read, 1933).

* Mycobacterium    spp.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Leibovitz, 1951; Micks in Roth and Willis, 1957a).

Family ACTINOMYCETACEAE

* Nocardia    sp.?

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Leibovitz, 1951).

Family STREPTOMYCETACEAE

Streptomyces leidynematis    Hoffman

Habitat.—Surface of the nematodes Hammerschmidtiella diesingi and Leidynema appendiculata in Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Hoffman, 1952, 1953): Eighteen percent of 192 nematodes found in 52 adult cockroaches were infected with the bacterium.

Order CARYOPHANALES

Family ARTHROMITACEAE

Arthromitus intestinalis    (Valentin) Peshkoff

Synonymy.—Hygrocrocis intestinalis.

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, Europe (Valentin, 1836; Robin, 1847, 1853; Peshkoff, 1940): Isolated from intestinal tract. The organism appears as fragments in fecal masses or as fibers adhering to the mucous membrane of the large intestine (Robin, 1853).

Cockroach, France? (Chatton and Pérard, 1913).

Order SPIROCHAETALES

Family SPIROCHAETACEAE

† Spirochaeta blattae    Tejera

Habitat.—Blaberus atropos, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926): Isolated from intestinal tract.

* † Spirochaeta periplanetae    Laveran and Franchini

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, France (Laveran and Franchini, 1920a).

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926): Tejera reported finding "Spirochaeta blatarum Laveran et Franchini" which may have been a lapsus.

Family TREPONEMATACEAE

† Treponema parvum    Dobell

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, England (Dobell, 1912); U.S.S.R.? Zasukhin (1930): From intestinal tract.

† Treponema stylopygae    Dobell

Synonymy.—Spirochaeta stylopygae Zuelzer.

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, England (Dobell, 1912); U.S.S.R.? Zasukhin (1930): From intestinal tract.

Unidentified spirochaetes

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922): Spirochaetes and spirilla were found in the intestines of 70 percent of 124 specimens collected in Petrograd.

Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

ADDITIONAL BACTERIA WHOSE TAXONOMIC POSITION IS UNKNOWN

* "B. aerobio del pseudoedema maligno"    of Cao

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1906).

B. alcaligenes beckeri

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): Isolated from intestinal tract.

* "B. del pseudoedema maligno"    of Cao

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1906).

* "Bacillo proteisimile>"    of Cao

Natural and experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906).

* "Bacillo del barbone dei bufali"    of Cao

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898).

* "Bacillo similcarbonchio"    of Cao

Natural and experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906).

* "Bacillo similtifo" or "Bacillo tifosimile"    of Cao

Natural and experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906).

">Bacillus"

Natural infection.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Heinecke, 1956): Disease organism found in the hemolymph of infected cockroaches. It can be spread by mouth and through wound infection. The animals died with symptoms of paralysis in 85-90 days. The organism has been isolated and is in the culture collection of the Institute for Microbiology and Experimental Therapy, Jena, under the numbers SG 896, Strain A; SG 897, Strain B; SG 898, Strain C.

Experimental infection.—Blattella germanica, Germany (Heinecke, 1956): Infected animals died in 26-30 days.

Periplaneta americana was unaffected even by heavy inoculations of the pathogen.

"Bacterium"

Source.—(I) Diseased silkworm larvae. (II) Diseased Ocneria dispar larvae and blood of Blatta orientalis.

Experimental infection.—(I)(II) Blatta orientalis, Europe (Filatoff, 1904): Organism pathogenic when injected, nonpathogenic when ingested.

(I) Cockroach, U.S.A. (Glaser, 1925): Organism pathogenic to cockroach when injected.

"Coccobacillus"

Natural infection.—Blatta orientalis, France (Hollande, 1934): Organism described morphologically.

"Colon bacilli"

Natural vectors.—Cockroaches [presumably Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and/or Periplaneta americana], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945): From the outer surface, intestinal tract, and suspensions of macerated insects.

"Diplococci"

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Jettmar, 1935): From intestinal tract.

Blattella germanica, Germany (Jettmar, 1935): From outer surface of body.

"Diphtheroid I and II"

Source.—Periplaneta americana.

Natural and experimental infections.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Gier, 1947): Pathogenicity to the cockroach variable when organism injected.

"Gram positive rods"

Source.—Feces of Blattella germanica.

Experimental vector.—Blattella germanica, Germany (Vollbrechtshausen, 1953): Nonpathogenic to the insect when injected into the mouth or anus.

"Silkworm disease bacillus"

Cockroaches that were inoculated with living cultures succumbed in a few days (Glaser, 1925).

† Spirillochaeta blattae    Hollande

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, France (Hollande, 1934; Hollande and Hollande, 1946): Organism found in hind intestine. This spirillum was stated to be related in external morphology to Spirillum periplaneticum Kunstler and Gineste, but it was believed that S. blattae should be in the Spirochaetaceae rather than the Spirillaceae.

"Spirochaetoid bacteria"

Habitat.—Blatta orientalis, France (Hollande, 1934): Two kinds described but not named.

† Tetragenous    sp.

Natural and experimental infections.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Gier, 1947): Pathogenicity to the cockroach variable when organism injected.

VIII. FUNGI AND YEASTS

By far the greatest number of fungi known to be associated with cockroaches belong to the Laboulbeniaceae, genus Herpomyces, the species of which are restricted to parasitizing cockroaches (Thaxter, 1908). Most species are hyaline, small and inconspicuous (Thaxter, 1931) and are usually, but not exclusively, found on the insects' antennae. Species of Herpomyces are highly, but not completely, host specific (Richards and Smith, 1954). While attached to the host, these fungi appear like minute dark-colored, yellow, or white (e.g., H. arietinus) bristles or bushy hairs (pl. 27, A).

Fig. 1.—Diagram illustrating the relationship between a mature plant of Herpomyces stylopygae and the integument of Blatta orientalis. (Reproduced from Richards and Smith [1956], through the courtesy of Dr. A. G. Richards.)

Richards and Smith (1955, 1955a) have studied the life history of Herpomyces stylopygae on the oriental cockroach. The plants grow only on living cockroaches, and the infection is disseminated by contact. The mature plants are found mostly on the antennae (pl. 27, B), either on setae or on hard or soft cuticle. Spores are ejected from perithecia singly or in groups of 2 to 4 spores, although groups as large as 12 spores have been found. The presence of single, paired, or multiple spore groups on the surface of the host was correlated with the presence of single, paired, or multiple plants on infected cockroaches. Development from spore to mature perithecia takes about two weeks. The plant obtains nutriment from the host by means of a tubular haustorium that extends through the cockroach's cuticle and expands into a large bulb in the underlying epidermal cells (fig. 1). Infections on nymphs are lost when the nymph moults, but infections on adults persist throughout life. However, nymphs which have lost the fungus upon moulting are readily reinfected. Collart's (1947) statement that nymphs are never infected with Herpomyces is not true.

Richards and Smith (1956) concluded that there is no evidence of pathogenicity in Herpomyces infections because heavily infected cockroaches appear fully active in laboratory colonies; they can run at the same speed as uninfected cockroaches; they reproduce normally and do not appear to die prematurely. These workers stated that the infections cause a dermatitis which is neither pathogenic nor debilitant. So far as we know there are no comparative data on longevity and reproductive performance of fungus-infected versus normal cockroaches. However, Gunn and Cosway (1938) have shown that the presence of these fungi (identified as Stigmatomyces sp.; see p. 138) on the antennae seemed to interfere with the humidity reactions of Blatta orientalis. Although Richards and Smith (1956) admit that humidity receptors and other sense organs on the antennae may be destroyed by the fungus, they state that "insects possess such a large number of sensilla that the result may well be more distressing to the sensory physiologist than to the insect." Yet it seems to us that the loss of sense organs from fungal infection and concomitant shortening of the antennae (pl. 27, A) might be considerably more of a handicap to free-living cockroaches than those in laboratory colonies.

Bode (1936) studied the flora of Periplaneta americana and cultured Aspergillaceae and Mucorinae from the insect's body surface and intestinal contents; he also found nonsporulating yeasts in P. americana. To prevent fungal growth on oöthecae of P. americana, Griffiths and Tauber (1942a) autoclaved their rearing containers and dipped the oöthecae in 70-percent alcohol for 10 seconds.

Mercier (1906) isolated and cultured a pathogenic yeastlike parasite which had invaded the fat body and blood of Blatta orientalis. The abdomens of the infected insects became swollen, distended, and soft. McShan (unpublished MS., 1953) consistently isolated Saccharomycetes from the feces of Periplaneta americana.

FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

The use of the asterisk (*) is explained in footnote 3, page 4.

Phylum THALLOPHYTA

Class FUNGI IMPERFECTI

Order MONILIALES

Family PSEUDOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE

Candida zeylanoides    (Castellani) Langeron and Guerra

Natural host.—Oötheca of Blatta orientalis, Italy (Ronzoni, 1949).

Torulopsis    sp.

Natural host.—Oötheca of Blatta orientalis, Italy (Ronzoni, 1949).

Family MONILIACEAE

Spicaria prasina    (Maublanc) Sawada

Natural host.—Ischnoptera rufa rufa, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): A dead specimen of this cockroach was found stuck to a leaf and covered with this fungus.

Aspergillus flavus    Link

Natural hosts.—Oöthecae of Blattella germanica and Eurycotis floridana, U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1952): On outer surface. Determination by Miss Mary Downing.

Oöthecae of Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1952): Inside oöthecae. Determination by Miss Mary Downing.

* Aspergillus fumigatus    Fresenius

Natural vector.—Blatta orientalis, France (Sartory and Clerc, 1908): From intestine.

* Aspergillus niger    van Tieghem

Natural vector.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Texas (McShan in Roth and Willis, 1957a): From feces.

Experimental vector.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898): Organism passed unchanged through the gut of the insects.

Aspergillus sydowi    (Bainier and Sartory) Thom and Church

Natural host.—Oötheca of Eurycotis floridana, U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1952): On outer surface. Determination by Miss Mary Downing.

Aspergillus tamarii    Kita

Natural host.—Oöthecae of Blattella germanica, U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1952): On exterior surface. Determination by Miss Mary Downing.

Aspergillus    sp.?

Natural and experimental vector.—Blattella germanica, on shipboard (Morrell, 1911): Isolated from feces. Experimentally Morrell also showed that the spores of the fungus could be recovered from feces of cockroaches that had fed on them.

Aspergillus     sp.

Natural vector.—Periplaneta americana, England (Bunting, 1956): The fungus was isolated mostly from imperfectly excreted feces.

Beauveria bassiana    (Balsamo) Vuillemin

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Dresner, 1949, 1950): The nymphs of American cockroaches became infected when they (1) were injected with a 1-percent suspension of spores, (2) ate rat pellets sprayed with the spore suspension, or (3) were dusted with the fungus spores. The symptoms of the fungus infection were paralysis followed by death; some of the infected insects liquefied, others dried up after the appearance of a subcuticular blackening.

Cephalosporium    sp.

Natural vector.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Texas (McShan, unpublished MS., 1953): From feces of cockroaches collected in the basement of a grain elevator at the docks in Galveston.

* Geotrichum candidum    Link

Experimental vector.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898): Organism retained its pathogenicity after passing through the insect's gut.

Penicillium    sp.

Natural vector.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): From feces.

Periplaneta americana, England (Bunting, 1956): Mostly from imperfectly excreted feces.

Metarrhizium anisopliae    (Metschnikoff) Sorokin

Natural hosts.—Blattidae, Seymour (1929); Charles (1941).

Panesthia australis, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1957): Growing on adult specimens that were found dead in a laboratory colony. Determination by Miss Dorothy Fennell.

Periplaneta americana, England (Bunting, 1956): Growing on genitalia of females where it prevented oöthecal formation.

Cockroach, Puerto Rico (Johnston, 1915): From a "small roach" in the pathological collection at Rio Piedras (no data).

Family DEMATIACEAE

Memnoniella echinata    (Rivolta) Galloway

Natural host.—Oötheca of Blattella germanica, U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1952): On material that had oozed from a damaged oötheca. Determination by Miss Mary Downing.

Torula acidophila    Owen and Mobley

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Owen and Mobley, 1948): The digestive tract of this cockroach is the normal habitat of this yeast which was transmitted to sirup by the insects. The yeast superimposed a foreign taste, suggestive of malic acid, upon the original flavor of the sirup.

Torula gropengiesseri    Lodder

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Gropengiesser, 1925; Lodder, 1934): Isolated from fat body and oöthecae. Gier (1947) is of the opinion that the so-called yeasts that supposedly may displace the bacteroids in the fat body (Mercier, 1907b; Gropengiesser, 1925) may actually represent poorly fixed and insufficiently stained bacteroids.

Torula rosea    Preuss

Experimental host.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): Upon repeated feeding of massive doses of this yeast to the cockroach, these workers were able to isolate the organism from the feces up to six days thereafter. There was no evidence that T. rosea was pathogenic for B. craniifer.

Class PHYCOMYCETES

Order MUCORALES

Family MUCORACEAE

Mucor guilliermondii    Nadson and Filippov

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.S.R. (Nadson and Filippov, 1925; Filippov, 1926): Isolated and cultured from intestine.

Mucor    sp.

Natural host.—Oötheca of Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1952): Inside oötheca. Determination by Miss Mary Downing.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Germany (Bode, 1936): Isolated from fat body which it had stained red.

Rhizopus nigricans    Ehrenberg

Natural vector.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): From feces.

Rhizopus    sp.

Natural vector.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Texas (McShan, unpublished MS., 1953): From feces.

Syncephalastrum    sp.

Natural vector.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Texas (McShan, unpublished MS., 1953): From feces.

Order ENTOMOPHTHORALES

Family BLASTOCYSTIDACEAE

Blastocystis hominis    Brumpt

Natural vector.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Zasukhin, 1930): In hind gut in 40 percent of over 3,000 cockroaches.

Blastocystis    sp.

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922): Found in the intestinal contents of 29 percent of 124 B. orientalis.

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

The placement of the following fungus is problematic.

Coccidioides periplanetae    Avrech

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Avrech, 1931): Found in cells lining the lumen of midgut and caeca. The whole upper part of the epithelium was filled with sporangia and spores.

Class ASCOMYCETES

Order ENDOMYCETALES

Family SACCHAROMYCETACEAE

Saccharomyces cerevisiae    Hansen

Natural vector.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): In feces.

Saccharomyces    sp.

Natural vector.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg, 1952): Found consistently in alimentary tract of B. germanica fed sucrose solutions.

Order HYPOCREALES

Family HYPOCREACEAE

Cordyceps amazonica    Hennings

Natural host.—Cockroaches, British Honduras (Mains, 1940).

Cordyceps blattae    Petch

Natural host.—Blattella germanica, Ceylon (Petch, 1924): Collected at Hakgala twice. A slight covering of brown mycelium overran the insect and fastened it to the underside of a living leaf.

Order LABOULBENIALES

Family LABOULBENIACEAE

Herpomyces amazonicus    Thaxter

Natural host.—Nyctibora obscura, Brazil, Natal (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae.

Herpomyces anaplectae    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Anaplecta sp., Venezuela, Caracas (Thaxter, 1905, 1908); Trinidad (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae.

Cockroach, Sumatra (Thaxter, 1931).

Herpomyces appendiculatus    Thaxter

Natural host.—Platyzosteria scabra, Australia, N.S.W. (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae.

Herpomyces arietinus    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Ischnoptera sp., U.S.A., Georgia (Thaxter, 1908).

Parcoblatta uhleriana, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth, unpublished data, 1957): The nymphs were in a culture of Parcoblatta virginica which was infected with this fungus; it is possible that these P. uhleriana became infected by contact with P. virginica. Fungus identified by Dr. R. K. Benjamin.

Parcoblatta virginica, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth, unpublished data, 1957): Fungus determined by Dr. R. K. Benjamin. Fungus found on antennae, palpi, legs, body surface (pl. 27, A).

Parcoblatta sp., U.S.A., Kentucky, Massachusetts (Thaxter, 1902, 1908): On antennae.

It is likely that Thaxter's host records (certainly those assigned to Temnopteryx and possibly those assigned to Ischnoptera) were species of Parcoblatta. Hebard (1917) has shown that all the species referred to Ischnoptera in the United States, except I. deropeltiformis, now belong in the genus Parcoblatta. All species originally referred to the genus Temnopteryx in the United States are now synonymized with species of Parcoblatta.

Herpomyces chaetophilus    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Thaxter, 1931).

Periplaneta sp., Zanzibar and Mauritius (Thaxter, 1902, 1908): On spines of legs, antennae, and cerci.

Herpomyces chilensis    Thaxter

Natural host.—Cockroach, Chile (Thaxter, 1918): On antennae.

Herpomyces diplopterae    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Diploptera punctata, Ascension Island (Thaxter, 1902, 1908): On antennae. This species also was infected experimentally (Richards and Smith, 1954).

Cockroach, Fiji (Thaxter, 1931).

Herpomyces ectobiae    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Thaxter, 1902, 1908); Burma, Tenasserim (Spegazzini, 1915); Argentina, Buenos Aires (Spegazzini, 1917): On antennae. U.S.A., Minnesota (Richards and Smith, 1955): Scattered over entire body, wings. France? (Picard, 1913): On tibial spines. Chile and Philippine Islands (Thaxter, 1931).

"Ectobia" spp., Zanzibar and Saint Kitts, B.W.I. (Thaxter, 1902, 1908): Possibly on species that are now in the genus Blattella rather than in the genus Ectobius as it is known today, because Thaxter also used the synonym Ectobia germanica for the German cockroach, Blattella germanica.

Experimental hosts.—Blattella germanica and Blattella vaga, U.S.A. (Richards and Smith, 1954).

Herpomyces forficularis    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, Mauritius? and Fiji (Thaxter, 1902, 1908, 1931): On antennae.

Herpomyces gracilis    Thaxter

Natural host.—Blattella humbertiana, Philippine Islands, Luzon (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae.

Herpomyces grenadinus    Thaxter

Natural host.—Cockroach, Grenada, B.W.I. (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae of a "brown wingless blattid."

Herpomyces leurolestis    Thaxter

Natural host.—Leurolestes pallidus, British Guiana and Trinidad (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae.

Herpomyces lobopterae    Thaxter

Natural host.—Loboptera sp., Argentina (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae.

Herpomyces macropus    Spegazzini

Natural host.—Blaberus sp.?, Argentina (Spegazzini, 1917).

Cockroaches, Peru, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, and Haiti (Spegazzini, 1915, 1917): Material previously assigned by Spegazzini (1915) to H. paranensis was also placed by him in this new species. However, Thaxter (1931) believed that H. macropus may be synonymous with H. paranensis, but he provisionally retained H. macropus because he had not seen Spegazzini's material.

Herpomyces nyctoborae    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Nyctibora tomentosa, U.S.A., Texas (Thaxter, 1905, 1908): On antennae. This cockroach is not established in Texas, and the specimen may have been misidentified (Gurney, personal communication, 1958).

Nyctibora sp., Argentina (Spegazzini, 1917): On antennae.

Herpomyces panchlorae    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Panchlora nivea, Trinidad (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae.

Herpomyces panesthiae    Thaxter

Natural host.—Panesthia lobipennis, Ceylon (Thaxter, 1915): On antennae.

Herpomyces paranensis    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Blaberus sp.? Brazil (Thaxter, 1902, 1908): On antennae.

Blaberus sp., Brazil and Argentina (Spegazzini, 1917): On antennae.

Cockroaches, Trinidad and Argentina (Thaxter, 1931).

Herpomyces periplanetae    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Blaberus sp.?, Argentina (Spegazzini, 1917).

Blatta orientalis, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Thaxter, 1902, 1908); Locality? (Spegazzini, 1915); France? (Picard, 1913).

Periplaneta americana, Bermuda and U.S.A., Massachusetts (Thaxter, 1902, 1908); Plains of Biajar, Italian Somaliland, and Argentina (Spegazzini, 1915, 1917).

Periplaneta australasiae, Bermuda (Thaxter, 1902, 1908).

Periplaneta brunnea, Brazil (Thaxter, 1931).

Periplaneta sp., Mexico, West Indies, Panama, Brazil, Africa, South Seas, and China (Thaxter, 1902, 1908).

Cockroaches, Belgium (Collart, 1947).

Additional locality records: Grenada, Trinidad, B.W.I., and Tangier (Thaxter, 1931).

The fungus was found growing on spines, tegmina, integument, and antennae, at times abundantly.

Experimental hosts.—All the following data are from Richards and Smith (1954):

Blatta orientalis: A few plants matured.

Neostylopyga rhombifolia: Some development but no mature plants.

Periplaneta americana: Fungus developed prolifically with a density equal to that on original host.

Periplaneta australasiae: Some development but no mature plants.

Periplaneta brunnea: Fungus developed prolifically with a density equal to that on original host.

Herpomyces phyllodromiae    Thaxter

Natural host.—"Phyllodromia" sp., Abyssinia (Thaxter, 1905, 1908): On antennae.

Herpomyces platyzosteriae    Thaxter

Natural host.—"Eurycotis floridana," Mexico (Thaxter, 1905, 1908): On antennal setae.

Since this cockroach is not found in Mexico (J. A. G. Rehn, personal communication, 1957), E. floridana is undoubtedly not the host for this fungus. W. B. Brown (personal communication, 1957) searched the cockroach collection at the Museum of Comparative Zoology but was unable to find Thaxter's insect for reidentification.

Herpomyces stylopygae    Spegazzini

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Argentina (Spegazzini, 1917); U.S.A. (Richards and Smith, 1955a).

Experimental hosts.—Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Richards and Smith, 1954): A few plants matured.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Richards and Smith, 1954): Some development but no mature plants.

The fungus (fig. 1) is found on antennae (pl. 27, B, C), palpi, cerci, and femurs. Thaxter (1931) believed H. stylopygae to be synonymous with H. periplanetae. However, Richards and Smith (1954) concluded that H. stylopygae would not grow on P. americana under their laboratory conditions although H. periplanetae would grow on B. orientalis. This indicated a strain or species difference between the two fungi. Gunn and Cosway (1938) reported a species of Stigmatomyces on the antennae of B. orientalis; this fungus was probably H. stylopygae (Richards and Smith, 1956).

Herpomyces supellae    (Thaxter)

Natural host.—Supella supellectilium, Trinidad (Thaxter, 1931): On antennal spines.

Herpomyces tricuspidatus    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A., Key West (Richards and Smith, 1955).

Blaberus sp. and Epilampra? sp., Panama (Thaxter, 1902, 1908).

Epilampra sp., Saint Kitts, B.W.I., and Haiti (Thaxter, 1902, 1908).

Leucophaea maderae, Fernando Po (Spegazzini, 1915).

Nauphoeta cinerea, Brazil (Thaxter, 1931).

Cockroaches, China? (Thaxter, 1902); Philippine Islands, Mindanao (Thaxter, 1931).

Experimental hosts.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Richards and Smith, 1955).

Infections on the antennae. Richards and Smith (1954) were unable to secure experimental infections in L. maderae with H. tricuspidatus. Experiments with N. cinerea showed some development but no mature plants although identification of the growing fungus was uncertain because of simultaneous exposure to H. ectobiae, H. stylopygae, and H. tricuspidatus.

Herpomyces zanzibarinus    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Eurycotis manni, Brazil (Thaxter, 1931): On antennae.

Gyna sp.?, Isle of Nias (Spegazzini, 1915): On antennae.

Cockroach, Zanzibar (Thaxter, 1902): On antennae.

INCERTAE SEDIS

According to Dr. R. K. Benjamin (personal communication, 1957) and Dr. E. G. Simmons (personal communication, 1957), the phylogenetic position of the following genus is uncertain.

Amphoromorpha blattina    Thaxter

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, Grenada, B.W.I. (Thaxter, 1920): On the axis of the antennae of a dark wingless and a pale winged blattid.

Amphoromorpha    sp.

Natural host.—Cockroach, Grenada, B.W.I. (Thaxter, 1920): On antennal setae.

IX. HIGHER PLANTS

The significance of many observed associations between cockroaches and the higher plants is still obscure. Undoubtedly many associations are ecological, but lack of adequate supporting evidence makes this conclusion somewhat tentative. The ecological aspects are covered in Section III (p. 14). Other associations may be accidental (e.g., certain unique observations that have never again been confirmed). In the absence of contrary evidence, most associations are presumed to be benign; exceptions to this conclusion are found among the cockroaches that feed on living plants (p. 162) and those allegedly captured as prey by the carnivorous pitcher plants (Sarracenia and Nepenthes). In all the records cited below the cockroaches were stated to have been on, in, or feeding on the plant.

The plants are listed below by family according to the taxonomic arrangement of Lawrence (1951). Botanical nomenclature follows Bailey (1925), Fernald (1950), or Dr. R. A. Howard (personal communications, 1958, 1959). We take full responsibility for referring to appropriate taxa certain plants that were reported by common name only in the cited literature.

Division PTERIDOPHYTA

Family CYATHEACEAE

Alsophila    sp.

Associate.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Louisiana (Anonymous, 1893): Feeding on heart of tree fern.

Family POLYPODIACEAE

Asplenium nidus    Linnaeus

Associate.—Comptolampra liturata, Malaya (Karny, 1924): Often found between dry foliage of the beakers of this fern.

Division EMBRYOPHYTA SIPHONOGAMA

Family PINACEAE

Pinus australis    Michaux

Associates.—Aglaopteryx gemma and Parcoblatta lata, Alabama (Hebard, 1917): The former species was common under signs on longleaf pines, and P. lata was occasional.

Parcoblatta divisa, Georgia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under signs.

Pinus caribaea    Morelet

Associates.—Eurycotis floridana, Latiblattella rehni, and Parcoblatta fulvescens, Florida (Hebard, 1917): Many records under signs on the tree trunks.

Pinus clausa    Vasey

Associate.—Latiblattella rehni, Florida (Hebard, 1917): Under sign on tree.

Pinus echinata    Mill.

Associates.—Parcoblatta divisa, Virginia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under signs on shortleaf pine.

Parcoblatta zebra, Mississippi (Hebard, 1917): Under sign.

Pinus sylvestris    Linnaeus

Associate.—Ectobius pallidus, England (Milton, 1899; Burr, 1899b): On Scotch fir.

Pinus    spp.

Associates.—Plectoptera lacerna and Plectoptera vermiculata, Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Latiblattella rehni, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1905): Under signs. Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Family TAXODIACEAE

Cryptomeria    sp.

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Pemberton and Williams, 1938; Zimmerman, 1948).

Family CUPRESSACEAE

Cupressus macrocarpa    Hartweg

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Hebard, 1922): "The species is common and injurious in the territory infesting particularly the Monterey cypress trees ... and doing particular damage by gnawing away the bark." Similar injury has been cited by Pemberton (1934), Fullaway and Krauss (1945), and Zimmerman (1948).

Juniperus    sp.

Associate.—Phyllodromica tartara nigrescens, Southern Uzbekistan (Bei-Bienko, 1950): Under bark.

Family PANDANACEAE

Freycinetia    sp.

Associate.—Graptoblatta notulata and Kuchinga remota, Tahiti (Hebard, 1933).

Pandanus    sp.

Associate.—Hololeptoblatta sp., Seychelles (Scott, 1910, 1912).

Family GRAMINEAE

Aristida pennata    Trin.

Associate.—Phyllodromica pygmaea, U.S.S.R. (Bei-Bienko, 1950): Found in the dense turf.

Bamboo

Associate.—Comptolampra liturata, Malaya (Karny, 1925).

Chloris gayana    Kunth

Associate.—Blattella vaga, Texas (Riherd, 1953): This field cockroach was rather abundant in clumps of Rhodes grass.

Panicum purpurascens    Raddi

Synonymy.—Panicum barbinode [Hitchcock, 1936].

Associate.—Epilampra abdomen-nigrum, Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923; Wolcott, 1936): Abundant in "malojillo" meadow.

Saccharum officinarum    Linnaeus

Associates.—Balta quadricaudata, Balta scripta, Balta torresiana, Balta verticalis, Ellipsidion simulans, and Megamareta verticalis, Australia, Queensland (Hebard, 1943): All collected by J. F. Illingworth on sugarcane.

Blattella humbertiana, Ischnoptera schenklingi, and Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Formosa (Box, 1953).

Cariblatta stenophrys, Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923; Wolcott, 1936): Between the leaves and under the leaf sheaths.

Panchlora nivea, Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): On the leaves.

Pelmatosilpha coriacea, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936).

Phoraspis spp., Brazil and Guiana (Doumerc in Blanchard, 1837).

Plectoptera dorsalis, Plectoptora infulata, and Plectoptera rhabdota, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): Under the leaf sheaths.

Symploce ruficollis, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): Often found living under the leaf sheaths.

Cockroaches, Philippine Islands (Uichanco in Williams et al., 1931): Between cane leaf sheaths.

Setaria verticillata    (Linnaeus) Beauv.

Synonymy.—Chaetochloa verticillata (Linnaeus) [Howard, personal communication, 1958].

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Severin, 1911): The cockroach was caught on the barbed awns of this grass.

Wild oats

Associate.—Ischnoptera deropeltiformis, Missouri (Rau, 1937).

Zea mays    Linnaeus

Associates.—Cariblatta stenophrys, Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923; Wolcott, 1936).

Ellipsidion bicolor, Australia, Queensland (Hebard, 1943).

Lophoblatta arawaka, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Phoraspis sp., Brazil and Guiana (Doumerc in Blanchard, 1837).

Supella supellectilium, New Caledonia (Cohic, 1956).

Family CYPERACEAE

Cyperus    sp.

Associate.—Maretina uahuka, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka (Hebard, 1933a).

Family PALMAE

Acrocomia aculeata    (Jacq.) Lodd.

Associate.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955): On "gru-gru" fruits.

Cocos nucifera    Linnaeus

Associates.—Aglaopteryx gemma, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912).

Cariblatta lutea minima, Florida, and Cariblatta delicatula, San Domingo (Hebard, 1916a).

Eurycotis floridana, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912; Hebard, 1917).

Periplaneta australasiae, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912; Hebard, 1917). Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Phoenix dactylifera    Linnaeus

Associate.—Blattella germanica, California (Herms, 1926): On date palms.

Pritchardia    sp.

Associate.—Periplaneta australasiae, Nihoa Island (Bryan, 1926). Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).

Roystonea regia    O. F. Cook

Associate.—Cariblatta punctulata, San Domingo (Hebard, 1916a).

Sabal palmetto    Lodd.

Associate.—Eurycotis floridana, Florida (Scudder, 1879).

Periplaneta australasiae, Florida (Hebard, 1917).

Undetermined palms

Associates.—Euthlastoblatta abortiva, Texas (Hebard, 1917).

Hormetica laevigata, Brazil (Hancock, 1926).

Panchlora antillarum, Dominican Republic (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Periplaneta americana, Texas (Zimmern in Gould and Deay, 1940).

Family ARACEAE

Arum    sp.

Associate.—Latiblattella vitrea, Mexico (Hebard, 1921b): In flower shaft.

Caladium    sp.

Associate.—Plectoptera dorsalis, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Family BROMELIACEAE

Aechmaea porteoides    Britton

Associate.—Dryadoblatta scotti, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Ananas comosus    Merr.

Associates.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Illingworth, 1927, 1929): Feeding on roots of pineapple.

Blattella humbertiana, Formosa (Takahashi, 1940): Imago and grown nymphs occasionally lie concealed in the leaves.

Catopsis fulgens    Griseb.

Associates.—Cockroaches, Costa Rica (Calvert and Calvert, 1917).

Glomeropitcairnia erectiflora    Mez

Associate.—Dryadoblatta scotti, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Grevisia    sp.

Associate.—Notolampra antillarum, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955): One male only.

Tillandsia fasciculata    Swartz

Associate.—Eurycotis floridana, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1914; Hebard, 1917).

Tillandsia usneoides    Linnaeus

Associates.—Parcoblatta sp., Louisiana (Rainwater, 1941).

Latiblattella rehni, Florida (Blatchley, 1920): By beating.

Cockroaches, Louisiana (Rosenfeld, 1911, 1912): One mature and 39 immature blattids were collected from 8 of 12 samples of Spanish moss.

Tillandsia uttriculata    Linnaeus

Associate.—Epilampra mona, Mona Island, West Indies (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): The type and one paratypic female of E. mona were collected in this bromeliad.

Eurycotis floridana, Florida (Blatchley, 1920).

Tillandsia    sp.

Associates.—Aglaopteryx gemma, Texas (Hebard, 1917).

Dryadoblatta scotti, Trinidad (Scott, 1912): Found in the leaf bases.

Undetermined bromeliads

Associates.—Aglaopteryx diaphana, Jamaica (Hebard, 1917; Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Anaplecta azteca and Anaplecta sp., Costa Rica (Picado, 1913).

Anaplecta mexicana, Costa Rica (Calvert and Calvert, 1917).

Audreia bromeliadarum, Panama (Caudell, 1914).

Audreia jamaicana, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Blattella sp., Costa Rica (Picado, 1913).

Buboblatta armata, Panama (Caudell, 1914): "Probably not a typical bromeliadicolous species."

Cariblatta insularis, Jamaica (Hebard, 1916a, 1917; Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Cariblatta nebulicola, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927); One immature male.

Dryadoblatta scotti, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Epilampra conspersa, Dominica (Scott, 1912).

Epilampra maya, Panama (Hebard, 1920).

Epilampra sodalis, Panama (Caudell, 1914).

Epilampra sp. and Hormetica laevigata, Brazil (Hancock, 1926).

Eurycotis biolleyi, Costa Rica (Picado, 1913).

Ischnoptera rufa occidentalis, Mexico (Caudell, 1914).

Latiblattella chichimeca, Costa Rica (Picado, 1913).

Litopeltis biolleyi, Costa Rica (Rehn, 1928).

Litopeltis bispinosa, Panama (Caudell, 1914).

Neoblattella brunneriana, Costa Rica (Calvert and Calvert, 1917).

Neoblattella dryas, Neoblattella eurydice, Neoblattella grossbecki, and Neoblattella proserpina, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Neoblattella fratercula, Mexico (Hebard, 1921b).

Neoblattella nahua, Mexico (Caudell, 1914).

Nesomylacris relica, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Nyctibora brunnea(?), Panama (Caudell, 1914): According to Hebard (1920) Caudell's specimen was almost certainly incorrectly identified. It may have been Nyctibora noctivaga or a smaller species of the genus. Brazil (Hancock, 1926).

Nyctibora laevigata, Jamaica (Hebard, 1917; Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Nyctibora lutzi, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): "in epiphytes with pencil-like leaves."

Pelmatosilpha rotundata, Panama (Caudell, 1914).

Pseudomops laticornis, Costa Rica (Picado, 1913).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Costa Rica (Picado, 1913). Mexico (Caudell, 1914). Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

"Rhicnoda" sp., Costa Rica (Picado, 1913). This genus is now recognized as not being in the New World fauna. Probably the specimen was a species of Epilampra or Hyporhicnoda as suggested by Gurney (personal communication, 1959) and confirmed by Rehn (p.c., 1959).

Cockroaches, Costa Rica (Calvert, 1910): Cockroaches were said to be common in bromeliads on the moist Atlantic slope.

Family LILIACEAE

Yucca elata    Engelman

Associate.—Latiblattella lucifrons, Arizona (Ball et al., 1942).

Easter lilies

Associate.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Connecticut (Zappe, 1918).

Family MUSACEAE

Bananas

Cockroaches have been captured in bunches of bananas, in bracts of banana flowers, under banana leaves, and burrowing in rotten banana stalks. Although many of the species associated with bananas are indigenous to the banana-growing areas of the American Tropics, most of the specimens cited below were captured elsewhere as adventitious insects that had been imported with the fruit. It is obvious that many of these insects must have been closely associated with bananas on the plantations, where, undoubtedly, the growing plants provided attractive ecological niches. Bunting (1956) deduced, from the presence of healthy cockroaches on bananas allegedly sprayed with copper arsenate, that the insects did not feed on stems or fruit but hid among the bananas and foraged elsewhere; however, certain reports are of cockroaches actually feeding on bananas. Some of the records cited by Hebard (1917) were compiled from earlier reports not all of which we have seen. Numbers in parentheses following certain citations indicate the number of times the association had been observed. Known or suspected adventive material is so indicated.

Aglaopteryx diaphana, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): Found in bracts of banana blossoms. England (Bunting, 1955): Adventive, on bananas from Dominica.

Aglaopteryx vegeta, Finland (Princis, 1947): Adventive, in banana box.

Amazonina emarginata, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955): In banana bunch.

Archimandrita marmorata, Denmark (Henriksen, 1939): Adventive (2), in bananas from Jamaica(?). As Princis (1947) and Gurney (personal communication, 1959) point out, this is a Central American species, so Jamaica may be an error.

Archimandrita tessellate, Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive, from Honduras.

Blaberus atropos(?), Denmark (Henriksen, 1939): Adventive, from Jamaica. Princis (1947) pointed out that this species was more likely to have been Blaberus craniifer or Blaberus discoidalis, which are West Indian species, than B. atropos which is a South American species.

Blaberus boliviensis, Ecuador (Princis, 1952): In a shipment of bananas from near Puna.

Blaberus discoidalis, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): From banana ripening room. Great Britain (Pearce, 1929): Adventive. England (Bunting, 1955, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica.

Capucinella delicatula, California (Caudell, 1931): Adventive.

Cariblatta delicatula, Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Cariblatta hylaea, Honduras (Rehn, 1945a): Shaken from hanging dead banana leaves.

Cariblatta insularis, Finland (Frey, 1948): Adventive.

Cariblatta landalei, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): All specimens taken from under drying bracts of banana blossoms.

Cariblatta punctipennis and Chorisoneura barbadensis, England (Bunting, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica.

Epilampra abdomen-nigrum and Epilampra sp., England (Bunting, 1955): Adventive, from Dominica.

Epilampra maya, Massachusetts (Hebard, 1917): Adventive.

Epilampra mexicana(?), Denmark (Henriksen, 1939): Adventive (2), from Danish West Indies. Princis (1947) suggested that this should be Epilampra sp., because E. mexicana is not a West Indian species.

Eudromiella calcarata and Eurycotis bananae, U.S.S.R., Leningrad (Bei-Bienko, 1947): Adventive, from Colombia.

Euphyllodromia angustata, Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive.

Eurycotis caraibea, New York (Hebard, 1917): Adventive.

Eurycotis dimidiata, Washington, D. C. (Caudell, 1931): Adventive.

Eurycotis lixa, New York (Rehn, 1930): Adventive, on banana ship from Jamaica.

Graptoblatta notulata, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka (Hebard, 1933a): In banana leaves.

Holocompsa nitidula, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955): Eating banana pulp.

Hormetica laevigata, Wales (Sandemann, 1934): Adventive, in pile of banana sacks.

Hormetica ventralis, Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive, in local warehouse of banana company.

Hormetica spp., Europe and North America (Bei-Bienko, 1950): Adventive, introduced with bananas and other tropical fruits.

Ischnoptera rufa rufa, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): Brought into houses on bunches of bananas.

Kuchinga remota, Society Islands, Moorea (Hebard, 1933a): In dead banana leaves.

Lamproblatta albipalpus, Panama Canal Zone (Hebard, 1920): Several under decayed banana stem.

Latiblattella sp., Finland (Frey, 1948): Adventive.

Leucophaea maderae, New York (Hebard, 1917): Adventive. Dominica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): Under banana sheaths. England (Palmer, 1928): Adventive, captured at railroad station after bananas had been unloaded. England (Bunting, 1955): Adventive, from Dominica. Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955): Nymph, eating bananas in cupboard. Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923): Seín stated that bananas are the favorite food of L. maderae.

Litopeltis bispinosa, Panama Canal Zone (Hebard, 1920): From rotting banana stalks at bases of leaves.

Litopeltis musarum, Costa Rica (Rehn, 1928): Shaken from dead banana leaves.

Nauclidas nigra, England (Bunting, 1955, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica.

Nauphoeta flexivitta, Denmark (Vestergaard, 1958): Adventive.

Neoblattella carcinus, Neoblattella celeripes, and Neoblattella laodamia, England (Bunting, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica. Bunting (1955) first reported these as Neoblattella spp. and stated that they were common.

Neoblattella detersa, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): From under the bracts of banana blossoms. Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive.

Neoblattella detersa and Neoblattella tridens, Finland (Frey, 1948): Adventive.

Neoblattella fratercula, Nebraska (Hebard, 1916b): Adventive.

Neoblattella semota, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): From under drying bracts of banana blossoms.

Neoblattella vatia, Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Neoblattella sp., Finland (Princis, 1947): Adventive, from Jamaica.

Nyctibora azteca, England (Bunting, 1955): Adventive, from Dominica. Bunting reported this species as Nocticola azteca. Dr. A. B. Gurney called our attention to the fact that Nocticola is an Old World genus, presumably combined in error with the New World species azteca. The true identity of the specimen was confirmed by Dr. D. Ragge (personal communication, 1958), who examined it at the British Museum (Natural History).

Nyctibora holoserica, Canada (Walker, 1912): Adventive.

Nyctibora laevigata, Canada, Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania (2) (Hebard, 1917): Adventive. Taken from banana boat Annetta at Philadelphia (Rehn and Hebard, 1927). England (Bunting, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica. Sweden, Denmark (Princis, 1947): Adventive.

Nyctibora mexicana(?), Denmark (Henriksen, 1939): Adventive (5), from Jamaica and West Indies. Princis (1947) suggested that these specimens were probably the West Indian Nyctibora noctivaga, because N. mexicana is not a West Indian insect.

Nyctibora noctivaga, Canada, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska (4), Virginia (Hebard, 1917): Adventive. Nebraska (Hauke, 1949): Adventive (2). Panama Canal Zone (Hebard, 1920): From banana stalks. England (Blair in Turner, 1930): Adventive, from Costa Rica. Washington (Hatch, 1938): Adventive. Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive (2). Finland (Princis, 1947): Adventive, from Jamaica.

Nyctibora obscura, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955): In banana bunch.

Nyctibora sericea, Canada (Stevenson, 1905; Walker, 1912): Adventive; Hebard (1917) synonymized Walker's specimen under N. laevigata. Isle of Wight (Meade-Waldo, 1910): Adventive, from Jamaica. England (Tulloch, 1939): Adventive, in banana crates from Brazil.

Nyctibora sp., England (Welch, 1935): Adventive, in railway truck that had carried bananas. England (Tulloch, 1939): Adventive, from Brazil.

Oxyhaloa deusta, U.S.S.R., Leningrad (Bei-Bienko, 1947): Adventive, from Colombia.

Panchlora antillarum, England (Bunting, 1955): Adventive, from Dominica.

Panchlora exoleta, Scotland (Distant, 1902): Adventive. Great Britain (Shaw, 1902): Adventive. England (Coney, 1918): Adventive. Sweden, Norway (Princis, 1947): Adventive, Norwegian specimen from Brazil. Germany (Zacher, 1917): Adventive, from Jamaica.

Panchlora nivea, Colorado, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (2), Utah (Hebard, 1917): Adventive. Nebraska (Hauke, 1949): Adventive. Washington (Hatch, 1938): Adventive. Massachusetts (Roth and Willis, 1958): Adventive. England (Bunting, 1955): Adventive, from Dominica. U.S.S.R. (Bei-Bienko, 1947): Adventive, from Colombia. Sweden (13), Norway (3), Finland (3) (Princis, 1947): Adventive, mostly females; origin (where known) Jamaica.

Panchlora fraterna(?) and Panchlora peruana(?), Denmark (Henriksen, 1939): Adventive; origin (where known) Danish West Indies and Jamaica; Princis (1947) suggested that both species were probably Panchlora nivea.

Panchlora sagax, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936).

Panchlora virescens, Canada (Walker, 1912): Adventive; this was probably P. nivea as we now know it (Gurney, personal communication, 1959).

Panchlora sp., Canada (Walker, 1912): Adventive. England (Tulloch, 1939): Adventive, from Brazil.

Pelmatosilpha coriacea, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936).

Pelmatosilpha marginalis and Pelmatosilpha purpurascens, England (Bunting, 1955, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica; both species common.

Pelmatosilpha vagabunda, New Zealand (Princis, 1954): Adventive, probably from South America.

Periplaneta americana, Belgium (Schepdael, 1931): Adventive, on bananas from the American Tropics.

Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta brunnea, England (Bunting, 1955, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica.

Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta australasiae, England (Watson, 1907): Adventive; they ate ripening bananas in the tropical plant house of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where they hid in "the sheathing bases of palm, banana and pandanus leaves." Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive.

Periplaneta australasiae, Canada (Walker, 1912): Adventive. Denmark (Henriksen, 1939): Adventive (9); origin mostly Jamaica. England (Tulloch, 1939): Adventive, from Brazil. England (Bunting, 1955, 1956): Adventive, from Dominica; common.

Platyzosteria bifida, Nebraska (Hebard, 1917): Adventive.

Plectoptera dorsalis, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): Captured by beating banana plants.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Canada (Walker, 1912; Hebard, 1917): Adventive: Marquesas Islands, Nukuhiva (Hebard, 1933a): In banana leaves. England (Goodliffe, 1958): Adventive, doing considerable damage to banana plants growing in a conservatory.

Sibylloblatta panesthoides, Massachusetts (Rehn, 1937a): Adventive, from Jamaica.

Family ZINGIBERACEAE

Renealmia    sp.

Associate.—Cariblatta orestera, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): The male was taken in a head of wild ginger.

Family CANNACEAE

Canna    sp.

Associate.—Periplaneta americana, Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).

Family ORCHIDACEAE

Cattleya    sp.

Associates.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Rau, 1940a).

Periplaneta australasiae, England (Lucas, 1918).

Vanda    sp.

Associates.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Rau, 1940a).

Periplaneta australasiae, England (Lucas, 1918).

Undetermined orchids

Associates.—Blaberus discoidalis, Blatta orientalis, Periplaneta americana, Hawaii (Swezey, 1945).

Blatta orientalis, americana, cinerea, maderae, unidentified cockroaches, England, in bulb from Ecuador (Westwood, 1876).

Graptoblatta notulata, Hawaii (Swezey, 1945): On orchid from India.

Homalopteryx laminata and Hormetica apolinari, New York (Hebard, 1912c): In orchids shipped from Colombia.

Pelmatosilpha coriacea, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936).

Periplaneta americana, Germany (Tashenberg, 1884).

Periplaneta australasiae, England (Wainwright, 1898). Pennsylvania (Skinner, 1905). Massachusetts (Morse, 1920).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, England (Westwood, 1869). Germany (Zacher, 1920). Massachusetts (Morse, 1920). Hawaii (Swezey, 1945).

Family CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina    sp.

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).

Family SALICACEAE

Populus euphratica    Oliv.

Synonymy.—Populus diversifolia Schrenk. [Howard, personal communication, 1959].

Associate.—Ectobius semenovi, Kazakhstan (Bei-Bienko, 1950).

Populus    sp.

Associate.—Ectobius lapponicus, U.S.S.R. (Stark in Bei-Bienko, 1950): On aspen.

Salix    sp.

Associate.—Ectobius semenovi, Kazakhstan (Bei-Bienko, 1950): On willow.

Family MYRICACEAE

Myrica cerifera    Linnaeus

Associate.—Chorisoneura texensis, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): On bayberry. Florida (Blatchley, 1920): Beaten from foliage.

Family FAGACEAE

Quercus alba    Linnaeus

Associate.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica, Virginia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under signs on white oaks.

Quercus rubra    Linnaeus

Associates.—Parcoblatta divisa, Virginia, and Parcoblatta pensylvanica, North Carolina (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under signs on red oak.

Parcoblatta lata, North Carolina (Hebard, 1917): Under sign.

Quercus virginiana    Mill.

Associate.—Eurycotis floridana, Georgia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under dead bark on live-oak tree. Georgia (Hebard, 1917): In cavity in tree.

Quercus    spp.

Associates.—Aglaopteryx gemma, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Texas (Hebard, 1917): Under signs on oaks.

Blatta orientalis, England (Donisthorpe, 1918): Under bark.

Cariblatta lutea lutea, Mississippi (Hebard, 1916a): By beating low oaks on hills.

Chorisoneura texensis, Mississippi (Hebard, 1917). Florida (Blatchley, 1920): By beating.

Ectobius pallidus, England (Milton, 1899; Burr, 1899b). Massachusetts (Flint, 1951): Under loose lichens and bark.

Parcoblatta divisa, Georgia, Louisiana, and Parcoblatta pensylvanica, Georgia (Hebard, 1917): Under signs.

Periplaneta australasiae, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1905): Ten specimens taken from under a tin sign.

Periplaneta brunnea, Georgia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under signs.

Phyllodromica megerlei, U.S.S.R. (Bei-Bienko, 1950): By shaking oak branches.

Plectoptera lacerna, Cuba (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Family MORACEAE

Cecropia    sp.

Associate.—Cariblatta hylaea, Honduras (Rehn, 1945a).

Family CHENOPODIACEAE

Beta maritima    Linnaeus

Associate.—Ectobius panzeri, England (Lucas, 1920a).

Beta vulgaris var. cicla    Linnaeus

Associate.—Ectobius pallidus, Massachusetts (Flint, 1951): Many specimens collected in the bases of Swiss chard plants.

Family LAURACEAE

Nectandra coriacea    (Sw.) Griseb.

Synonymy.—Ocotea catesbyana Sarg. [Howard, personal communication, 1959].

Associate.—Chorisoneura texensis, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912).

Family SARRACENIACEAE

Only a few records have been found of cockroaches being trapped in the pitchers of carnivorous plants of this and the following family. The insects drown in the fluid within the pitcher where they are apparently digested by proteinases secreted by the plant (Meyer and Anderson, 1939; Lloyd, 1942).

Sarracenia flava    Linnaeus

Natural prey—Cariblatta lutea lutea, Ischnoptera deropeltiformis, Parcoblatta lata, and nymphs of Parcoblatta sp., North Carolina (Wray and Brimley, 1943): Most of the cockroaches seemed to have been trapped accidentally with the possible exception of C. lutea lutea, 11 of which were found in Sarracenia pitchers.

Sarracenia purpurea    Linnaeus

Natural prey.—Cariblatta lutea lutea, North Carolina (Wray and Brimley, 1943).

Sarracenia minor    Walter

Synonymy.—Sarracenia variolaris Michx. [Howard, personal communication, 1958].

Natural and experimental prey.—Periplaneta australasiae, Florida (Treat, 1876): After the insect imbibed some of the fluid in the pitcher it became docile; others became highly active and rushed wildly about before becoming quiescent. See also Treat in Scudder (1877).

Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Riley, 1875).

Family NEPENTHACEAE

Nepenthes ampularia    Jack

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Singapore (Dover, 1928).

Nepenthes gracilis    Korth.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Singapore (Dover, 1928).

Nepenthes    sp.

Natural prey.—Cockroach, Old World Tropics? (Hooker, 1874): The insect was apparently attracted into the pitcher, where it drowned, by a piece of cartilage placed there by Hooker.

Family CUNONIACEAE

Weinmannia    sp.

Associates.—Aneurina viridis, Marquesas Islands, Nukuhiva and Fatuhiva (Hebard, 1933a).

Maretina uahuka, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka (Hebard, 1933a).

Family HAMAMELIDACEAE

Liquidambar styraciflua    Linnaeus

Associate.—Parcoblatta divisa, Georgia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under sign on sweet gum.

Parcoblatta zebra, Louisiana (Hebard, 1917): In decay cavity.

Family ROSACEAE

Crataegus    sp.?

Associates.—Plectoptera dorsalis, Plectoptera infulata, Plectoptera rhabdota, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): In the dry flower clusters of "espino rubial."

Rosa    sp.

Associate.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Connecticut (Zappe, 1918); Rhode Island and Pennsylvania (Caudell, 1925); Pennsylvania (Doucette and Smith, 1926): Feeding on canes in greenhouses.

Rubus    spp.?

Associate.—Hololampra chavesi, Azores (Chopard, 1932): This species is exclusively dendricolous and was found only by beating the bushes on which it abounds. It was very common in hedges, particularly on brambles (ronces).

Family LEGUMINOSAE

Acacia farnesiana    Willd.

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Bridwell and Swezey, 1915; Zimmerman, 1948): Feeding on pods.

Acacia    sp.

Associates.—Ellipsidion australe, Australia, New South Wales (Hebard, 1943).

Methana curvigera, Australia, Queensland (Pope, 1953a).

Ceratonia siliqua    Linnaeus

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Pemberton and Williams, 1938): Damaging algarroba.

Erythrina glauca    Willd.

Associates.—Aglaopteryx absimilis, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): In abandoned cocoon.

Aglaopteryx facies, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): In empty cocoons.

Inga laurina    Willd.

Associate.—Aglaopteryx facies, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): On trunk.

Inga vera    Willd.

Associates.—Aglaopteryx facies, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): In larval tents.

Cariblatta stenophrys, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): On leaves.

Plectoptera dorsalis, Plectoptera infulata, and Plectoptera rhabdota, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): In "butterfly nests" in leaves.

Mesquite

Associate.—Nyctibora stygia, Haiti (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Samanea saman    Merr.

Associate.—Aglaopteryx absimilis, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950).

Tamarindus indica    Linnaeus

Associate.—Hemiblabera brunneri, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Family GERANIACEAE

Geraniums

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).

Family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE

Tribulus    sp.

Associates.—Periplaneta americana and Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Johnston Island (Bryan, 1926). Zimmerman (1948) lists Tribulus as a host plant for these cockroaches.

Family RUTACEAE

Citrus aurantifolia    Swingle

Associates.—Plectoptera dominicae and Plectoptera perscita, Dominica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927): Beaten from moss-covered lime trees.

Citrus maxima    Merr.

Associates.—Plectoptera dorsalis, Plectoptera infulata, Plectoptera rhabdota, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950).

Plectoptera rhabdota, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Citrus sinensis    Osbeck

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Bridwell and Swezey, 1915; Zimmerman, 1948): Feeding on oranges on tree.

Citrus    sp.

Associates.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).

Riatia [= Lissoblatta] fulgida, Panama, Rio Trinidad (Hebard, 1920).

Plectoptera porcellana, Puerto Rico (Sein, 1923).

Zanthoxylum caribaeum    Lam.

Associates.—Plectoptera dorsalis, Plectoptera infulata, Plectoptera rhabdota, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): In the dry flower clusters.

Family BURSERACEAE

Bursera simaruba    (L.) Sarg.

Associate.—Chorisoneura texensis, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912; Hebard, 1917): Beaten from the lower branches of gumbo limbo.

Family EUPHORBIACEAE

Poinsettia    sp.

Associate.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Connecticut (Zappe, 1918): Ate bark of greenhouse plants.

Family ANACARDIACEAE

Mangifera indica    Linnaeus

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Bridwell and Swezey, 1915; Zimmerman, 1948): Feeding on mangoes on the tree.

Spondias mombin    Linnaeus

Associates.—Plectoptera dorsalis, Plectoptera infulata, Plectoptera rhabdota, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950): Living on leaves of "jobo."

Spondias purpurea    Linnaeus

Associate.—Eurycotis biolleyi, Costa Rica (Rehn, 1918): In the crown of dry jocoto.

Family AQUIFOLIACEAE

Ilex cassine    Linnaeus

Associate.—Plectoptera poeyi, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912, 1914; Hebard, 1917).

Ilex coriacea    (Pursh) Chapm.

Synonymy.—Ilex lucida [Fernald, 1950].

Associate.—Cariblatta lutea lutea, Florida (Hebard, 1916a).

Family SAPINDACEAE

Exothea paniculata    (Juss.) Radlk.

Associate.—Aglaopteryx gemma, Florida (Hebard, 1917).

Family MALVACEAE

Gossypium    spp.

Associates.—Graptoblatta notulata, Marquesas Islands, Tahuata (Hebard, 1933a).

Periplaneta australasiae, St. Kitts, B.W.I. (Ballou, 1916).

Periplaneta fuliginosa and Plectoptera poeyi, Florida (Rainwater, 1941).

Plectoptera dorsalis, Plectoptera infulata, Plectoptera rhabdota, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950).

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis    Linnaeus

Associate.—Riatia orientis, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Hibiscus    sp.

Associates.—Amazonina emarginata, Cariblatta antiguensis, Eurycotis kevani, and Rhytidometopum dissimile, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Sida    sp.

Associate.—Periplaneta australasiae, Nihoa Island (Bryan, 1926). Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).

Family STERCULIACEAE

Theobroma cacao    Linnaeus

Associate.—Ceratinoptera picta, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Family BIXACEAE

Bixa    sp.

Associate.—Notolampra antillarum, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955): Nymphs in dry fruits on "annato" tree.

Family FLACOURTIACEAE

Xylosma suaveolens    Forst.

Associate.—Graptoblatta notulata, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka (Hebard, 1933a).

Family PASSIFLORACEAE

Passiflora    sp.

Associate.—Aristiger [= Plumiger] histrio, Malaya (Karny, 1924).

Family CARICACEAE

Carica papaya    Linnaeus

Associate.—Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Bridwell and Swezey, 1915; Zimmerman, 1948): Feeding on papaya fruit on tree.

Family RHIZOPHORACEAE

Rhizophora mangle    Linnaeus

Associate.—Aglaopteryx gemma, Florida (Hebard, 1917).

Family COMBRETACEAE

Conocarpus erectus    Linnaeus

Associate.—Plectoptera poeyi, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1914): Running on leaves.

Family MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus    sp.

Associate.—Ellipsidion australe, Australia, New South Wales (Hebard, 1943).

Eugenia aromatica    Baill.

Synonymy.—Syzygium aromaticum [Bailey, 1925].

Associate.—Plectoptera dorsalis, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1936): On flowers of "pomarrosa."

Metrosideros collina    Gray

Associates.—Aneurina viridis, Marquesas Islands: Nukuhiva, Fatuhiva, and Tahuata (Hebard, 1933a)

Aneurina tahuata, Marquesas Islands, Tahuata (Hebard, 1933a).

Graptoblatta notulata, Marquesas Islands, Nukuhiva (Hebard, 1933a).

Psidium guajava    Linnaeus

Associate.—Plectoptera rhabdota, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Family ONAGRACEAE

Jussiaea natans    Humb. and Bonpl.

Associate.—Epilampra abdomen-nigrum, Panama (Crowell, 1946): In an aquarium the cockroach fed on leaves of this aquatic plant which had been collected in the lagoon where the insect was captured.

Family ERICACEAE

Calluna vulgaris    Salisb.

Associates.—Ectobius lapponicus, England (Lucas, 1925): "Nymphs of varying size were beaten out of heather ... on 9 February and later."

Ectobius panzeri, England (Lucas, 1927): "numerous imagines of both sexes were swept from heather."

Vaccinium meridionale    Sw.

Associates.—Chorisoneura formosella, Neoblattella dryas, Neoblattella proserpina, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Family SAPOTACEAE

Sideroxylon foetidissimum    Jacq.

Associate.—Pelmatosilpha coriacea, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1941): Under bark.

Family APOCYNACEAE

Vinca minor    Linnaeus

Associate.—Ectobius pallidus, Massachusetts (Willis, unpublished observation, 1958).

Family CONVOLVULACEAE

Ipomoea tiliasea    Choisy

Associate.—Plectoptera dorsalis, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Family BORAGINACEAE

Cordia dentata    Poiret

Synonymy.—Calyptracordia alba [Howard, personal communication, 1958].

Associates.—Cariblatta antiguensis, Ischnoptera rufa rufa, Supella supellectilium, Symploce ruficollis and Symploce hospes, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (Beatty, 1944): On fruits of C. dentata except S. supellectilium which was found at night on the flowers.

Family VERBENACEAE

Citharexylum villosum    Jacq.

Associate.—Chorisoneura texensis, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1912).

Family SOLANACEAE

Nicotiana    sp.

Associate.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Sumatra (Roeser, 1940).

Solanum tuberosum    Linnaeus

Associate.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Haiti (Hoffman, 1927): Feeding on tubers in field.

Family GESNERIACEAE

Cyrtandra    sp.

Associate.—Aneurina viridis, Marquesas Islands, Nukuhiva (Hebard, 1933a).

Family RUBIACEAE

Canthium barbatum    (Forst.) Seem.

Associate.—Graptoblatta notulata, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka (Hebard, 1933a).

Cinchona pubescens    Vahl.

Associate.—Periplaneta americana, Puerto Rico (Plank and Winters, 1949): In greenhouse.

Coffea    sp.

Associate.—Plectoptera porcellana, Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923).

Family COMPOSITAE

Goldenrod

Associate.—Eurycotis floridana, Florida (Hebard, 1917): "Climbing about on top of goldenrod at night."

Helianthus    sp.

Associate.—Pseudomops septentrionalis, Texas (Hebard, 1917).

Scorzonera acanthoclada    Franch.

Associate.—Phyllodromica tartara nigrescens, Southern Uzbekistan (Bei-Bienko, 1950): On the flowers.

DAMAGE TO PLANTS BY COCKROACHES

Cockroaches characteristically feed on dead plant and animal material. Damage to living plants occurs principally in the Tropics or under subtropical conditions in greenhouses in temperate regions. Among the depredations attributed to cockroaches in text books, damage to plants is seldom emphasized. This is surprising in view of the many records cited below.

Capt. William Bligh (1792), while collecting breadfruit trees in Tahiti to take to the West Indies, wrote in his log during January 1789: "This morning, I ordered all the chests to be taken on shore, and the inside of the ship to be washed with boiling water, to kill the cockroaches. We were constantly obliged to be at great pains to keep the ship clear of vermin, on account of the plants."

Westwood (1869) stated that Pycnoscelus surinamensis was very destructive in orchid houses feeding on buds and young shoots. Later Westwood (1876) exhibited the bulb of an orchid from Ecuador which contained six species of cockroaches: Blatta orientalis, [Periplaneta?] americana, [Nauphoeta?] cinerea, [Leucophaea?] maderae, and two others unknown to him. Fullaway (1938) stated that cockroaches damage root tips, buds, and flowers of orchids. Periplaneta americana has been said to eat the root tips and blossoms of orchids (Taschenberg, 1884) and to devour the open flower petals of Cattleya orchids as well as the aerial roots and flower spikes of Vanda orchids (Rau, 1940a). Wainwright (1898) stated that Periplaneta australasiae had been observed in an orchid house in Perthshire where over a period of three years it had caused a good deal of damage. Skinner (1905) reported that P. australasiae in greenhouses in Pennsylvania showed no preference for any one plant but ate both plants and flowers of orchids, roses, and carnations. Lucas (1918) received specimens of P. australasiae which had played havoc with orchids especially Cattleya and Vanda. Morse (1920) reported that both P. australasiae and Pycnoscelus surinamensis were obnoxious in a conservatory in Massachusetts where they gnawed the tips of the aerial roots of orchids. Swezey (1945) in Hawaii stated that the following cockroaches have been reported as occasional minor pests on orchids: Blatta orientalis, Blaberus discoidalis, P. americana, and P. surinamensis; he further stated that Graptoblatta notulata had been intercepted at Honolulu on orchids from India.

Watson (1907) stated that Blatta orientalis, Periplaneta americana, and Periplaneta australasiae were injurious in the tropical plant houses at Kew: "at night they come out and run or fly about among the plants, devouring flowers and leaves like rabbits. Such plants as Eucharis, Crinum and Alpinia, when in flower, have little chance in the palm house, where the cockroaches are most abundant; they also find out the ripening bananas and soon devour them." Raffill (1910) stated that in plant houses in England B. orientalis, P. americana, and P. australasiae commonly, and Nauphoeta cinerea, Nauphoeta flexivitta, and Pycnoscelus surinamensis more rarely, are extremely destructive to plants. Flowers having a strong perfume, such as orchids, Eucharis, Crinum, and Hedychium, were often attacked while other flowers nearby were left uninjured.

Plank and Winters (1949) reported that in Puerto Rico the species of Orthoptera most injurious under greenhouse conditions was Periplaneta americana. Large nymphs destroyed 25 to 30 percent of freshly planted seed of Cinchona pubescens. In Hawaii the host plants of P. americana are blossoms of Canna and Tribulus, and the host plants of Periplaneta australasiae are Pritchardia and Sida (Zimmerman, 1948). On St. Kitts, B.W.I., young cotton plants were severely attacked by P. australasiae; this caused loss of the stand on a considerable area and necessitated replanting (Ballou, 1916). P. australasiae was reported damaging the Polystichum aristatum Presl [= Lastrea aristata variegata] in a greenhouse (Thilow and Riley, 1891). Laing (1946; British Museum [Natural History], 1951) stated that P. australasiae abounds in greenhouses and forcing pits where it may do considerable damage to the plants. Periplaneta fuliginosa is also troublesome in greenhouses because of its tendency to feed on seedlings and succulent plants (Dodge and Rickett, 1943).

Ectobius lapponicus has been observed feeding in galleries in the thick skin of young aspen in 25 percent of the trees examined (Stark in Bei-Bienko, 1950). The aquatic cockroach Epilampra abdomen nigrum fed on the leaves of Jussiaea natans in an aquarium (Crowell, 1946). Ischnoptera deropeltiformis has been taken while it was feeding on a fleshy fungus (Agaricus sp.) in dense woods in Indiana (Blatchley, 1920).

Diploptera punctata, the cypress roach or beetle roach, has been found in Hawaii feeding on ripening mangoes and papayas, oranges on the tree, and the outer covering of the pods of Acacia farnesiana (Bridwell and Swezey, 1915). Pemberton (1934) stated that D. punctata "disfigures our cypress trees by eating the bark from the young branches, often giving them a dead appearance over much of their leaf area." Fullaway and Krauss (1945) added, "This injury [to cypress] is so severe that sometimes areas of leaves die and turn brown. The Japanese cedar, ironwood, citrus and algaroba (kiawe) trees are attacked in a similar manner." Similar injury to cypress was described by Hebard (1922). In addition to girdling Cupressus, D. punctata injures Cryptomeria in the same fashion and also attacks algaroba, lime, and other plants (Pemberton and Williams, 1938). Zimmerman (1948) cited the following host plants for D. punctata in Hawaii: "Cupressus macrocarpa, Casuarina, Cryptomeria, Citrus, geraniums, Acacia farnesiana pods, mango fruits, orange fruits, papaya fruits."

In the reports of damage to plants by cockroaches, Pycnoscelus surinamensis has been implicated most often. This species is undoubtedly one of the economically most important cockroaches, being the vector of the chicken eyeworm as well as feeding on plants. In addition to the few reports of damage caused by this species that have already been mentioned, P. surinamensis has been reported to be very destructive in New Orleans to palms and ferns, attacking large alsophilas avidly, eating out the hearts (Anonymous, 1893). Zappe (1918) in Connecticut reported damage in a greenhouse to roses valued, at that time, at several hundred dollars; P. surinamensis had girdled the rose bushes, done much damage to Easter lilies, and in another greenhouse had eaten the bark from the stems of poinsettias. In Germany this species bit off the tips of the aerial roots and ate the petals of orchids (Zacher, 1920). Lucas (1923) reported damage to cucumber plants in a greenhouse in Surrey. Damage by P. surinamensis to the stems of rose bushes has been reported in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania; the canes were attacked both under and above ground (Caudell, 1925). Doucette and Smith (1926) reported a heavy infestation of P. surinamensis in a range of greenhouses in Philadelphia: "The roaches were present literally by the millions.... Although the roaches had been observed in cabinets and trash barrels for several months, it was not until the manager had occasion to go through the house one evening that he discovered that roaches were the cause of the troubles previously attributed to soil condition, watering, fungus, and other agencies.... About 30,000 to 35,000 rose plants from a total of 200,000 in the three more heavily infested houses were so badly injured by the gnawing off of the bark, young buds, and shoots of the main stems, that they were not in condition to be kept in the beds for another season."

In Haiti Pycnoscelus surinamensis damaged the tubers of growing potatoes (Hoffman, 1927). Illingworth (1927, 1929) reported that in Hawaii P. surinamensis was a minor pest of pineapples, feeding on the roots. This species was very plentiful in a propagating pit in England where it did much damage to various seeds and seedlings (Lucas, 1930). Roeser (1940) summarized some of the above-mentioned damage caused by P. surinamensis and added damage to chrysanthemums in Hawaii and tobacco in Sumatra where this cockroach destroyed 300,000 plants in a few days. Roeser was of the opinion that living plants were eaten only as a substitute when the earth became poor in food material. Zimmerman (1948) listed as host plants of P. surinamensis in Hawaii: "blossoms of Tribulus; reported feeding at roots of pineapples, and unconfirmed reports of damage to underground parts of some other plants." Goodliffe (1958) reported damage by this species to banana plants in a conservatory in northern England. Cohic (1956) implied that in New Caledonia "Racines de légumes" were attacked by P. surinamensis and that Zea mays Linnaeus was attacked by Supella supellectilium. Wolcott (1924a) reported that P. surinamensis damaged transplanted tobacco plants in Puerto Rico by eating the interior of the stalks. Tobacco planters in Cuba consider P. surinamensis injurious to the roots of tobacco plants (Bruner and Scaramuzza, 1936); this belief was confirmed in the laboratory, where adults and nymphs destroyed the roots and stems of tobacco plants two inches high and ate into the edges of the leaves. Dammerman (1929) reported that in Malaya this species often appeared in large numbers in gardens where it gnawed at the underground parts of vegetables and ornamental plants. Lever (1947) listed it as a pest on the leaves of pineapple.

Blattella vaga may occasionally damage seedlings in the laboratory (Flock, 1941a), but no damage has been reported in the field (Ball et al., 1942). Heer (1864) reported receiving a shipment of cycads from Cuba with all stages of Periplaneta americana living in holes in the branches, apparently subsisting on the starchy tissues. Goldenberg (1877) stated that sago trees provide cockroaches with their favorite nourishment. Scudder (1879) found Eurycotis floridana living in the tops of the cabbage palmetto, on which he presumed it fed. Parcoblatta americana has been observed feeding on an apple 6 feet above ground (Fulton, 1930).

X. PROTOZOA ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

The classification of the Protozoa follows that of Kudo (1954). The use of the asterisk (*) is explained in footnote 3, page 4.

Phylum PROTOZOA

Class MASTIGOPHORA

Order EUGLENOIDINA

Family EUGLENIDAE

Euglena    sp.

Experimental host.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Hegner, 1929): When fed to the insects in concentrated culture, Euglena could withstand conditions in the crop up to 5 hours and were passed into the stomach in a viable state up to 6 hours. However, the majority were killed in the crop within 2 hours and very few reached the stomach alive.

Order PROTOMONADINA

Family OIKOMONADIDAE

Oikomonas blattarum Tejera

Natural host.—Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Oikomonas    sp.

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922): Oikomonas sp. and Monas sp. were found in the intestines of 83 percent of 124 cockroaches.

Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Family TRYPANOSOMATIDAE

Leptomonas blaberae    Tejera

Natural host.—Blaberus sp., Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Leptomonas    sp.

Natural hosts.—Parcoblatta lata, Parcoblatta pensylvanica, Parcoblatta virginica, U.S.A., Ohio (Semans, 1939, 1941): Hind intestine. Of 70 specimens examined, 86 percent harbored Leptomonas sp.

* Herpetomonas periplanetae    Laveran and Franchini

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, Italy, France (Laveran and Franchini, 1920, 1920a).

Family MONADIDAE

Monas    sp.

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922): Monas sp. and Oikomonas sp. were found in the intestines of 83 percent of 124 cockroaches examined.

Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Family BODONIDAE

Bodo blattae

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, England (Lankester, 1865).

Bodo    sp.

Natural host.—Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1930).

Retortamonas blattae    (Bishop)

Synonymy.—Embadomonas blattae Bishop [Wenrich, 1932].

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, England (Bishop, 1931): Hind intestine. The organism occurred in about 40 percent of the cockroaches examined. L. G. Feo (in Wenrich, 1932) successfully cultured this protozoan (fig. 2, F).

Retortamonas    sp.?

Natural host.—Leucophaea maderae, Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930).

Fig. 2.—Representative Protozoa associated with cockroaches. A, Monocercomonoides melolonthae, X 3094 (after Grassé). B, Coelosporidium periplanetae, X 1310 (after Sprague); trophozoite with spores and chromatoid bodies. C, Endamoeba blattae, X 273 (after Kudo); trophozoite. D, Lophomonas striata, X 330 (after Kudo). E, Lophomonas blattarum, X 660 (after Kudo). F, Retortamonas blattae, X 3094 (after Wenrich). G, Nyctotherus ovalis, X 175 (after Kudo). H, Gregarina rhyparobiae, c. X 52: mature trophozoite attached to intestinal wall of Leucophaea maderae. (Redrawn from J. M. Watson [1945].) I, Diplocystis schneideri, c. X 14.4 (after Kunstler). J, Gregarina blattarum, c. X 57 (after Kudo). K, Protomagalhaesia serpentula, X 36 (after Pinto). L, Gamocystis tenax, magnification not known (after Schneider). (All figures except H redrawn from Kudo [1954] after sources indicated.)

Order POLYMASTIGINA

Family CHILOMASTIGIDAE

Chilomastix mesnili    (Wenyon)

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis and Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1918): The cockroaches were fed human excrement that contained cysts of C. mesnili. The cysts passed unharmed through the insects' digestive tract. Rats became infected with this protozoan on eating food that had been contaminated with feces from these cockroaches.

Family POLYMASTIGIDAE

Eutrichomastix    sp.

Synonymy.—Trichomastix [Kudo, 1954].

Natural host.—Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1930).

Monocercomonoides globus    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): Organism occurs in practically all hosts.

Monocercomonoides melolonthae    (Grassi)

(Fig. 2, A)

Natural host.—Platyzosteria novae seelandiae, New Zealand (Laird, 1956): Found in the intestinal tracts of the adult cockroaches, and of other species of insects.

Monocercomonoides orthopterorum    (Parisi)

Synonymy.—Trichomonas (Trichomastix) orthopterorum Parisi; Monocercomonas orthopterorum [Bělǎr, 1916]; Trichomastic orthopterum? [Zasukhin, 1930]; Monocercomonoides orthopterorum [Travis, 1932; Cleveland et al., 1934]; Retortamonas orthopterorum [Semans, 1943].

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Parisi, 1910); U.S.S.R. (Zasukhin, 1930).

Ectobius lapponicus, Italy (Parisi, 1910).

Periplaneta americana, Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930).

"Küchenschaben," Austria (Bělǎr, 1916).

The protozoan is found in the hind gut. Zasukhin (1930) found the organism in 85 percent of over 3,000 B. orientalis. Parisi (1910) found the flagellate present in very large numbers.

Monocercomonoides panesthiae    Kidder

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Kidder, 1937): In hind gut.

Tetratrichomastix blattidarum    Young

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Young, 1935): The organism when present occurs in large numbers in the posterior part of the intestine near the anus. The protozoan was successfully cultivated in a hemoglobin-saline medium.

Family OXYMONADIDAE

Oxymonas doroaxostylus    (Cleveland et al.)

Synonymy.—Saccinobaculus doroaxostylus Cleveland et al. [Cleveland, 1950].

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Oxymonas nana    Cleveland

Synonymy.—Saccinobaculus minor Cleveland et al. [Cleveland, 1950].

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Family DINENYMPHIDAE

Saccinobaculus ambloaxostylus    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Saccinobaculus lata    Cleveland

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A. (Cleveland, 1950b): There are at least two other species of Saccinobaculus in C. punctulatus that have not been described.

Notila proteus    Cleveland

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland, 1950b).

Family TRICHOMONADIDAE

* Trichomonas hominis    (Davaine)

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, South Africa (Porter, 1918); Italy (Mariani and Besta, 1936).

Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1918); U.S.A. (Hegner, 1928).

Trichomonas    sp.

Natural vector.—Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926): Organism found in digestive tract of the cockroach.

Family HEXAMITIDAE

Hexamita cryptocerci    Cleveland et al.

Natural hosts.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A. (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Kidder, 1937).

Hexamita periplanetae    (Bĕlăr)

Synonymy.—Octomitus periplanetae Bĕlăr [Kudo, 1954].

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Zasukhin, 1930): Organism is found in the hind gut. Eighty-five percent of over 3,000 B. orientalis contained this organism.

Periplaneta americana, Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930).

"Küchenschaben," Austria (Bĕlăr, 1916).

Hexamita    sp.?

Natural host.—Leucophaea maderae, Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930): The flagellates were present in large numbers.

* Giardia intestinalis    (Lambl)

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, South Africa (Porter, 1918).

Blattella germanica, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1927).

Eurycotis floridana, U.S.A. (Young, 1937).

Leucophaea maderae, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1927).

Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1918); Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922); Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1927); U.S.A. (Young, 1937).

Periplaneta brunnea, U.S.A. (Young, 1937).

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926); Argentina (Bacigalupo, in Tejera, 1926).

* Giardia    sp.

Natural vectors.—Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Order HYPERMASTIGINA

Family HOLOMASTIGOTIDAE

Leptospironympha eupora    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian area (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Leptospironympha rudis    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian area (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Leptospironympha wachula    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian area (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Macrospironympha xylopletha    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian area (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Family LOPHOMONADIDAE

Lophomonas blattarum    Stein

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Czechoslovakia (Stein, 1860); Germany (Bütschli, 1878; Schubotz, 1905; Chen, 1933); U.S.A. (Leidy, 1879a; Kudo, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1926b; McAdow, 1931); Europe (Janicki, 1908); U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922; Zasukhin, 1930); Poland (Lorenc, 1939).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A., Ohio (McAdow, 1931).

Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana, Egypt (DeCoursey and Otto, 1956, 1957).

Periplaneta americana, England (Schuster, 1898); Europe (Janicki, 1910); U.S.A. (Kudo, 1926b; McAdow, 1931; Hatcher, 1939; Armer, 1944); Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930).

Periplaneta sp., Goa (Mello and Lima Ribeiro, 1924, 1925).

"Küchenschaben," Austria (Bělǎr, 1916).

The protozoan (fig. 2, E) is found in the host's colon, particularly anterior portion; encysted stages of organism are found throughout hind gut. Of 1,400 B. orientalis studied, 32 percent harbored this organism (Kudo, 1925, 1926). Yakimov and Miller (1922) found 7 percent of 124 B. orientalis infested. Zasukhin (1930) found 10 percent of over 3,000 B. orientalis infested. The flagellate does not harm the host and is never present in the host tissue; it should be considered a commensal (Kudo, 1926).

Lophomonas striata    Bütschli

Synonymy.—Lophomonas sulcata Schuster is most probably identical with L. striata (Kudo, 1926b).

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Bütschli, 1878; Schubotz, 1905); Europe (Janicki, 1908, 1910); U.S.A. (Kudo, 1922, 1926, 1926b; McAdow, 1931); U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922; Zasukhin, 1930); Poland (Lorenc, 1939).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A., Ohio (McAdow, 1931).

Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1930).

Periplaneta americana, Indochina (Weill, 1929); Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930); U.S.A. (Kudo, 1926b; McAdow, 1931; Armer, 1944).

Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926); England or U.S.A.? (Lucas, 1928).

"Küchenschaben," Austria (Bělǎr, 1916).

Found in the host's colon, particularly the anterior portion. L. striata (fig. 2, D) was found in 29 percent of 1,400 B. orientalis and in 2 of 30 P. americana (Kudo, 1926, 1926b). Yakimov and Miller (1922) found the organism in 9.6 percent of 124 specimens of B. orientalis. Zasukhin (1930) found 8.6 percent of over 3,000 B. orientalis infested.

Grassé (1926, 1926a) identified corrugations on the surface of L. striata as a bacterial parasite which he named Fusiformis lophomonadis.

Prolophomonas tocopola    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, California, Oregon, Virginia, West Virginia (Cleveland et al., 1934): Not abundant.

Family HOPLONYMPHIDAE

Barbulanympha estaboga    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Barbulanympha coahoma (Cleveland et al., 1934) represents the diploid form of B. estaboga (Cleveland, 1953).

Barbulanympha laurabuda    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): This species, B. ufalula, and Rhynchonympha tarda occur in all parts of the colon, especially in the enlarged, flexed part near the ileum.

Barbulanympha ufalula    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Barbulanympha wenyoni    Cleveland

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Pacific coast area (Cleveland, 1953).

Rhynchonympha tarda    Cleveland et al.

(Fig. 3, D)

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Pacific coast area (Cleveland et al., 1934): Fairly abundant in every specimen examined from Pacific coast.

Urinympha talea    Cleveland et al.

(Fig. 3, C)

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): Present in fairly great numbers in every cockroach examined.

Family STAUROJOENINIDAE

Idionympha perissa    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian area (Cleveland et al., 1934): Present in only a few specimens.

Family TRICHONYMPHIDAE

Trichonympha acuta    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Trichonympha algoa    Cleveland et al.

(Fig. 3, E)

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): Fairly abundant and present in most specimens.

Fig. 3.—Protozoa from the gut of the wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus. A, Eucomonympha imla, female above, male below, c. X 375. (From Cleveland [1950c].) B, Barbulanympha sp. (From Cleveland [1953].) C, Urinympha talea, c. X 712. (From Cleveland [1951a].) D, Rhynchonympha tarda, c. X 450. (From Cleveland [1952].) E, Trichonympha okolona or T. algoa, c. X 390. (From Cleveland [1949].) (All drawings reproduced through the courtesy of Dr. L. R. Cleveland.)

Trichonympha chula    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Trichonympha grandis    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): Fairly abundant in all specimens from Pacific area.

Trichonympha lata    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Trichonympha okolona    Cleveland et al.

(Fig. 3, E)

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): Found in only a few specimens, never abundant.

Trichonympha parva    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): This organism is smaller than any known species of Trichonympha; it is more resistant to warm weather than the other hypermastigotes.

Family EUCOMONYMPHIDAE

Eucomonympha imla    Cleveland et al.

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A., Appalachian and Pacific coast areas (Cleveland et al., 1934): Organism (fig. 3, A) sometimes becomes attached to the intestinal wall; attached individuals were seen in 2 to 3 percent of the cockroaches examined.

Unidentified flagellate

Natural host.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Schwabe, 1950): A small flagellate was found in the digestive tract and malpighian tubules.

Class SARCODINA

Order MYCETOZOA

INCERTAE SEDIS

Peltomyces periplanetae    (Léger)

Synonymy.—Peltomyces blattellae. Sprague (1940a) synonymizes Peltomyces periplanetae, with Coelosporidium periplanetae.

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, France (Debaisieux, 1927).

Blattella germanica, France (Léger, 1909; Debaisieux, 1927).

The organism inhabits the malpighian tubules of cockroaches. Léger and Debaisieux concluded that their organism was a mycetozoan, but they may have erred in synonymizing Plistophora periplanetae with the organism they studied. Debaisieux found intracellular stages of Peltomyces periplanetae that have not been found in Plistophora periplanetae or Coelosporidium periplanetae.

Order AMOEBINA

Family AMOEBIDAE

Hartmannella blattae    Ivanić

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, Yugoslavia (Ivanić, 1937): Found in the hind gut.

Family ENDAMOEBIDAE

In the following classification we have accepted the conclusions of Kirby (1945), Kudo (1954), and others that species of Endamoeba are generically different from species of Entamoeba and that the latter genus is not a homonym of Endamoeba.

Dobellina    sp.

Natural vectors.—Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana, Egypt (DeCoursey and Otto, 1956, 1957): Thirty out of 261 cockroaches examined contained this protozoan.

Endamoeba blattae    (Bütschli)

Synonymy.—Amoeba blattae, Entamoeba blattae, Entamoeba blattarum.

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Bütschli, 1878; Schubotz, 1905; Chen, 1933); U.S.A. (Leidy, 1879a, 1880; Kudo, 1922, 1925a, 1926a; Kirby, 1927; McAdow, 1931; Meglitsch, 1938, 1940); France (Mercier, 1907a, 1908, 1909, 1910); Europe? (Janicki, 1908, 1909); U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922; Zasukhin, 1929, 1930); England (Thomson and Lucas, 1926; Lucas, 1927, 1927a, 1928); Yugoslavia (Ivanić, 1926a).

Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1930); Egypt (DeCoursey and Otto, 1956, 1957): Seven out of 217 cockroaches examined harbored the protozoan.

Periplaneta americana, Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930); U.S.A. (Morris, 1936; Armer, 1944); Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

Periplaneta australasiae, U.S.A. (Morris, 1936).

Cockroaches, Paraguay? (Elmassian, 1909); Austria (Bělǎr, 1916); U.S.A. (Morris, 1935, 1936; Balch, 1932); Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

The habitat of E. blattae (fig. 2, C) is the hind intestine and rectum of the cockroach. The incidence of infection varies: Kudo (1925a) found in 1,255 oriental cockroaches infections in 5 percent in March and 50 percent in the summer; Schubotz (1905) found 5 to 20 percent of the examined cockroaches to be infested; Yakimov and Miller (1922) found 4 percent of 124 oriental cockroaches infested; Zasukhin (1930) found up to 50 percent of over 3,000 B. orientalis infested; Meglitsch (1938, 1940) found almost 100 percent infection in B. orientalis kept in a crowded culture for several weeks. Chen (1933) developed two synthetic media in which E. blattae could be grown for 45 to 50 days.

Mercier (1907a) observed a fungus, Nucleophaga sp., hyperparasitic in the nucleus of Endamoeba blattae.

Endamoeba javanica    Kidder

Natural hosts.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands, and Panesthia spadica, Japan (Kidder, 1937): Occurred in 50 percent of P. angustipennis examined and in one of four P. spadica. The endoplasm of this amoeba contains large amounts of wood and cellulose fibers.

Endamoeba philippinensis    Kidder

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Kidder, 1937): Occurred in about 10 percent of the Panesthia examined. The food vacuoles contained bacteria, no wood.

Entamoeba coli    (Grassi)

Synonymy.—Endamoeba coli, Amoeba coli [Kirby, 1945].

Natural vectors.—Blaberus atropos, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926): In a lot of 60 cockroaches captured in latrines, two were found that carried apparently live cysts similar to cysts of E. coli.

Blattella germanica or Periplaneta americana, Egypt (DeCoursey and Otto, 1956, 1957): One out of 44 cockroaches collected in a village harbored E. coli.

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922): In nine experiments cysts of E. coli were fed to the cockroaches. In seven of the experiments cysts of E. coli were found in the feces. Cysts were observed in the feces for only one to three days, and eventually disappeared completely. The cysts appeared to be unharmed. No amoebae were found.

* Entamoeba histolytica    Schaudinn

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae, and/or Supella supellectilium, Peru (Schneider and Shields, 1947).

Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana, Egypt (DeCoursey and Otto, 1956, 1957).

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italian Somaliland (Mariani and Besta, 1936).

Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922); U.S.A. (Frye and Meleney, 1936).

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Entamoeba pitheci    Prowazek?

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926): Eleven of 15 cockroaches fed feces of a monkey [Macaca cyclopis (Swinhoe)] containing cysts of the amoeba voided live cysts in their own feces.

Entamoeba thomsoni    Lucas

Synonymy.—Endamoeba thomsoni [Kudo, personal communication, 1957].

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, England (Lucas, 1927a, 1928); U.S.A. (Taliaferro, 1928; McAdow, 1931); U.S.S.R. (Zasukhin, 1930); Germany (Chen, 1933).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (McAdow, 1931).

Periplaneta americana, England (Lucas, 1927a); U.S.A. (Smith and Barret, 1928; McAdow, 1931); Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930).

The organism is found in the hind intestine and rectum of the cockroach. Smith and Barret (1928) developed a synthetic medium in which cultures of E. thomsoni were carried through successive transfers for 24 months.

Entamoeba    sp.

Natural vector.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922): Under the heading "Entamoeba histolytica and E. coli" Macfie (p. 445) stated, "The cockroaches used in these experiments had previously been carefully examined for amoebic infections a precaution which was doubly necessary, because some of these insects at Accra had been found naturally infected."

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922): Entamoeba, resembling E. coli, from feces of the monkey [Erythrocebus patas patas (Schreber)] were fed to cockroaches, and on the second to fourth days thereafter apparently healthy cysts were recovered in the cockroach feces.

Endolimax blattae    Lucas

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, England (Lucas, 1927, 1927a); U.S.S.R. (Zasukhin, 1930); Germany (Chen, 1933).

Periplaneta americana, England (Lucas, 1927, 1927a); Indochina (Weill, 1929); U.S.A. (Armer, 1944).

Periplaneta australasiae, U.S.A. (Steinhaus, 1946).

Organism is found in the hind gut of the cockroach. Zasukhin (1930) found 3-percent infestation in over 3,000 B. orientalis examined.

Endolimax nana    (Wenyon and O'Connor)?

Synonymy.—Entamoeba nana.

Natural host.—Blaberus atropos, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926): A small amoeba greatly resembling E. nana was found in the intestinal contents of the cockroach. In inoculations this amoeba was not pathogenic.

Endolimax    sp.

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Zasukhin, 1930): This organism was found in the hind gut of 0.3 percent of over 3,000 cockroaches examined.

Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana, Egypt (DeCoursey and Otto, 1956, 1957): Seventy-four out of 261 cockroaches examined harbored this protozoan.

Iodamoeba    sp.

Natural vectors.—Blattella garmanica and/or Periplaneta americana, Egypt (DeCoursey and Otto, 1956, 1957): Fifty-nine of 261 cockroaches examined contained this protozoan. Iodamoeba sp. was common in human feces in villages in which the cockroaches were collected.

Undetermined species of Amoeba

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands. (Kidder, 1937): Found in only one specimen.

Class SPOROZOA

Order GREGARINIDA

Family DIPLOCYSTIDAE

Diplocystis schneideri    Kunstler

(Fig. 2, I)

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, England (Woodcock, 1904; Jameson, 1920).

Periplaneta americana,    France (Kunstler, 1884, 1887); England (Jameson, 1920); Germany (Foerster, 1939).

In body cavity of host. Cysts containing spores are ingested during cannibalistic feeding on infected cockroaches. Sporozoites penetrate the gut wall which later ruptures, freeing the gregarines into the coelom. There is no apparent pathogenic effect. Jameson (1920) found 81 percent of P. americana infested with D. schneideri.

Diplocystis    sp.

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Hertig, 1921): Heavy infections in body cavity.

Cockroach, India (Ray and Dasgupta, 1955): A large number of cockroaches, both adults and nymphs, collected in Calcutta were all infected.

Diplocystis    sp.?

Natural host.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Nutting, 1953): From 1 to 12 or more paired trophozoites or cysts may be found in the hemocoele and occasionally in the thorax.

Family STENOPHORIDAE

Stenophora    sp.

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, India (Bal and Rai, 1955): Organism found in the midgut of the cockroach.

Family GREGARINIDAE

Gregarina blattarum    von Siebold

Synonymy.—Gregarina blattae orientalis; Clepsidrina blattarum.

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Siebold, 1837, 1839; Stein, 1848; Bütschli, 1881; Wolters, 1891; Marshall, 1892; Wellmer, 1910, 1911; Foerster, 1938; Schubotz, 1905); U.S.A. (Leidy, 1853a; Crawley, 1903; Watson, 1917; Kudo, 1922; McAdow, 1931; Sprague, 1940, 1941); England (Lankester, 1863); France (Schneider, 1875; Cuénot, 1901; Laveran and Franchini, 1920a); Brazil (Magalhães, 1900; Pinto, 1919); U.S.S.R. (Zasukhin, 1929, 1930).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Crawley, 1903); South Africa (Fantham, 1929; Porter, 1930: these appear to be the same record).

Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana, Egypt (DeCoursey and Otto, 1956, 1957).

Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Magalhães, 1900); U.S.A. (Crawley, 1903; 1907; McAdow, 1931); South Africa (Fantham, 1929; Porter, 1930: these appear to be the same record); Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A., Michigan (Ellis, 1913a).

Cockroaches, Germany (Schiffmann, 1919: probably used the oriental cockroach); Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Organism usually found in the intestinal tract of cockroaches where it is attached to the gut cells. Cysts are passed in the feces. Occasionally, G. blattarum (fig. 2, J) is found in the body cavity (Leidy, 1853a; Hall, 1907). Though this is considered to be one of the commonest of the Sporozoa encountered in cockroaches, DeCoursey and Otto (1956) found only 10 of 217 P. americana and B. germanica, collected in restaurants in Egypt, infested with this species. Watson (1917) found a dozen or more in one specimen of Blatta orientalis. Zasukhin (1929, 1930) found 2.6 percent of 3,000 oriental cockroaches infected with this parasite.

Gregarina fastidiosa    Harrison

Natural host.—Aptera fusca, South Africa (Harrison, 1955): All mature females were heavily infected; in all specimens there were over 100 parasites in the gut. All nymphs were infected, the earlier instars more lightly than the later instars. Gregarines were found in all parts of the gut except the crop and gizzard.

Gregarina gibbsi    Harrison

Natural host.—Temnopteryx phalerata, South Africa (Harrison, 1955): Although the cockroaches were found in groups, only 32 percent were infected and only 10 percent heavily. The gregarines were found in the anterior mesenteron but none in the hepatic caeca. All cysts were found in the hind gut or rectum.

Gregarina illinensis    M. E. Watson

Natural host.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A., Illinois (Watson, 1915, 1916): The intestine of one cockroach was found to contain 25 of these gregarines.

Gregarina impetuosa    Harrison

Natural host.—Melanosilpha capensis, South Africa (Harrison, 1955): All specimens of this gregarine were found in the anterior mesenteron of the host.

Gregarina légeri    Pinto

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Pinto, 1918, 1918a, 1919): Intestinal canal.

Gregarina neo-brasiliensis    Al. Cunha

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, Brazil (R. de Almeida Cunha in Pinto, 1919; Cunha, 1919).

Gregarina ohioensis    Semans

Natural host.—Parcoblatta virginica, U.S.A., Ohio (Semans, 1939): The protozoan was present in large numbers in the insect's midgut.

Gregarina panchlorae    Frenzel

Natural host.—Panchlora exoleta, Argentina (Frenzel, 1892): Midgut.

Gregarina parcoblattae    Semans

Natural hosts.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica and Parcoblatta uhleriana, U.S.A., Ohio (Semans, 1939): Midgut.

Gregarina rhyparobiae    J. M. Watson

Natural host.—Leucophaea maderae, Uganda (Watson, 1945): Midgut. Trophozoites could be seen in sections attached to cells of the intestinal wall (fig. 2, H).

Gregarina sandoni    Harrison

Natural host.—Melanosilpha capensis, South Africa (Harrison, 1955): This gregarine was found in the anterior and middle parts of the mesenteron and in the hepatic caeca.

Gregarina thomasi    Semans

Natural host.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A., Ohio (Semans, 1939): Enteric caeca and midgut.

Protomagalhaesia serpentula    (de Magalhães)

Synonymy.—Gregarina serpentula [Pinto, 1918a, 1919; Semans, 1943].

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Magalhães, 1900): In the coelom and alimentary canal. The host of this parasite (fig. 2, K) was incorrectly cited as Blatta orientalis by Watson (1916).

Gamocystis tenax    Schneider

(Fig. 2, L)

Natural hosts.—Ectobius lapponicus, France (Schneider, 1875); Germany (Wellmer, 1910, 1911; Foerster, 1938).

Ectobius pallidus, Germany (Foerster, 1938): In intestine.

Family ACTINOCEPHALIDAE

Pileocephalus blaberae    (Frenzel)

Synonymy.—Gregarina blaberae [Watson, 1916].

Natural hosts.—Blaptica dubia and related forms, Argentina (Frenzel, 1892): In midgut.

Unidentified Gregarinida

Natural hosts.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953): Possibly Diplocystis sp. (pl. 28, A, B).

Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A. (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Leucophaea maderae, Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930): In intestines of host. U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1958): Cysts in feces (pl. 28, C).

Gromphadorhina portentosa, U.S.A., in laboratory colony (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1958): In intestine of adult female.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Schwabe, 1950): A cephaline gregarine was found in the cockroach's digestive tract; it was also claimed to be present in new-born nymphs.

Order COCCIDIA

Family ADELEIDAE

Adelina cryptocerci    Yarwood

Natural host.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A. (Yarwood, 1937): This intracellular parasite was found in the fat body in light infestations. In heavy infections the coccidia were found in the head, antennae, mouthparts, muscles, legs, salivary glands, nerve cord, as well as fat body. Infection in freshly collected specimens was about 3 percent; when large numbers of cockroaches were kept together in culture, the rate of infection increased because the insects ate their dead companions.

Cleveland et al. (1934) mentioned a coccidium which was sometimes generally distributed through the body (head, legs, antennae, etc.) of C. punctulatus; this parasite was probably the species described by Yarwood.

Order HAPLOSPORIDIA

Haplosporidium periplanetae    Georgévitch

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, Yugoslavia (Georgévitch, 1953): This organism was described from the malpighian tubules of the cockroach where it apparently occurred in a mixed infection with the microsporidian Plistophora periplanetae. See synonymy under Plistophora periplanetae.

Coelosporidium periplanetae    (Lutz and Splendore)

Synonymy.—Nosema periplanetae, Coelosporidium blattellae, Bertramia blatellae [after Semans, 1943]. Some of the observations cited under Plistophora periplanetae may pertain to C. periplanetae (see Sprague, 1940). See also Haplosporidium periplanetae.

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.S.R. (Epshtein, 1911); U.S.A. (Kudo, 1922; Sprague, 1940); Yugoslavia (Ivanić, 1926).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Crawley, 1905); Germany (Wellmer, 1910, 1911).

Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Lutz and Splendore, 1903).

This organism (fig. 2, B) passes its life cycle living free in the lumina of the malpighian tubules of cockroaches. The elongate trophozoite is firmly attached to the wall of the tubule as are clusters of immature spores. Mature spores are freed into the lumina of the tubules from whence they pass to the exterior. Sprague (1940) examined about 200 wild-caught B. orientalis and found them to be practically 100 percent infected.

Order MICROSPORIDIA

Family NOSEMATIDAE

Plistophora kudoi    Sprague and Ramsey

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A., Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky (Sprague and Ramsey, 1941, 1942): Found in the epithelial cells of caeca and midgut. Considerable damage is done to these cells. Seventy-five percent of 52 B. orientalis harbored the parasite.

Plistophora periplanetae    (Lutz and Splendore)

Synonymy.—Nosema periplanetae, Pleistophora periplanetae [after Semans, 1943]. Georgévitch (1953) has pointed out that one may find in the malpighian tubules of cockroaches a mixed infection of Microsporidia, Haplosporidia, and Mycetozoa, and that some of the discrepancies in the earlier literature may be attributed to attempts to combine in one organism disparate stages belonging to different orders. See also comments under Coelosporidium periplanetae, Haplosporidium periplanetae, and Peltomyces periplanetae.

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, France (Mercier, 1906a; Debaisieux, 1927); England (Perrin, 1906, 1906b); U.S.S.R. (Zhivago, 1909); Yugoslavia (Georgévitch, 1925, 1926, 1926a, 1927); Germany (Wellmer, 1910, 1911).

Blattella germanica, France (Léger, 1909; Debaisieux, 1927); U.S.S.R. (Zhivago, 1909).

Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Lutz and Splendore, 1903).

This organism lives in the lumen of the malpighian tubules of cockroaches. The cited authors appear to have been convinced that this organism was a microsporidian. Georgévitch (1927, 1953) described the polar capsule and filament characteristic of this order.

Plistophora    sp.

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, France (Mercier, 1908a): The organism parasitized the fat body of the cockroach. Mitoses, often abnormal, were induced in the fat cells. Infected cockroaches were easily recognizable by their distended abdomens. The fat body became chalky white and showed through the intersegmental membranes.

Porter (1930) reported finding an unidentified microsporidian in the fat bodies of Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana collected in South Africa. It may or may not have been a species of Plistophora.

Class CILIATA

Order HOLOTRICHA

Family PARAMECIIDAE

Paramecium    sp.

Natural associate.—Cockroaches, U.S.A., Maryland (Cleveland, 1927): Three of 30 cockroaches collected in the basement of a department store had paramecia in their stomachs but none in the rectum.

Experimental associate.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Hegner, 1929): Paramecia fed to the cockroaches were recovered from the crop at intervals from one-half to six and one-half hours. In no case were the protozoa recovered from the stomach alive.

Cockroaches, U.S.A., Maryland (Cleveland, 1927). About 200 starved cockroaches were fed a culture of Paramecium. Few, if any, of the protozoa were killed in the stomach during the first two hours, but all were killed within 5 to 6 hours after ingestion.

Family ISOTRICHIDAE

Isotricha caulleryi    Weill

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, Indochina (Weill, 1929): Alimentary canal.

Order SPIROTRICHA

Family BURSARIIDAE

Balantidium blattarum    Ghosh

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, India (Ghosh, 1922; Bhatia and Gulati, 1927); Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922): Intestinal tract.

* Balantidium coli    (Malmsten)

Experimental vector.—Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Balantidium ovatum    Ghosh

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, India (Ghosh, 1922a; Bhatia and Gulati, 1927); Indochina, Saigon (Weill, 1929): Intestinal tract.

Balantidium praenucleatum    Kudo and Meglitsch

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A., Illinois (Kudo and Meglitsch, 1938; Meglitsch, 1940): This protozoan is found in the lumen of the anterior region of the colon in association with several other species of protozoa. Only 7.6 percent of 500 cockroaches examined contained B. praenucleatum. The largest number encountered in a single host was 59, but as a rule each host harbored a smaller number.

Balantidium    sp.?

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Magalhães, 1900): These organisms were numerous in the intestine.

Family SPIROSTOMIDAE

Nyctotherus buissoni    Pinto

Natural host.—"Barata sylvestre," Brazil (Pinto, 1926): Organism found in the cockroach's intestine.

Nyctotherus ovalis    Leidy

Synonymy.—Bursaria blattarum; Plagiotoma blattarum.

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Leidy, 1850, 1853, 1853b, 1879a; Kudo, 1922, 1926, 1936; McAdow, 1931; Kudo and Meglitsch, 1938; Meglitsch, 1940); Germany (Stein, 1860; Schubotz, 1905; Chen, 1933); England (Lankester, 1865; Schuster, 1898; Lucas, 1927a, 1928); Spain (Zulueta, 1916); U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922; Zasukhin, 1928, 1930; Ostroumov, 1929); Portugal (Lima Ribiero, 1924); Brazil (Pinto, 1926); Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Blattella germanica, South Africa (Porter, 1930); U.S.A. (Balch, 1932; McAdow, 1931).

Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A. (Semans, 1939, 1941).

Periplaneta americana, India (Bhatia and Gulati, 1927); Indochina (Weill, 1929); Philippine Islands (Hegner and Chu, 1930); South Africa (Porter, 1930); U.S.A. (McAdow, 1931; Hatcher, 1939; Meglitsch, 1940; Armer, 1944); Goa (Mello et al., 1934); China (Pai and Wang, 1947); Czechoslovakia (Low, 1956).

"Barata sylvestre," Brazil (Pinto, 1926).

"Küchenschaben," Austria (Bělǎr, 1916).

Nyctotherus ovalis (fig. 2, G) inhabits the hind gut of cockroaches, where it occurs almost always in the anterior half of the colon in association with other species of Protozoa (Kudo, 1936). Ninety percent of 500 B. orientalis contained N. ovalis (Kudo and Meglitsch, 1938). Yakimov and Miller (1922) found N. ovalis in 68 percent of 124 B. orientalis. Zasukhin (1930) found this organism in 63 percent of over 3,000 B. orientalis. Zasukhin (1928, 1934) found a fungus and possibly a bacterium hyperparasitic in the cytoplasm of N. ovalis. N. ovalis has been cultured outside the cockroach in several media (Lucas, 1928; Balch, 1932; Chen, 1933; Low, 1956).

Nyctotherus uichancoi    Kidder

Natural hosts.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands, and Panesthia spadica, Japan (Kidder, 1937): About 90 percent of all P. angustipennis harbored this ciliate in their hindguts.

Nyctotherus viannai    Pinto

Natural host.—"Barata sylvestre," Brazil (Pinto, 1926): In the intestine of the cockroach.

Family CLEVELANDELLIDAE

Most of the Clevelandellidae are parasitized by rod-shaped or spherical bacteria-like organisms usually in clusters (Kidder, 1937).

Synonymy.—Clevelandiidae (Kidder, 1938).

Genus CLEVELANDELLA

Synonymy.—The generic name Clevelandia Kidder (1937) is preoccupied; it was therefore changed to Clevelandella by Kidder in 1938. All of the following species of Clevelandella were originally described as Clevelandia.

Clevelandella constricta    (Kidder)

Natural hosts.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands, and Panesthia spadica, Japan (Kidder, 1937): In the posterior end of hindgut.

Clevelandella contorta    (Kidder)

Natural hosts.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands, and Panesthia spadica, Japan (Kidder, 1937).

Clevelandella elongata    (Kidder)

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Kidder, 1937).

Clevelandella hastula    (Kidder)

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Kidder, 1937): Common in hindgut.

Clevelandella nipponensis    (Kidder)

Natural host.—Panesthia spadica, Japan (Kidder, 1937).

Clevelandella panesthiae    (Kidder)

Natural hosts.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands, and Panesthia spadica, Japan (Kidder, 1937): In the hindgut. This protozoan is commonly parasitized by the microorganism Sphaerita.

Clevelandella parapanesthiae    (Kidder)

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Kidder, 1937).

Paraclevelandia brevis    Kidder

Natural hosts.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands, and Panesthia spadica, Japan (Kidder, 1937): Present in 100 percent of P. angustipennis and in nearly all P. spadica.

Paraclevelandia simplex    Kidder

Natural hosts.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Kidder, 1937, 1938): Incidence of infection about 50 percent.

Panesthia spadica, Japan (Kidder, 1937).

Unidentified ciliate

Natural host.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Schwabe, 1950): A large ciliate was found in the digestive tract and malpighian tubules.

NEGATIVE FINDINGS

In a recent experimental study Schmidtke (1955) failed to demonstrate a host-parasite relationship between Periplaneta americana and the haemosporidian Toxoplasma gondii Nicolle and Manceaux. This protozoan is a blood parasite in a rodent in North Africa (Kudo, 1954).

XI. HELMINTHS

Intestinal nematodes of the family Thelastomatidae have no apparent pathological effect on their cockroach hosts. Galeb (1878) has shown experimentally that oxyurids eat the same food as the host insect and that if one starves them, by withholding food from the host, the oxyurids die and disappear. In other words, these worms are not parasites, in the sense that we use the term in this paper, but commensals. Dobrovolny and Ackert (1934) stated that "all observations seemed to indicate that the health, fertility and activity of the heavily infested cockroaches were comparable with those of the non-parasitised specimens."

Very few papers have dealt with the ecology of the oxyurid parasites of cockroaches. According to Galeb (1878), usually one species of nematode is found in a single cockroach, but sometimes two species live together in the same host (e.g., in Blatta orientalis and Polyphaga aegyptiaca) where they compete for food. Galeb claimed that Hammerschmidtiella diesingi would replace Leidynema appendiculata; he observed that H. diesingi surpassed L. appendiculata in numbers and the latter became uncommon in the intestines of the cockroaches. On the other hand, Sobolev (1937) found that 48 percent of his oriental cockroaches were infected with both of the above species of nematodes. The average number of both species was 7.5, and the maximum number was 97; the mean number of H. diesingi was 5.1 and the maximum 64; the mean number of L. appendiculata was 2.4 and the maximum 33. More than 40 nematodes were found in each cockroach of 1.3 percent of those examined. These results apparently contradict Galeb's conclusions inasmuch as the number of each species in mixed infections was essentially the same as the number found in cockroaches infected by only one species (see pp. 195 and 197). Dobrovolny and Ackert (1934) found that 29 percent of 222 Periplaneta americana contained both of the above species of nematodes; whereas 40 percent contained L. appendiculata only, and 21 percent contained H. diesingi only. The infestation ranged from 1 to 36 worms per cockroach with averages of 3.8 per male, 5.1 per female, and 2.7 per nymph.

The eggs of some helminths pass unharmed through the guts of cockroaches that serve as vectors of these ova and have no effect on the insect. However, helminths that are secondary parasites in cockroaches damage the insect to varying degrees depending upon the extent of the infection. Thus the larvae of Moniliformis moniliformis pass through the gut wall and some may become embedded in the fat tissue (Moore, 1946). First stage larvae of Oxyspirura mansoni also burrow through the midgut wall into the fat body; Sanders (1929) believed that Pycnoscelus surinamensis could be killed if at one time a sufficient number of migrating larvae of O. mansoni penetrated the cockroach's intestinal wall. Gongylonema neoplasticum migrates through the digestive tract and encysts in the muscles of the thorax and legs of the host (Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914). Infective larvae of Protospirura muricola, after hatching from ingested eggs, pass through the cockroach's gut wall and encyst mainly in the thorax, around the crop, and at the bases of the large muscles of the prothoracic legs (Foster and Johnson, 1939). It is probably generally true that nematodes which are secondary parasites in cockroaches do some damage to the host's intestinal tract at least, and they probably also damage other organs in which they may encyst.

Cockroach tissues may react defensively to infections by parasitic nematodes. For example, encysted third-stage larvae of Physaloptera turgida have been found enclosed in a thin, brown, chitinous substance that was undoubtedly deposited by the tissue of the cockroach (Alicata, 1937). Cysts of similar appearance have been found in cockroaches infected with Physaloptera rara, P. maxillaris, P. hispida (Petri, 1950; Hobmaier, 1941; Schell, 1952), and Gongylonema pulchrum (Schell, 1952a); in the latter species the deposit eventually completely surrounded the nematode larva which was killed and "chitinized." Apparently these pigmented cysts surround unhealthy or dead larvae and are secreted as a defensive mechanism by the host (Schell, 1952a). Oswald (1958) has reported finding similar pigmented cysts in Blatta orientalis and Periplaneta americana that were experimentally infected with Rictularia coloradensis.

Our classification of the helminths follows Hyman (1951, 1951a).

HELMINTHS FOR WHICH COCKROACHES SERVE AS PRIMARY HOSTS

Phylum ASCHELMINTHES

Class NEMATODA

Order MERMITHOIDEA

Family MERMITHIDAE

Undetermined mermithids

Natural Hosts.—Ectobius pallidus, U.S.A., Plymouth, Massachusetts (Roth and Willis, 1957): This mermithid lies coiled in the body cavity of the host and one end may extend into the thorax. Apparently, the host is eventually killed and the worms may leave the cockroach ventrally between the thorax and abdomen (pl. 29, A) or thorax and head.

Periplaneta americana, Germany (Bode, 1936): Attacked by "Mermis" or "Gordius." It has been suggested that the name Mermis is often applied without critical identification to immature Nematoda found in insects (Buxton, 1955).

Order RHABDITOIDEA

Family DIPLOGASTERIDAE

Diplogaster    sp.

Synonymy.—Lycolaimus [Goodey, 1951].

Experimental Host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Christie and Crossman, 1933).

Family STEINERNEMATIDAE

Neoaplectana    sp.

Experimental hosts.—Blattella germanica, Nauphoeta cinerea, and Periplaneta americana. U.S.A. (Dutky and Hough, 1955): This nematode, found in codling moth larvae, is close to Neoaplectana chresima Steiner but apparently is a new species. Nauphoeta cinerea was very susceptible to infection; B. germanica and P. americana were less susceptible.

Order OXYUROIDEA

Family THELASTOMATIDAE

These nematodes are found in the intestinal tract of cockroaches.

Aorurus philippinensis    Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934).

Binema mirzaia    (Basir, 1940) Basir, 1956

Synonymy.—Periplaneticola mirzaia Basir, 1940.

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, India, Aligarh (Basir, 1940).

Blattelicola blattelicola    Basir, 1940

Natural host.—Blattella germanica, India, Aligarh (Basir, 1940).

Blatticola blattae    (Graeffe, 1860) Chitwood, 1932

Synonymy.—Oxyuris blattae Graeffe, 1860; Oxyuris blatticola Galeb, 1878; Blatticola blatticola (Galeb, 1877) Schwenck, 1926 [Chitwood, 1930, 1932].

Natural hosts.—Blattella germanica, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926; Schwenck, 1926); U.S.A. (Chitwood, 1930; Bozeman, 1942); Egypt? (Galeb, 1877, 1878); U.S.S.R. (Sobolev, 1937; Sondak, 1935); Czechoslovakia (Groschaft, 1956).

Ectobius lapponicus, Ectobius pallidus, Egypt? (Galeb, 1877, 1878).

Polyphaga aegyptiaca, France (Graeffe, 1860).

The life cycle has been studied by Bozeman (1942): He found never more than four worms in the large intestine of each cockroach. Embryos developed to "resting" stage in vitro. The resting stage was infective while the active stage was not. The worms seemed to have no effect on the vital activities of the host. Alicata (1934b) found that the embryo undergoes a molt before hatching.

Chitwood (1930) found 75 percent of the German cockroaches examined from houses in Washington infected. As a rule, one adult female, one or two males, and possibly two larval females are found in a single individual, apparently only in the rectum.

Sobolev (1937) found 72 percent of Blattella germanica collected in Gorkov (U.S.S.R.) infected with Blatticola blattae. The mean number of worms per host was 1.8, the maximum 5. Sondak (1935) found about 30 percent of 788 B. germanica collected in Leningrad to be infected with B. blattae. Groschaft (1956) regularly found only single worms in B. germanica, collected in a laboratory in Prague, except for two females that contained 2 and 3 worms each.

Blattophila sphaerolaima    Cobb, 1920

Synonymy.—Aorurus sphaerolaima (Cobb, 1920) Travassos, 1929. Although Chitwood (1932) indicated that the taxonomic position of this nematode is questionable, Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934, apparently accepted it as a valid species in describing the variety javanica.

Natural host.—Panesthia laevicollis [Cobb recorded the host as Panesthia brevicollis, but no such cockroach exists. Van Zwaluwenburg (1928) and Caudell (in Chitwood, 1932) believed that Cobb meant Panesthia laevicollis. According to Gurney (personal communication, 1957) Caudell's notes show that in 1933 he wrote to Dr. Chitwood and explained that he had compared Cobb's figure of the cockroach with laevicollis Saussure (figures and description) and had found them the same.] Australia, New South Wales (Cobb, 1920).

Blattophila sphaerolaima var. javanica    Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934).

Blattophila supellaima    Basir, 1941

Natural host.—Supella supellectilium, India, Aligarh (Basir, 1941).

Cephalobellus brevicaudatum    (Leidy, 1851) Christie, 1933

Synonymy.—Thelastoma brevicaudatum Leidy, 1851 [Christie, 1933]. Thelastoma indiana Basir, 1940 [Basir, 1949].

Natural host.—Leucophaea sp., India, Aligarh (Basir, 1940, 1949).

Cephalobellus magalhāesi    (Schwenck, 1926) Basir, 1956

Synonymy.—Bulhỡesi magalhāesi Schwenck, 1926; Thelastoma magalhāesi (Schwenck, 1926) Travassos, 1929 [Basir, 1956].

Natural host.—"Barata selvagem," Brazil, São Paulo (Schwenck, 1926).

Euryconema paradisa    Chitwood, 1932

Natural host.—Eurycotis floridana, U.S.A., Florida (Chitwood, 1932).

Galebia aegyptiaca    (Galeb, 1878) Chitwood, 1932

Synonymy.—Oxyuris aegyptiaca Galeb, 1878; Blatticola aegyptiaca (Galeb, 1878) Schwenck, 1926 [Chitwood, 1932].

Natural hosts.—Blattella germanica, Brazil (Schwenck, 1926).

Polyphaga aegyptiaca, Egypt? (Galeb, 1878).

Hammerschmidtiella diesingi    (Hammerschmidt, 1838) Chitwood, 1932

Synonymy.—Anguillula macrura Diesing, 1851; Aorurus diesingi (Hammerschmidt, 1838) Travassos, 1929; Streptostomum gracile Leidy, 1850; Oxyuris diesingi Hammerschmidt, 1838; Oxyuris blattae orientalis Hammerschmidt, 1838 [Chitwood, 1932]. Oxyuris macrura of Lankester (1865).

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Europe (Hammerschmidt 1838, 1847; Bütschli, 1871); Egypt? (Galeb, 1878); England (Lankester, 1865; Lee, 1958); U.S.A. (Leidy, 1850a); U.S.S.R. (Yakimov and Miller, 1922; Sobolev, 1937; Sondak, 1935); Brazil (Travassos, 1929); China (Chitwood, 1932); Czechoslovakia (Groschaft, 1956).

Leucophaea maderae, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926).

Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Magalhães, 1900; Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926). U.S.A.: Texas (Todd, 1943); Kansas (Dobrovolny, 1933; Dobrovolny and Ackert, 1934); North Carolina (Hatcher, 1939); Iowa, North Dakota, Michigan (Hoffman, 1953). China (Chitwood, 1932). India (Basir, 1940). Czechoslovakia (Groschaft, 1956). England (Lee, 1958).

Periplaneta australasiae, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926).

Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linstow, 1878).

Cockroaches (Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and/or Periplaneta americana), U.S.A. (McAdow, 1931).

Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

According to Hammerschmidt (1847) this worm may be found throughout the intestinal canal but especially in the small intestine. It is frequently found in adults and seldom in the nymphs. There were seldom more than 5 to 10 worms in one cockroach and female worms were found more frequently than males; the male worms were found only in winter and spring while the females were present at all times of the year. Bütschli (1871) stated that all stages from those just hatching to mature males and females are found.

Yakimov and Miller (1922) found H. diesingi in 50.8 percent of 124 B. orientalis collected in Petrograd. Sobolev (1937) found 96 percent of B. orientalis infected with H. diesingi with a mean number of 5.6 and maximum number of 22 in one cockroach. Groschaft (1956) found 18 in one specimen of B. orientalis. Dobrovolny and Ackert (1934) found about 50 percent of 222 P. americana infected with H. diesingi. Sondak (1935) found about 36 percent of 412 B. orientalis infected with either or both H. diesingi and Leidynema appendiculata.

Two molts occur during development of the eggs; the first takes place outside the host resulting in a resting or infective stage. After the egg in the infective stage is eaten by the host, the second molt occurs before the egg hatches. Completion of the second molt and hatching perhaps are connected with ammonia present in the digestive tract; the ammonia seems to arise from the bacteria present in the gut. There appears to be a relationship between the intestinal bacteria of the cockroach and development and hatching of nematode eggs (Todd, 1944).

At the time of oviposition the nematode eggs are in the very earliest stages of cleavage. In 36 hours a motile, tadpole-like stage is reached and in a few days the embryo becomes quiescent and nonmotile. This nonmotile stage is infective whereas the motile embryonic stage is not. Feeding experiments proved that transmission of the nematode is direct. The worm reaches sexual maturity in 20 or 30 days after being ingested by the cockroach (Dobrovolny, 1933).

The bacterium Streptomyces leidynematis Hoffman grows on the cuticle of H. diesingi (Hoffman, 1953). The bacterium apparently is only anchored to the nematode and probably obtains its food from the intestinal contents of the cockroach. See notes under Leidynema appendiculata.

Hammerschmidtiella neyrai    Serrano Sánchez, 1945

Synonymy.—Hammerschmidtiella neyrae Serrano Sánchez, 1947. [According to M. B. Chitwood, personal communication, 1957, Serrano Sánchez's emendation is apparently an error.]

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, Spain, Grenada (Serrano Sánchez, 1947): Of 2,943 specimens examined, 1,143 were parasitized by oxyurids and of these 45 percent contained H. neyrai.

Leidynema appendiculata    (Leidy, 1850) Chitwood, 1932

Synonymy.—Oxyuris blattae orientalis Hammerschmidt, 1847, of Bütschli, 1871, and Oxyuris blattae-orientalis of Magalhães, 1900; Oxyuris blattae Hammerschmidt, 1847, of Galeb, 1878; Aorurus (Thelastoma) appendiculatus Leidy, 1850. [Chitwood, 1932.] Serrano Sánchez (1947) has divided this species into three geographical varieties as follows: L. appendiculata (Leidy, 1852) (Dobrovolny and Ackert, 1934) var. indiana; L. appendiculata (Leidy, 1852) (Chitwood, 1932) var. americana; L. appendiculata (Serrano Sánchez, 1947) var. hispana. However, Basir (1956) does not recognize these varieties. The Russians recognize hispana (M. B. Chitwood, personal communication, 1957).

Natural hosts.—Blaberus atropos, South America (Chitwood, 1932).

Blatta orientalis, Egypt? (Galeb, 1878); Europe (Bütschli, 1871); U.S.S.R. (Sobolev, 1937; Sondak, 1935); U.S.A., Nebraska (Todd, 1944); Spain (Serrano Sánchez, 1947): Recorded as var. hispana. Czechoslovakia (Groschaft, 1956). England (Lee, 1958a).

Blatta orientalis or Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Magalhães, 1900).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A.: Texas (Todd, 1943); Nebraska (Todd, 1944); Kansas (Dobrovolny, 1933; Dobrovolny and Ackert, 1934); North Carolina (Hatcher, 1939); Iowa, North Dakota, Michigan (Hoffman, 1953). Czechoslovakia (Groschaft, 1956). England (Lee, 1958a).

Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Cockroaches (Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and/or Periplaneta americana), U.S.A. (McAdow, 1931).

Chitwood (1932) also listed China for distribution of the worm, but we could not tell which host was involved.

The worms are found in the colon and rectum of the host. Galeb (1878) found as many as 20 individuals in a single B. orientalis. Sobolev (1937) found 52 percent of B. orientalis infected with L. appendiculata; the mean number of worms per roach was 1.5 and the maximum 2. Dobrovolny and Ackert (1934) found 69 percent of 222 P. americana infected with this species.

Two molts occur within the egg during development of the larva. The first molt occurs outside the host resulting in the formation of an infective resting stage. The second molt occurs inside the cockroach (Todd, 1941, 1944).

Transmission of the nematode is direct, eggs in the resting embryonated stage being infective (Dobrovolny and Ackert, 1934).

Hoffman (1953) described a filamentous bacterium, Streptomyces leidynematis Hoffman, which grows on the cuticle of L. appendiculata in P. americana. Leidy (1853) noted the presence of simple, inarticulate, amorphous filaments, growing from nematodes infecting B. orientalis. Bütschli (1871) and Magalhães (1900) described similar filaments adhering to the surface of oxyurids from cockroaches.

Leidynema appendiculata    (Leidy, 1850) Chitwood, 1932?

Natural host.—Eurycotis floridana, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1955): Determined by Dr. G. Steiner who wrote us, "In Eurycotis floridana there were ten specimens of the nematode Leidynema appendiculata (Leidy, 1850). This cockroach is obviously a new host for this nematode. I am not sure that the nematode exactly agrees with the description as given in the literature."

Leidynema cranifera    Chitwood, 1932

Natural hosts.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A., Florida (Chitwood, 1932); Massachusetts (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1955). Determined by Dr. G. Steiner.

Blaberus atropos?, U.S.A., Florida (Chitwood, 1932): B. craniifer has generally been recorded as B. atropos of Stoll which is a closely related but distinct South American species (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).

Leidynema delatorrei    Chitwood, 1932

Natural host.—Leucophaea maderae, Cuba, Havana (Chitwood, 1932).

Leidynema nocalum    Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934).

Leidynemella fusiformis    Cobb, 1934

Natural hosts.—Panesthia laevicollis?, Philippine Islands (Cobb in Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934).

Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934).

Leidynemella panesthiae    (Galeb, 1878) Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

Synonymy.—Oxyuris panesthiae Galeb, 1878, in part; Thelastoma panesthiae (Galeb, 1878) Travassos, 1929. [Chitwood, 1932; Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934.]

Natural host.—Panesthia sp., New Guinea (Galeb, 1878): About 40 nematodes may be found in one insect.

Leidynemella paracranifera    Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934).

Oxyuris (?) heterogamiae    Galeb, 1878

Synonymy.—Thelastoma heterogamiae (Galeb, 1878) Travassos, 1929. The taxonomic position of this species is questionable; it might possibly belong in Blatticola or Protrellina (Chitwood, 1932). Basir (1956) placed it in an appendix to the family Thelastomatidae.

Natural host.—Polyphaga aegyptiaca, Egypt? (Galeb, 1878).

Protrelleta floridana    Chitwood, 1932

Natural host.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A., Florida (Chitwood, 1932).

Protrellus aureus    Cobb, 1920

Synonymy.—The taxonomic position of this nematode is questionable (Chitwood, 1932).

Natural host.—Polyzosteria melanaria?, Australia, New South Wales (Cobb, 1920). [Caudell (in Chitwood, 1932) stated that this host was probably Platyzosteria analis.]

Protrellus aurifluus    (Chitwood, 1932) Chitwood, 1933

Synonymy.—Protrellina aurifluus Chitwood, 1932.

Natural hosts.—Parcoblatta lata, U.S.A., North Carolina, Maryland (Chitwood, 1932).

Parcoblatta uhleriana, North Carolina (Hatcher, 1939).

Protrellus australasiae    (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926) Travassos, 1929

Synonymy.—Oxyuris australasiae Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926; Protrellina australasiae (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926) Chitwood, 1932 [Chitwood, 1933].

Natural host.—Periplaneta australasiae, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926, 1927).

Protrellus galebi    Schwenck, 1926

Synonymy.—Protrellina galebi (Schwenck, 1926) Chitwood, 1932 [Chitwood, 1933].

Natural host.—"Barata selvagem," Brazil (Schwenck, 1926).

Protrellus künckeli    (Galeb, 1878) Travassos, 1929

Synonymy.—Oxyuris künckeli Galeb, 1878; Protrellina künckeli (Galeb, 1878) Chitwood, 1932 [Chitwood, 1933].

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, Egypt? (Galeb, 1877, 1878.) [Chitwood (1932) questioned the determination of this host because he failed to find this nematode in a large number of specimens from U.S.A. and China.] Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926).

Periplaneta australasiae, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926).

Protrellus manni    (Chitwood, 1932) Chitwood, 1933

Synonymy.—Protrellina manni Chitwood, 1932.

Natural host.—Aglaopteryx diaphana, Cuba (Chitwood, 1932).

Protrellus phyllodromi    (Basir, 1942) Basir, 1956

Synonymy.—Protrellina phyllodromi Basir, 1942.

Natural host.—Blattella humbertiana, India, Aligarh (Basir, 1942): Found in the rectum.

Protrelloides paradoxa    Chitwood, 1932

Natural host.—Eurycotis floridana, U.S.A., Florida (Chitwood, 1932).

Schwenkiella icemi    (Schwenck, 1926) Basir, 1956

Synonymy.—Bulhõesia icemi Schwenck, 1926; Thelastoma icemi (Schwenck, 1926) Travassos, 1929; Thelastoma aligarhica Basir, 1940. [Basir, 1956.]

Natural hosts.—"Barata selvagem," Brazil, São Paulo (Schwenck, 1926).

Periplaneta americana, India, Aligarh (Basir, 1940); U.S.A., Nebraska (Todd, 1943).

Periplaneta brunnea, U.S.A., Louisiana (Todd, 1943).

Severianoia magna    Pereira, 1935

Natural host.—"Blattidae sylvestres," Brazil (Pereira, 1935).

Severianoia severianoi    (Schwenck, 1926) Travassos, 1929

Synonymy.—Bulhõesia severianoi Schwenck, 1926 [Travassos, 1929].

Natural hosts.—"Baratas de pau podre," Brazil (Schwenck, 1926).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, U.S.A., Florida (Chitwood, 1932).

Suifunema caudelli    Chitwood 1932

Natural host.—Steleopyga? sinensis, Asia: Suifu, Szchuen, China (Chitwood, 1932).

Thelastoma pachyjuli    (Parona, 1896) Travassos, 1929

Synonymy.—Oxyuris bulhõesi de Magalhães, 1900; Bulhõesia bulhõesi (Magalhães, 1900) Schwenck, 1926 [Travassos, 1929; Chitwood, 1932]; Thelastoma bulhõesi (Magalhães, 1900) Travassos, 1929; although this last combination (from Chitwood, 1932) is not given by Basir (1956), it is implied by the synonymy that he does cite under T. pachyjuli.

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Czechoslovakia (Groschaft, 1956).

Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Magalhães, 1900); North America (Chitwood, 1932); U.S.A., North Carolina (Hatcher, 1939).

Thelastoma palmettum    Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

Natural host.—Panesthia angustipennis, Philippine Islands (Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934).

Thelastoma riveroi    Chitwood, 1932

Natural host.—Periplaneta sp., Cuba (Chitwood, 1932).

Undetermined nematodes

Natural host.—Cutilia sp. near sedilloti, U.S.A. (hosts imported from New Zealand) (Roth, unpublished data, 1957).

Class NEMATOMORPHA

Order GORDIOIDEA

The immature stages of the following gordian worms have been found in the body cavity of cockroaches.

Family CHORDODIDAE

Chordodes morgani    Montgomery, 1898

Synonymy.—Chordotes [sic] puerilis Montgomery, 1898 [Ward, 1918].

Natural host.—Cockroach, U.S.A. (Montgomery, 1898); Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska (Ward, 1918).

Family GORDIIDAE

Gordius aquaticus    Linnaeus, 1758

Natural host.—Blatta sp., U.S.A. (Stiles and Hassall, 1894).

Leidy (1879) identified a 9-inch-long nematode which came from a cockroach (Blatta orientalis?) as probably being Gordius aquaticus. Ransom (in Pierce, 1921) states that G. aquaticus may be an accidental parasite of man. Faust (1955) summarizes the few reported cases of human parasitism. Dorier (1930) reported that the regurgitated liquid of Blatta orientalis had no effect on cysts of G. aquaticus after one hour.

Gordius blattae orientalis    Diesing, 1851

Synonymy.—Gordius orientalis of Lankester (1865).

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, Germany (Siebold, 1842; Linstow, 1878): Found in abdomen. Von Siebold called this "Filarien" but did not otherwise name or describe the worm.

Gordius pilosus    (Möbius, 1855) Diesing, 1861

Synonymy.—Chordodes pilosus Möbius, 1855 [Diesing, 1861.]

Natural host.—Blaberus giganteus, Venezuela (Möbius, 1855): From the insect's abdomen.

Gordius    sp.

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1930); Germany (Bode, 1936): Bode's record may have referred to a Mermis or other nematode.

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Miall and Denny, 1886; Burr, 1899a; Tejera, 1926).

Parachordodes raphaelis    (Camerano, 1893) Camerano, 1897

Synonymy.—Gordius raphaelis Camerano, 1893 [Camerano, 1897].

Natural hosts.—Symploce parenthesis and Kuchinga hemerobina, French Equatorial Africa (Camerano, 1893, 1897).

Undetermined gordian worms

Natural hosts.—Eurycotis floridana, Florida (T. Eisner, personal communication, 1958): See plate 29, B.

Parahormetica bilobata, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1929): Worm referred to as "gordiaceo."

Cockroaches, Australia (E. F. Riek, personal communication, 1953): Three undescribed gordian worms were found in undetermined cockroaches of the subfamily Blattinae.

HELMINTHS[4] FOR WHICH COCKROACHES SERVE AS INTERMEDIATE HOSTS

The use of the asterisk (*) is explained in footnote 3, page 4.

Phylum ACANTHOCEPHALA

Order ARCHIACANTHOCEPHALA

Family OLIGACANTHORHYNCHIDAE

* Prosthenorchis elegans    (Diesing, 1851) Travassos, 1915

Natural host.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938, 1938a; Brumpt et al., 1939).

Experimental hosts.—Blaberus atropos and Leucophaea maderae, France (Brumpt and Desportes, 1938).

* Prosthenorchis spirula    (Olfers in Rudolphi, 1819) Travassos, 1917

Natural host.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938, 1938a; Brumpt et al., 1939); Netherlands (Thiel and Wiegand Bruss, 1946).

Experimental hosts.—Blattella germanica, Netherlands (Thiel and Wiegand Bruss, 1946).

Blaberus atropos and Leucophaea maderae, France (Brumpt and Desportes, 1938).

Family MONILIFORMIDAE

* Moniliformis dubius    Meyer, 1932

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Magalhães, 1898; Travassos, 1917); Gold Coast (Southwell, 1922); India (Pujatti, 1950); U.S.A. (Burlingame and Chandler, 1941; Moore, 1946).

Periplaneta australasiae, India (Pujatti, 1950).

Experimental hosts.—Blattella germanica, Japan (Yamaguti and Miyata, 1942).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Chandler, 1941; Moore, 1946); Japan (Yamaguti and Miyata, 1942).

* Moniliformis kalahariensis    Meyer, 1931

Natural host.—Blattella germanica, India (Meyer, 1931, 1932).

* Moniliformis moniliformis    (Bremser in Rudolphi, 1819) Travassos, 1915

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, Argentina (Bacigalupo, 1927, 1927a, 1928); Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1929); Algeria (Seurat, 1912); Burma (Subramanian, 1927); South Africa (Porter, 1930); Madras (Sita, 1949).

Periplaneta spp., New Caledonia (Rageau, 1956).

Cockroaches, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Experimental hosts.—Blaberus atropos, Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, Leucophaea maderae, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938a).

Periplaneta americana, Japan (Yamaguti and Miyata, 1942); France (Brumpt, 1949); Madras (Sita, 1949).

Phylum ASCHELMINTHES

Class NEMATODA

Order OXYUROIDEA

Family SUBULURIDAE

* Subulura jacchi    (Diesing, 1861) Railliet and Henry, 1914

Synonymy.—Subulura jacchi (Marcel, 1857) [Dr. J. T. Lucker, personal communication, 1957].

Experimental host.—Blaberus atropos, France (Chabaud and Larivière, 1955).

Order SPIRUROIDEA

Family THELAZIIDAE

* Oxyspirura mansoni    (Cobbold, 1879) Ransom, 1904

Natural hosts.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Australia (Fielding, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1928a); U.S.A. (Sanders, 1927, 1928, 1929; Shealy, 1927); Formosa (Kobayashi, 1927); Antigua (Hutson, 1938, 1943); Hawaii (Illingworth, 1931; Schwabe, 1950, 1950a, 1950b, 1951); New Caledonia (Rageau, 1956).

We have recently found (Roth and Willis, 1960) that two strains of Pycnoscelus surinamensis exist; a parthenogenetic strain (from Florida), and a bisexual strain (from Hawaii) which does not reproduce parthenogenetically. The parthenogenetic strain is undoubtedly the form that has been shown to be the host of O. mansoni in the United States and Antigua, because only this form is found in the New World. Probably the parthenogenetic strain was the form involved in most Pacific areas. However, from internal evidence in his papers, we concluded that Schwabe, in Hawaii, may well have been working with the bisexual strain and possibly also with the parthenogenetic strain; if this is true, then both parthenogenetic and bisexual strains of Pycnoscelus surinamensis may serve as intermediate hosts of the eyeworm.

Experimental hosts.—Periplaneta americana, Antigua (Hutson, 1943).

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, U.S.A. (Sanders, 1929); Australia (Fielding, 1927, 1928a); Hawaii (Schwabe, 1951).

Rictularia coloradensis    Hall, 1916

Natural hosts.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica and Parcoblatta virginica, U.S.A., Ohio (Oswald, 1958): Of 49 wood roaches collected, one of each species contained a single larva each.

Experimental hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, Parcoblatta pensylvanica, Parcoblatta virginica, Periplaneta americana, and Supella supellectilium, U.S.A. (Oswald, 1958): The larvae underwent normal development in all species of cockroaches except B. orientalis and P. americana in which cysts developed that contained a reddish-brown pigment; larvae in such cysts were dead or dying. Eggs of R. coloradensis hatched in the midgut of B. germanica and first-stage larvae entered the hindgut epithelium within 24 hours. The larvae underwent two molts within a cyst formed by tissues of the host's gut, the second molt occurring during the twelfth or thirteenth day. In Parcoblatta, cysts were found free in the body cavity as well as attached to the hindgut. In B. germanica and S. supellectilium the cysts remained attached to the hindgut. Usually over 20 cysts developed in each infected Parcoblatta; fewer than 10 per insect developed in the other species. Larvae became infective to the definitive host, the white-footed mouse [Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis (Fischer)], as early as the tenth day.

Family SPIRURIDAE

* Agamospirura parahormeticae    Pessôa and Corrêa, 1929

Natural host.—Parahormetica bilobata, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1929).

* Gongylonema ingluvicola    Ransom, 1904

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Cram, 1935).

* Gongylonema neoplasticum    (Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914) Ransom and Hall, 1916

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Netherlands (Baylis, 1925).

Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Hitchcock and Bell, 1952).

Periplaneta americana, Denmark and St. Croix (Fibiger, 1913, 1913a; Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914); Netherlands (Baylis, 1925); Argentina (Bacigalupo, 1930); England (Leiper, 1926); South Africa (Porter, 1930); U.S.A. (Hitchcock and Bell, 1952); Formosa (Yokagawa, 1924, 1925, 1925a).

Periplaneta australasiae, Formosa (Yokagawa, 1924, 1925, 1925a).

Experimental hosts.—Blattella germanica, Denmark (Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914); U.S.A. (Hitchcock and Bell, 1952); France (Brumpt, 1949).

Blatta orientalis, Denmark (Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914).

Periplaneta americana, Denmark and St. Croix (Fibiger, 1913; Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914); U.S.A. (Hitchcock and Bell, 1952).

* Gongylonema pulchrum    Molin, 1857

Experimental hosts.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Ransom and Hall, 1915, 1916, 1917; Stiles and Baker, 1927; Schwartz and Lucker, 1931; Lucker, 1932; Alicata, 1934a, 1935); Europe (Baylis et al., 1925, 1926, 1926a; Sambon, 1926).

Parcoblatta sp., Alicata (1934, 1935).

* Gongylonema    sp.

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Magalhães, 1900); Algeria (Seurat, 1916); England? (Leiper, 1926).

* Microtetrameres helix    Cram, 1927

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Cram, 1934).

* Protospirura bonnei    Ortlepp, 1924

Natural host.—Leucophaea maderae, Venezuela (Brumpt, 1931).

Experimental hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, Leucophaea maderae, France (Brumpt, 1931).

* Protospirura columbiana    Cram, 1926

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Cram, 1926).

* Protospirura muricola    Geodoelst, 1916

Natural host.—Leucophaea maderae, Panama (Foster and Johnson, 1938, 1939).

* Seurocyrnea colini    (Cram, 1927) Cram, 1931

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Cram, 1931, 1931a, 1933a).

* Spirura gastrophila    (Müller, 1894) Seurat, 1913

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Europe? (Deslongchamps, 1824, in Seurat, 1911); Italy (Grassi, 1888); Algeria (Seurat, 1916).

Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1929).

Cockroach, Venezuela (Tejera, 1926).

Experimental hosts.—Blatta orientalis, France (Galeb, 1878a); "Cafards," Algeria (Roger, 1906, 1907).

* Tetrameres americana    Cram, 1927

Natural host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Cram, 1931b, personal communication, 1956); Hawaii (Alicata, 1938, 1947).

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Cram, 1931b).

* Tetrameres pattersoni    Cram, 1933

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Cram, 1933).

Family PHYSALOPTERIDAE

* Physaloptera hispida    Schell, 1950

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Schell, 1952, 1952a).

* Physaloptera maxillaris    Molin, 1860

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Hobmaier, 1941).

* Physaloptera praeputialis    von Linstow, 1889

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Petri and Ameel, 1950).

* Physaloptera rara    Hall and Wigdor, 1918

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Petri and Ameel, 1950; Petri, 1950).

* Physaloptera turgida    Rudolphi, 1819

Experimental host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Alicata, 1937; Schell, 1952).

HELMINTHS WHOSE EGGS HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY COCKROACHES

The use of the asterisk (*) is explained in footnote 3, page 4.

Phylum PLATYHELMINTHES

Class TREMATODA

Order DIGENEA

Family SCHISTOSOMATIDAE

* Schistosoma haematobium    (Bilharz, 1852) Weinland, 1858

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

Class CESTODA

Order TAENIOIDEA

Family HYMENOLEPIDIDAE

* Hymenolepis    sp.

Natural vectors.—Periplaneta americana, Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926).

Polyphaga saussurei, Tadzhikistan (Zmeev, 1936).

Family TAENIIDAE

* Taenia saginata    Goeze, 1782

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

Echinococcus granulosis    (Batsch, 1786) Rudolphi, 1805

Synonymy.—Taenia echinococcus (Zeder, 1803) [Faust, 1939].

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Uruguay (Pérez Fontana, 1955): Eggs were recovered from the feces of artificially infested cockroaches under "natural" conditions.

Family Unknown

* Undetermined tapeworm ova

Natural vector.—Polyphaga saussurei, Tadzhikistan (Zmeev, 1936).

Phylum ASCHELMINTHES

Class NEMATODA

Order OXYUROIDEA

Family OXYURIDAE

* Enterobius vermicularis    (Linnaeus, 1758) Leach in Baird, 1853

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis and Blattella germanica, U.S.S.R. (Sondak, 1935).

Order ASCAROIDEA

Family ASCARIDAE

* Ascaris lumbricoides    Linnaeus, 1758

Natural vector.—Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1930): The eggs may have been those of A. suum Goeze, 1782.

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922); India (Chandler, 1926).

Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae, Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926).

* Ascaris    sp.

Natural vector.—Blatta orientalis, Italian Somaliland (Mariani and Besta, 1936).

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Uruguay (Pérez Fontana, 1955): Eggs recovered from the insects' feces.

Order STRONGYLOIDEA

Family ANCYLOSTOMIDAE

* Ancylostoma caninum    (Ercolani, 1859) Hall, 1913

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Netherlands (Akkerman, 1933).

* Ancylostoma ceylanicum    (Looss, 1911) Leiper, 1915

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922); Netherlands (Akkerman, 1933).

* Ancylostoma duodenale    (Dubini, 1843) Creplin, 1845

Natural vector.—Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1929, 1930).

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

* Necator americanus    (Stiles, 1902) Stiles, 1906

Natural vector.—Periplaneta americana, India (Chandler, 1926).

Experimental vector.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922).

* Hookworm ova

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae, Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926).

Family TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE

* Trichostrongylus    sp.

Natural vector.—Blatta orientalis, Italian Somaliland (Mariani and Besta, 1936).

Order TRICHUROIDEA

Family TRICHURIDAE

* Capillaria hepatica    (Bancroft, 1893) Travassos, 1915

Experimental vector.—Blatta orientalis, Italy? (Giordano, 1950).

* Trichuris trichiura    (Linnaeus, 1771) Stiles, 1901

Natural vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italian Somaliland (Mariani and Besta, 1936); U.S.S.R. (Sondak, 1935).

Blattella germanica, U.S.S.R. (Sondak, 1935).

Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922); Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926).

Experimental vectors.—Periplaneta americana, Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922); India (Chandler, 1926); Uruguay (Pérez Fontana, 1955).

Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae, and Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Formosa (Morischita and Tsuchimochi, 1926).

XII. ARTHROPODA

The classification follows Brues et al. (1954) with the following exceptions. The Acarina are arranged according to Dr. J. H. Camin (personal communication, 1955). Family Eupelmidae of the Hymenoptera follows the classification of Peck (1951).

Class ARACHNIDA

In this class, representatives of at least four orders have utilized cockroaches as food: the whip scorpions, scorpions, spiders, and mites. Apparently none of these feed exclusively on cockroaches, but the Philippine forest scorpion Heterometrus (=Palamnaeus) longemanus seems to prefer blattids to other insects (Schultze, 1927).

Order PEDIPALPIDA

Family THELYPHONIDAE

Mastigoproctus giganteus    (Lucas)

Synonymy.—Thelyphonus giganteus Lucas [Dr. R. E. Crabill, personal communication, 1958].

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Marx, 1892, 1894): Immature whip scorpion captured and fed on one or two cockroaches a week. It lived on this diet for about two years.

Mastigoproctus    sp.

Common name.—Whip scorpion.

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A., Florida [Dr. B. J. Kaston, personal communication, 1953].

Order SCORPIONIDA

Pocock (1893) noticed that a scorpion whose pectines had come in contact with a cockroach immediately turned back and ate the insect. He concluded that the scorpion detected the cockroach by means of the pectines. However, Cloudsley-Thompson (1955) has demonstrated that the main function of the pectines is probably the detection of ground vibrations. He accounted for Pocock's observation by the presence of sensory spines (presumably tactile) which project from beneath the pectines. In a house in Arizona, Lyon (1951) observed over 60 scorpions living in a kitchen cabinet that enclosed a sink. They were apparently thriving on a heavy infestation of cockroaches. Stahnke (1953) stated that he used Periplaneta americana as the principal food for scorpions at the Poisonous Animals Research Laboratory of Arizona State College. Cloudsley-Thompson (1955a) cited cockroaches as one of the arthropods that scorpions feed upon.

Family BUTHIDAE

Buthus australis    (Linnaeus)

Synonymy.—Androctonus australis [Crabill, personal communication, 1957].

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, England (Cloudsley-Thompson, 1955a): This African species ate at least one cockroach per week during the summer months. It can, however, survive four months' starvation and is particularly adapted to a dry climate (Cloudsley-Thompson, personal communication, 1956).

Centruroides gracilis    (Latreille)

Experimental prey.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Roth, unpublished data, 1953): Scorpion collected in Florida by Roth and identified by Dr. M. H. Muma.

Centruroides hentzi    (Banks)

Experimental prey.—Periplaneta australasiae and Pycnoscelus surinamensis, U.S.A. (Muma, personal communication, 1953): This scorpion occurs in large numbers in the Florida citrus groves, together with P. australasiae which is probably an important natural prey.

Centruroides vitattus    (Say)

Natural prey.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica (?), U.S.A., Florida (Muma, personal communication, 1953). This may have been another species of this genus, possibly P. divisa, as P. pensylvanica is not known from Florida (Rehn, personal communication, 1958).

Experimental prey.—Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, Periplaneta americana, and Pycnoscelus surinamensis, U.S.A., Florida (Muma, personal communication, 1953).

Parabuthus capensis    (Hemprich and Ehrenberg)

Experimental prey.—"Common house-cockroach" (Pocock, 1893): The scorpions were collected in Cape Town, South Africa.

Family CHACTIDAE

Euscorpius germanus    (Koch)

Synonymy.—Euscorpius carpathicus [Cloudsley-Thompson, 1955a].

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, England? (Pocock, 1893).

Periplaneta americana, nymphs, England? (Cloudsley-Thompson, personal communication, 1956): This scorpion is found naturally in southern Europe and North Africa.

Euscorpius italicus italicus    (Herbst)

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches including nymphs of Periplaneta, England? (Cloudsley-Thompson, 1951): The cockroaches had to be disabled before the scorpion would feed on them. Prey is apparently detected by tactile and auditory senses, sight being poorly developed and not used. The scorpion is found in southern Europe and North Africa.

Family VEJOVIDAE

Hadrurus arizonensis    Ewing

Experimental prey.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Stahnke, 1949): This record is a photograph showing the scorpion eating the cockroach.

Family ISCHNURIDAE

Hormurus caudicula    (Koch)

Experimental prey.—Cockroach, Australia (McKeown, 1952): This record is a photograph showing the scorpion feeding on a cockroach.

Family SCORPIONIDAE

Heterometrus longimanus    (Herbst)

Synonymy.—Palamnaeus longimanus [Cloudsley-Thompson, personal communication, 1956].

Natural prey.—"Large wood cockroach," Philippine Islands (Schultze, 1927): On several occasions Schultze found fragments of wings and legs of the large wood cockroach in a scorpion cavity, under a rotten log.

Experimental prey.—Leucophaea maderae, Periplaneta americana, and other species of Blattidae, Philippine Islands (Schultze, 1927): Blattids seemed to be the favored food. This scorpion is usually found in humid, damp places in forest and jungle. Schultze describes in detail feeding behavior of the scorpion and method of capturing its prey.

Urodacus novaehollandiae    Peters

Experimental prey.—Periplaneta americana, Australia (Glauert, 1946): An injured cockroach was accepted at once by the scorpion, which held the insect in its claws and tore it with the alternately moving chelicerae. The scorpion ate all the soft parts and most of the sclerotized exoskeleton.

Order ARANEIDA

Many observations of spiders feeding on cockroaches are quite general, and many observers have failed to identify either the spider or its prey. Belt (1874) stated that "the cockroaches that infest houses in the tropics ... have numerous enemies—birds, rats, scorpions, and spiders." When Belt tried to drive a cockroach toward a large cockroach-eating spider, the insect rushed away from him until it came within a foot of the spider when it would double back, never advancing nearer.

Beebe (1925) watched a giant "wood roach," which was in the grasp of a 2-inch ctenid spider, fly through the window of his British Guiana laboratory. While the spider ate the cockroach, the insect gave birth to 51 nymphs. Sonan (1924) reported that large gray spiders devour nymphs and adults of Periplaneta americana and P. australasiae in Formosa; this spider also occurs on Hiyakejima Island and Okinawa. Passmore (1936), who has produced some excellent photographs of tarantulas, stated that they destroy cockroaches. Rau (1940) stated that American and oriental cockroaches were the principal item of diet of a friend's pet tarantula for several years. Kaston (personal communication, 1953) successfully fed a tarantula with Periplaneta americana.

Bristowe (1941) found that the British species of Ectobius are readily accepted by Xysticus, Clubiona, Drassodes, Zelotes, Tarantula, and the web-builders Ciniflo and Aranea. The British domestic cockroaches were accepted by Tegenaria and Ciniflo, spiders large enough to overpower them, and were useful as food for tropical avicularids, ctenids, and sparassids in captivity.

Family THERAPHOSIDAE

Avicularia avicularia    (Linnaeus) and Avicularia    sp.?

Common name.—Bird-eating spider.

Natural prey.—Periplaneta americana, Trinidad (Main, 1924, 1930): The remains of the host were compressed into globular form by the spider after it had extracted the nutritive parts.

Phormictopus cancerides    (Latreille)

Experimental prey.—Cockroach, West Indies (Wolcott, 1953).

Family SPARASSIDAE

Heteropoda venatoria    (Linnaeus)

Synonymy.—Heteropoda regia Fabricius.

Common names.—Banana spider (Comstock, 1912); huntsman spider (Gertsch, 1949); big brown house spider (Bryan, 1915).

Natural and experimental prey.—Cockroaches, Bermuda (Verrill, 1902); Puerto Rico (Sein, 1923; Wolcott, 1924a; Petrunkevitch, 1930a); Hawaii (Bryan, 1915, Williams et al., 1931); British Guiana (Moore in Williams et al., 1931); Panama (Gertsch, 1949); New Zealand (adventive) (Parrott, 1952); England (Cloudsley-Thompson, 1953); Comstock (1912); Hawaii (Pemberton, 1917).

This (pl. 30, A) is a tropical species frequently imported into northern localities with bunches of bananas (Comstock, 1912; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1953). Adults measure 3 to 4 inches across with bodies over an inch long. They seldom leave their resting places during the day, but are active at night and search for food. The female does not spin a web (Bryan, 1915; Gertsch, 1949). The spider turns the cockroach over onto its back at the instant of seizure and holds it firmly against the substrate. The cockroach dies in 10 minutes and is gradually rolled up by the spider as it sucks out the nutriment (Moore in Williams et al., 1931). The spider does not attempt to bite when captured, but if it does, its bite is said to be painful but not dangerous (Cloudsley-Thompson, 1953). Zimmerman (1948) found scores of Periplaneta australasiae breeding in rock piles in Hawaii; also present were large numbers of these spiders and centipedes which presumably preyed upon the cockroaches.

Family THERIDIIDAE

Latrodectus indistinctus    Pickard-Cambridge

Common name.—Button spider.

Natural prey.—Karnyia discoidalis, South Africa, Western Cape Province (Hesse, 1942): The nest is constructed on the ground among grass stems or other vegetation. Preferred sites are slight hollows, hoof imprints, etc. Nests are roughly tubular. The remains of insects are entangled in the walls of the nest where they form dense accumulations. Predatory activities of the spider are limited to an area close to the tubular entrance to the nest and do not extend beyond the trapping strands near the entrance. Capture is dependent upon accidental contact of the insect with sticky threads surrounding the entrance. This spider apparently attacks any insect or arachnid that becomes entangled in the nest. In an examination of 40 nests, remains of 6 K. discoidalis were found.

Latrodectus mactans    (Fabricius)

Common names.—Black widow, hourglass, or shoe-button spider.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Petrunkevitch, 1930). U.S.A., Florida, on shipboard (Anonymous, 1939): This is a presumptive host record, as the spiders were not reported as having been seen eating cockroaches; however, heavy infestations of both were found together.

Family LYCOSIDAE

Lycosa helluo    Walckenaer

Experimental prey.—Young nymphs of Diploptera punctata, U.S.A. (Eisner, 1958): Larger nymphs and adults repelled the spider by ejecting a repellent secretion, which has been identified as a mixture of p-benzoquinone and its derivatives by Roth and Stay (1958).

Lycosa    sp.

Experimental prey.—Supella supellectilium, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953): The lycosid (pl. 30, B-E) was probably L. avida Walckenaer (tentatively identified by Dr. B. J. Kaston from a photograph).

Order ACARINA

Family PHYTOSEIIDAE

Blattisocius tineivorus    (Oudemans)

Synonymy.—Blattisocius triodons Keegan [Baker and Wharton, 1952].

Natural host.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Keegan, 1944): Three mites found on 238 cockroaches examined; others taken in debris from floor of cockroach cage (Keegan, 1944). Members of this family are predaceous (Baker and Wharton, 1952).

Family LAELAPTIDAE

Blattilaelaps nauphoetae    Womersley

Natural host.—Nauphoeta cinerea, Australia, Brisbane (Womersley, 1956).

Coleolaelaps (?)    sp.

Natural host.—Gromphadorhina portentosa, the hosts were imported into U.S.A. from Madagascar via Europe (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1958): The mites (pl. 12, C) were tentatively determined by Dr. E. W. Baker.

Hypoaspis    sp.

Natural host.—Panesthia australis, imported into U.S.A. from Australia (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1955): Cockroach determined by J. A. G. Rehn. Generic determination of mite made by Dr. R. W. Strandtmann (Camin, personal communication, 1955).

Family UROPODIDAE

Uropoda    sp.

Natural host.—Blattella humbertiana, Formosa (Takahashi, 1940). Nymphs of the cockroach may be destroyed (Takahashi, 1940). Uropodids frequently attach themselves to insects, especially in nymphal stages but probably are harmless (Baker and Wharton, 1952).

Family DIPLOGYNIIDAE

Undetermined diplogyniid

Natural host.—Panesthia australis, imported into U.S.A. from Australia (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1955): Cockroach determined by J. A. G. Rehn. According to Dr. J. H. Camin (personal communication, 1955) this is a new genus and new species in the subfamily Diplogyniinae, and is most closely related to the genus Lobogynioides. Mites of this family live as ectoparasites and commensals on beetles and possibly other insects (Baker and Wharton, 1952).

Family ANOETIDAE

Histiostoma feroniarum    (Dufour)

Natural host.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Germany (Roeser, 1940): Though not parasitic, the mites at times became so numerous that the insects were hindered in their movement, were unable to feed, and died. The mites were introduced with soil and leaves and had originally been attached to millipedes, waterfleas, and sowbugs.

The deutonymphs, hypopial forms, or travelers are found on insects; the other stages are found in decaying organic matter (Baker and Wharton, 1952).

Family ACARIDAE

Caloglyphus spinitarsus    (Hermann)

Natural host.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Germany (Roeser, 1940): See notes following Histiostoma feroniarum above.

Caloglyphus    sp.

Natural hosts.—Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Piquett and Fales, 1952): Mite feeds on organic matter but can reduce the vigor of a cockroach colony.

Tyrophagus lintneri    (Osborne)

Common name.—Mushroom mite.

Associate.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953): Mite determined by Dr. E. W. Baker (personal communication, 1953). Although this mite was found on the cockroach, it is a known pest in stored foods (Baker and Wharton, 1952) and probably was brought into the culture with food. Rau (1924) reported that the food of Blatta orientalis often became infested with this species, but it did not affect the health or mortality of the cockroaches in his culture.

Tyrophagus noxius    A. Z.

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953): Mite determined by Dr. E. W. Baker (personal communication, 1953). Mites were found in the oöthecal cavity of a female cockroach that had been isolated for her entire adult life. The mites were in a closely packed mass behind a plug of what appeared to be feces, disintegrated eggs, and dried blood; none of the mites were visible until this plug was removed. Baker (personal communication, 1953) stated that the mite is probably not parasitic and that species of the genus feed on organic matter.

Rhizoglyphus tarsalus    Banks

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Rau, 1940a): Not normally parasitic on cockroaches, but the mites became so numerous at times they would attack living as well as dead and dying cockroaches.

Family GLYCIPHAGIDAE

Chaetodactylus    sp.

Synonymy.—Trichotarsus sp. [Baker and Wharton, 1952].

Natural host.—Leucophaea maderae, Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923): Mites found on cockroach's thorax and particularly among the folds of the wings (Seín, 1923). Mites of this genus are found infesting organic matter (Baker and Wharton, 1952).

Family PODAPOLIPODIDAE

Locustacarus    sp.

Natural hosts.—Diploptera punctata and Nauphoeta cinerea, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1954): Mite genus determined by Dr. E. W. Baker (personal communication, 1954). The mites cluster thickly on intersegmental membranes, particularly around the coxae and neck. Despite a heavy infestation, the colony of Nauphoeta thrived for several years. This mite was found first on N. cinerea and possibly transferred to D. punctata when the latter was brought into the laboratory from Hawaii.

Family IOLINIDAE

Iolina nana    Pritchard

Natural hosts.—Blaberus craniifer (originally from a culture at Harvard University) and Diploptera punctata (originally from Hawaii), U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953; Pritchard, 1956): The mites usually attached near the wing bases of the insects. Morphologically, the species is intermediate between certain predaceous and phytophagous mites (Pritchard, 1956).

Family PTERYGOSOMIDAE

Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus    Trägårdh

Common name.—Cockroach mite.

Natural hosts.—Parcoblatta sp., U.S.A. (Edmunds, 1953a).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Piquett and Fales, 1952).

Cockroaches. U.S.A. (Baker and Wharton, 1952).

Experimental hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Cunliffe, 1952).

Eggs of this mite (fig. 4) are usually laid indiscriminately in the rearing cages, rarely on the host. Eggs are coated with a sticky secretion which enables those laid on the host to adhere. Hatching occurs in 6-11 days at 90-95° F., and in 9-11 days at 80° F. The newly hatched larva starts to feed immediately on the cockroach. Larval stage lasts 4-6 days, rests 2-3 days, and molts. During the single nymphal instar, the mite feeds on the host and moves about for 6-7 days. The mite then rests 3-4 days before molting. Entire life cycle covers a period of 28-32 days. Adult mite lives 2-3 weeks, during which time it can produce 2-3 batches of from 1 to 20 eggs; the usual batch is about 12 eggs. The mites are unable to live on cockroach feces, cast skins, or dead cockroaches. Mites died within 4-5 days unless live cockroaches were supplied. Parasitism was proved by detecting radioactivity in mites that had fed on cockroaches which had been previously fed radioactive NaCl (Cunliffe, 1952).

The mites can destroy laboratory cultures of cockroaches (Piquett and Fales, 1952; Edmunds, 1953a). A cockroach attacked by 25 mites succumbed after about an hour, falling on its back; it died after 5 hours (Cunliffe, 1952).

When found in homes and offices, these mites are an indication of the presence of cockroaches; the mite has been twice accused of biting people (Baker et al., 1956).

RECORDS OF UNIDENTIFIED MITES

Natural hosts.—Aglaopteryx facies, Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923): Four red "tick" nymphs found under wings of female.

Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A., Florida (Hebard, 1917): "A number of lice [mites] are present on many of these specimens [28♀♀]."

Blaberus discoidalis, adventive from West Indies, taken in Scotland (Stewart, 1925): A considerable number of mites were all over the body and hind wings.

Blatta orientalis, Germany (Cornelius, 1853): Ex sexual organs of male.

Blattella germanica, U.S.A., in laboratory (Parker, 1939): Under conditions of high humidity, the cockroaches became heavily infested with mites. In cages where the infestation was heavy, an abnormally large number of females dropped their oöthecae, and the percentage of eggs hatching was low.

Parcoblatta uhleriana, U.S.A., North Carolina (Hatcher, 1939): Hypopi of mites were found deeply embedded in the fat body of two individuals.

Mites in the hypopial stage attach to insects by which they are dispersed. Hypopi have been found in the gill chambers of a mollusk and in the gonads of a millipede (Baker and Wharton, 1952).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., in laboratory (Fisk, 1951): The insects were sluggish and molted with difficulty. Gold Coast Colony (Macfie, 1922): Larvae of a tarsonemid mite were found in the feces.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Illingworth, 1915): During the summer the soil was literally swarming with young of various stages. Early in September most of the adults were dead and all were covered with mites. U.S.A., Connecticut, in laboratory (Zappe, 1918a). Hawaii, in laboratory (Schwabe, 1950): Some of the cockroaches apparently died from mite infestations.

Fig. 4.—The cockroach mite, Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus. (From Baker et al. [1956]; reproduced through the courtesy of Dr. E. W. Baker and the National Pest Control Association).

Cockroach, England? (Ealand, 1915): Cockroaches may carry the hypopial stage of the cheese mite.

CONTROL OF MITES IN COCKROACH COLONIES

Fisk (1951) eliminated the mites [possibly Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus (Baker et al., 1956)] in his cockroach colony by using a 5-percent spray and a 5-percent dust of p-chlorophenyl, p-chlorobenzene sulfonate. The exterior of the cockroach containers were sprayed with the solution and the interior, including the insects, were dusted. Within a month the mites had disappeared and the vigor of the cockroach colony improved. Piquett and Fales (1952) used flowers of sulfur and general sanitary procedures for eliminating the mites in laboratory colonies of Blatta orientalis; they cleaned the dishes every few days and applied grease around the edges of the containers to prevent new mite invasions. Qadri (1938) employed similar control measures.

Class CHILOPODA

Large centipedes which entered houses in India probably sought out cockroaches (Maxwell-Lefroy, 1909). In Puerto Rico, centipedes entered homes to which they were attracted by cockroaches (Seín, 1923). In Hawaii, centipedes preyed on insects generally but especially on cockroaches (Bryan, 1915). Sonan (1924) reported that in Formosa and Okinawa Islands a species of centipede 5 to 6 inches long comes into the houses and devours both adults and nymphs of Periplaneta americana or P. australasiae. Zimmerman (1948) found P. australasiae breeding by scores in rock piles in Hawaii accompanied by large numbers of Scolopendra and large spiders that probably preyed upon the cockroaches.

Order SCUTIGEROMORPHA

Family SCUTIGERIDAE

Scutigera coleoptrata    (Linnaeus)

Synonymy.—Scutigera forceps Rafinesque [Crabill, 1952].

Common name.—House centipede.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Felt, 1909; Back, 1947; Auerbach, 1951; Crabill, 1952; and others): This predator-prey relationship seems to be based on good circumstantial evidence (Crabill, personal communication, 1953).

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, newly hatched nymphs and adult female, U.S.A. (Snodgrass, 1930; Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953).

Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953).

Supella supellectilium, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953): See plate 31.

Our specimen caught a small American cockroach nymph that we placed in its jar. Before it had finished its meal, it caught and held two other nymphs with its legs while it continued to feed on the first. The body of this centipede reaches a maximum length of 27 mm. and it is usually found in basements, dark corners, or in spaces in the walls (Auerbach, 1951). Introduced from Europe, this species is now widespread in the United States (Crabill, 1952).

Allothereua maculata    (Newport)

Synonymy.—Scutigera maculata [Crabill, personal communication, 1957].

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Malay peninsula, Batu caves (Ridley in Annandale et al., 1913): This is a presumptive host record.

Order SCOLOPENDROMORPHA

Family SCOLOPENDRIDAE

Scolopendra cingulata    (Latreille)

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, England (Cloudsley-Thompson, 1955): After capture in France, this specimen was kept for four weeks without food. She was then fed medium-sized nymphal cockroaches of which she ate an average of about one per week throughout the summer. Adult cockroaches were attacked only after they had been disabled.

Scolopendra morsitans    Linnaeus

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Guadeloupe (Lherminier, 1837).

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, India, Nagpur (Jangi, 1955): As soon as the centipede became aware of its prey, it rapidly embraced the cockroach within its legs and with its fangs gripped the insect's thorax. The predator continued to hold the prey with its fangs while its mouth parts prodded the victim's body. After feeding on an adult cockroach, the centipede is not inclined to kill another for 2-3 days.

Scolopendra subspinipes    Leach

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Hawaii (Williams et al., 1931): This is a common species with a body length of 6 or more inches. It is reported to be a great enemy of cockroaches.

Scolopendra    sp.

Natural prey.—Ectobius panzeri, England (Lucas, 1911, 1920): When captured, the centipede was holding a live cockroach which it had apparently just caught. The insect was held beneath its captor's body, ventral surface upward, by several of the anterior legs while the centipede fed.

Class INSECTA

We have found representatives of only 10 orders that have preyed on or parasitized cockroaches: Beetles, flies, bugs, ants, wasps, stylops, and cockroaches occurred in nature; the others resulted from feeding cockroaches to captive insects or were laboratory observations.

Order ODONATA

Family AESHNIDAE

Anax strenuus    Hagen

Common name.—Giant Hawaiian dragonfly.

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, Hawaii (Williams, 1936): The dragonfly nymph was fed with medium large cockroaches and other insects.

Order BLATTARIA

In this chapter the relations of other arthropods to cockroaches are either as parasites or as predators. Certain cockroaches have turned the tables on their adversaries and become predators themselves. This aspect of cockroach behavior is discussed in chapter XVI. Other associations of cockroaches, as commensals with other insects and as associates of other cockroaches, are discussed in chapters XV and XVII.

Order ORTHOPTERA

Family MANTIDAE

Hierodula tenuidentata    (Saussure) (?) (Serville)

(Pl. 32)

Experimental prey.—Blatta orientalis, Diploptera punctata, Eurycotis floridana, Leucophaea maderae, Nauphoeta cinerea, Neostylopgya rhombifolia, and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Rilling, personal communication, 1957): Mrs. Rilling wrote us that with the exception of N. rhombifolia, all the above cockroaches were readily eaten. All the mantids initially rejected N. rhombifolia after grasping and making a brief attempt to chew the cockroaches. However, if specimens of N. rhombifolia were left in the jars with the mantids, the cockroaches were usually eaten within the next 24 hours. N. rhombifolia ejects an odorous substance when seized and the mantids probably ate these insects after most of this secretion had been depleted. It is highly probable that the secretion of N. rhombifolia may deter the mantid's attack, but it should be pointed out that, with the possible exception of N. cinerea, all the other species fed to these mantids give off odorous substances when seized or disturbed. Apparently, certain naturally repellent compounds will deter this mantid, whereas others that are presumed to be repellent will not; however, the nutritional state of the mantid is undoubtedly a factor which may limit the effectiveness of certain repellent secretions against this predator.

Byrsotria fumigata, teneral males, and Periplaneta australasiae, nymphs, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1958).

Diploptera punctata, U.S.A. (Eisner, 1958).

Mantis religiosa    Linnaeus

Common name.—European mantis.

Experimental prey.—Nauphoeta cinerea, and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Rilling, personal communication, 1957).

Metallyticus semiaeneus    Westwood

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, Borneo (Shelford, 1916).

Sphodromantis viridus    (Forskål)

Synonymy.—Sphodromantis bioculata Burmeister [Gurney, personal communication, 1958].

Experimental prey.—Blatta orientalis, Egypt (Adair, 1923): This species of cockroach was apparently used regularly as food for the mantid in the laboratory.

Stagmomantis carolina    (Johansson)

Common name.—Carolina mantis.

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Breland, 1941): The mantids were fed 1-2 German cockroaches daily. One female mantid consumed 10 adult German cockroaches plus one oötheca and part of another in 2.5 hours. An adult German cockroach was consumed in an average of 8.5 minutes (range 5.5-15 minutes).

Blatta orientalis, nymphs, and Diploptera punctata, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953).

Tarachodes maurus    (Stal)

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, South Africa (Faure, 1940).

Tenodera aridifolia sinensis    Saussure

Common name.—Chinese mantis.

Experimental prey.—Nauphoeta cinerea and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Rilling, personal communication, 1957).

Family GRYLLACRIDIDAE

Diestrammena apicalis    Br. v. Wattenwyl
and

Diestrammena japanica    Blatchley

Natural prey.—Cockroach eggs, Japan (Asano, 1937): These are questionable records. Asano found D. apicalis and D. japanica beneath his house near several empty cockroach oöthecae which appeared to have been eaten into. He assumed from the condition of the oöthecae and the proximity of the stone crickets that the insects had devoured the cockroach eggs.

Experimental prey.—Eggs of Blattella germanica and Periplaneta japanica, Japan (Asano, 1937): Seven eggs of B. germanica (obtained from an oötheca being carried by a female) and eggs of P. japanica (presumably in oöthecae) were fed to both species of stone crickets in the evening. The eggs were devoured by the next morning.

Order DERMAPTERA

Family FORFICULIDAE

Undetermined earwigs

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, France (Chopard, 1938): According to Chopard, Brisout de Barneville in 1848 indicated that earwigs in captivity can be fed small cockroaches.

Order HEMIPTERA

Family LYGAEIDAE

Clerada apicicornis    Signoret

Natural prey.—Cockroach, Hawaii (Illingworth, 1917): This predaceous bug is commonly found about buildings. Illingworth says that Kirkaldy suspected that it fed on small blattids and that Dr. Perkins saw it feeding on a dead cockroach.

Family REDUVIIDAE

Spiniger domesticus    Pinto

Natural prey.—Periplaneta americana, Brazil, Matto Grosso (Pinto, 1927, 1927a): This bug preys principally on cockroaches and was observed infesting the walls of dwellings where it preyed on P. americana.

Triatoma arthurneivai    Lent and Martins

Natural prey.—Monastria sp., Brazil, Minas Gerais (Martins, 1941): This bug probably feeds on cockroaches of this genus, as well as on rodents.

Undetermined reduviids

Natural prey.—Arenivaga roseni and Polyphaga saussurei, Turkmen S.S.R. (Vlasov and Miram, 1937): These desert cockroaches are found in burrows of rodents and desert turtles around Ashkhabad. Reduviids are their main enemies. Vlasov (1933) found nymphs of Reduvius christophi Jak. and R. fedtschenkianus Osch. in similar burrows in this same area, although he did not specifically cite them as enemies of the desert cockroaches.

Family NEPIDAE

Ranatra    sp.

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Hoffman, 1924).

Order NEUROPTERA

Family ASCALAPHIDAE

Undetermined larva

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, Kenya Colony (Someren, 1924).

Order DIPTERA

From the few observations that have come to our attention, it seems that flies are comparatively rare parasites in cockroaches.

Family PHORIDAE

Megaselia    sp.

Host.—Eggs of Parcoblatta sp., Ohio (Edmunds, 1952a).

Family CONOPIDAE

Stylogaster stylata    (Fabricius)

Hosts.—Cockroaches, Brazil (Souza Lopes, 1937): L. Travassos was quoted as having observed this species pursue cockroaches that were escaping columns of the army ant Eciton sp. Souza Lopes (1937) stated that the female deposits eggs on the cuticle of the host near the end of the body; the egg is barely inserted and two recurrent hooks prevent it from falling off. Souza Lopes (1937) also observed other species of Stylogaster pursue Orthoptera, but he was unable to devote proper attention to the behavior of the flies.

Stylogaster    spp.

Hosts.—Chorisoneura sp., Brazil (Souza Lopes, 1937): An adult specimen was found in a museum collection with an egg of Stylogaster attached to the posterior end of its abdomen.

Cockroaches, Panama (C.W. Rettenmeyer, personal communication, 1959): "Seven species were collected hovering over army ant swarms and a few flies were seen apparently attacking cockroaches that had been flushed by the ants."

Family LARVAEVORIDAE

Calodexia (?) venteris    Curran

Hosts.—Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Souza Lopes, 1937): Obtained complete evolution of the parasite in this host. This may have been an experimental host.

Calodexia    spp.

Hosts.—Cockroaches, Panama (Rettenmeyer, personal communication, 1959): Swarms of army ants are accompanied by about 20 species of Calodexia. These flies larviposit on the cockroaches, crickets, and possibly other arthropods that are flushed from cover by the ants. Larvae were found in one(?) cockroach. Larvae from an adult of Calodexia were introduced experimentally into a cockroach and successfully reared.

Undetermined tachinids

Hosts.—Eurycotis floridana, from Florida (Roth, unpublished data, 1953): Three larvae (det. by W.W. Wirth) were found in a living adult male.

Panesthia australis, from Australia (Roth, unpublished data, 1957): Reared from a wild-caught cockroach that was maintained in a laboratory colony.

Cockroaches, Australia (E. F. Riek, personal communication, 1955): Reared from some of the larger species.

Family MUSCIDAE

Coenosia basalis    Stein

Host.—Eggs of Parcoblatta sp., Ohio (Edmunds, 1952a).

Family SARCOPHAGIDAE

Sarcophaga omani    Hall

Host.—Arenivaga bolliana, Texas (Wirth, personal communication, 1953): Specimens in U.S. National Museum.

Sarcophaga lambens    Wied.

Synonymy.—Sarcophaga sternodontis (Towns.).

Hoffman (1927) claimed that approximately 40 percent of some specimens of Pycnoscelus surinamensis collected in southern Haiti were parasitized by S. lambens. However, according to entomologists at the University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, Hoffman was incorrect in his observations: S. lambens was never reared from a living insect and had been recovered only from dead cockroaches and other dead insects and was considered saprophytic rather than parasitic (Schwabe, 1950b).

Sarcophaga    spp.

Sanjean (1957) reared various species of sarcophagid larvae on Periplaneta americana which were freshly killed or chopped up; first instar larvae were also introduced into the body cavity of cockroaches which had their heads and legs removed. Adult sarcophagids were collected and freshly killed American cockroaches used as bait.

Order COLEOPTERA

Family CARABIDAE

Harpalus pennsylvanicus    De Geer

Experimental prey.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A. (Cleveland et al., 1934): This beetle is often found in the galleries of C. punctulatus in nature. In the laboratory it killed and devoured cockroaches as large as itself.

Family DYTISCIDAE

Rhantus pacificus    Boisduval

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, disabled, Hawaii (Williams, 1936): This beetle, which is common in mountain streams, located wounded cockroaches in an aquarium by sense of smell or taste rather than sight.

Family LAMPYRIDAE

Undetermined larva

Experimental prey.—Parcoblatta virginica, adult female (pl. 33, C), U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953).

Family RIPIPHORIDAE[5]

Neonephrites partiniger    Riek

Natural host.—Cockroach (undescribed genus belonging to the Pseudomopinae), Australia Capital Territory (Riek, 1955).

Neorhipidius neoxenus    Riek

Natural host.—Robshelfordia longiuscula or Robshelfordia circumducta, Australia Capital Territory (Riek, 1955).

Paranephrites xenus    Riek

Natural host.—Oniscosoma granicollis, Australia Capital Territory (Riek, 1955).

Rhipidioides ableptus    Riek

Natural host.—Balta patula, Australia, Victoria (Riek, 1955): Pupal stage lasted only 3 days.

Rhipidioides adynatus    Riek

Natural host.—Escala sp. or an undescribed genus of Pseudomopinae, Australia, Victoria (Riek, 1955).

Rhipidioides fuscatus    Riek

Natural host.—Ellipsidion affine, Australia, New South Wales (Riek, 1955).

Rhipidioides helenae    Riek

Natural host.—Robshelfordia longiuscula or Robshelfordia circumducta, Australia Capital Territory (Riek, 1955).

Rhipidioides mollis    Riek

Natural host.—Robshelfordia longiuscula or Robshelfordia circumducta, Australia Capital Territory (Riek, 1955).

Rhipidioides rubricatus    Riek

Natural host.—Choristima sp. and Choristimodes sp., Australia Capital Territory (Riek, 1955).

Riekella australis    (Riek)

Synonymy.—Nephrites australis Riek [Selander, 1957].

Natural host.—Cutilia sp., Australia Capital Territory (Riek, 1955): Two females emerged from one host.

Riekella nitidioides    Selander

Synonymy.—Nephrites nitidus of Riek not Shuckard [Selander, 1957].

Natural host.—Platyzosteria sp., Tasmania (Riek, 1955).

Riekella    sp.

Synonymy.—Nephrites sp. [Selander, 1957].

Natural host.—Platyzosteria castanea, Australia Capital Territory (Riek, 1955).

Biology of Australian Ripidiini.—The Australian species of Ripidiini are parasites of apparently endemic, ground-dwelling species of cockroaches. There is some correlation between host subfamily and parasite genus: Riekella spp. [= Nephrites] have only been bred from Blattinae. Rhipidioides spp. occur only in the closely related Ectobiinae and Pseudomopinae. Neonephrites and Neorhipidius also occur in the Pseudomopinae. Paranephrites occurs in the Panchlorinae. There is some evidence that the parasitized cockroaches migrate onto trees when the larval parasite is mature, as pupae have only been found on the trunks of eucalyptus trees. In all species the larva leaves the host dorsally through an intersegmental membrane. The host continues to live for a few days after the parasite emerges. The larva attaches itself to bark on the tree trunk by a few strands of silk before pupating. The larviform, wingless female remains near the pupal skin and is sought out by the winged male. The eggs are laid in a mass around the pupal skin (Riek, 1955).

Ripidius[5] boissyi    Abeille

Balduf (1935) lists Ripidius boissyi as parasitic on nymphs of Ectobius pallidus giving Abeille de Perrin (1909) as a source for this information. However, Abeille de Perrin simply presumed that R. boissyi parasitized E. pallidus because he collected this cockroach in the same habitat as the beetle. Abeille de Perrin suggested that the species of the genus Ripidius lived in the bodies of cockroaches, but there are no rearing records, as far as we know, of R. boissyi from cockroach hosts.

Ripidius denisi    Chobaut

Chobaut (1919), in France, collected both R. denisi and Ectobius pallidus when beating an oak tree. Because of the known association of other species of Ripidius with cockroaches, he presumed that this beetle was parasitic on E. pallidus, a cockroach common in this beetle's habitat.

Ripidius pectinicornis    Thunberg

Synonymy.—Symbius blattarum Sundevall [Leng, 1920].

Natural hosts.—Blattella germanica, on shipboard (Sundevall, 1831); Germany (Aclogue and Fowler, in Burr, 1899a); on steamship "Samui" (Stamm, 1936); on cruiser "Duguay-Trouin" (Barbier, 1947); Hawaii (Williams, 1946a): This last record was based on a specimen dissected from an adult German cockroach collected on an airplane from the South Pacific. The parasite was reported as Ripidius sp. by Williams, but Weber (1948) made the specific identification.

Ectobius pallidus? Abeille de Perrin (1909) stated that R. pectinicornis was first described by Sunders [sic] as blattarum because it had been captured in the body of Ectobia livida. We presume that Abeille de Perrin was referring to Sundevall's work in which the host was given as Blattella germanica.

Periplaneta americana, on shipboard (Sundevall, 1831): One nymph only.

With the exception of the single nymph of P. americana, R. pectinicornis apparently attacks only adult females and nymphs of B. germanica. Barbier (1947) found only B. germanica parasitized, although both Blatta orientalis and Supella supellectilium were prevalent on board the ship. Primary larvae of the parasite failed to parasitize Supella.

Adult behavior.—The winged male is relatively active compared to the apterous female; it runs around, flies well, and jumps on the female when in her vicinity. The female remains stationary and lays eggs around her by bending her long ovipositor (Sundevall, 1831). The eggs (50-100) are laid among a network of silk fibers secreted by the female. The female dies after completing oviposition (Barbier, 1947).

Development.—The eggs hatch after 14 days, and the primary (triungulin) larvae ascend the host's legs to its body; the larvae then cut the intersegmental membrane between the metasternum and first abdominal segment of the cockroach, in order to enter the host's abdomen (Barbier, 1947). Chobaut (1892) first suggested this method of attack by the ripiphorid larva. As the parasites develop, the abdomen of the host becomes swollen. Developing larvae apparently eat the host's fat body, leaving the vital organs until the last. Parasitized female hosts were sterile and the eggs, when formed, never hatched. Development of the oötheca was also inhibited. There were usually two larval parasites per host, but three or four were found several times (Barbier, 1947). Sundevall (1831) found only one larva per cockroach except one host which, when crushed, yielded five. Stamm (1936) found three hosts infested with five larvae each. In a little over 100 cockroaches, Stamm found 10 that were parasitized.

The day before the parasite leaves the host, the cockroach shows an abrupt uneasiness and runs about, finally falling over on its back. The parasite larva emerges from the host through an opening it makes in the membrane between penultimate and last tergite. The host dies a few hours after the larva has left. The larva seeks a sheltered area and pupates within 48 hours. Adults emerge in 9 days (females) and 13 days (males) (Barbier, 1947).

Distribution.—Adult males have been collected in light traps in Hawaii (Van Zwaluenburg, 1946), and the first female was reported by Weber (1948); the parasite is now established in the islands around Pearl Harbor (Dr. F. X. Williams, personal communication, 1953). The U. S. National Museum has specimens of R. pectinicornis from England, Guatemala, Hawaii, Panama, and from Florida and Georgia in the U. S. (Dr. E. A. Chapin, personal communication, 1953). Kono (in Asano, 1937) reported two species in Japan. It is noteworthy that all these records are from localities adjacent to oceans and on ships; none are from interiors of continents. The only biological data were obtained from parasites found on board ships. Sundevall (1831) believed that the parasites boarded his ship with their hosts during loading in Calcutta, since before that not any were seen on board. Barbier (1947) suggested that the parasite must be spread very easily in ports between neighboring ships by parasitized cockroaches in baskets or sacks of provisions.

Ripidius scutellaris    Heller

Natural hosts.—Blattidae, Philippine Islands (Schultze, 1925).

Family DERMESTIDAE

Dermestes ater    De Geer

Common name.—Black larder beetle.

Natural prey.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953): Dermestes ater is generally a scavenger, but we have seen adult beetles, which had developed in our cockroach colony, clinging to and feeding on living oriental cockroaches, eventually killing them; the beetles probably attack only the weakened or injured cockroaches in a culture. This was a natural infestation of a laboratory culture by a predator.

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, oöthecae, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, 1950): The beetle larvae can penetrate unhatched oöthecae of the German but not those of the American or oriental cockroaches.

Dermestes    sp.

Natural prey.—Blatta orientalis, oöthecae, U.S.A., Missouri: Rau (1924) stated that Dermestes larvae often infest the egg cases of this cockroach; it is probable that Rau was referring to cockroaches in laboratory cultures.

Order STREPSIPTERA

Pierce (1909) predicted that the Blattoidea and the Grylloidea would be the only groups of the Orthoptera which would be parasitized by Strepsiptera. Essig (1926) made the statement that certain cockroaches are among the hosts of Strepsiptera. E. F. Riek (personal communication, 1952) found a strepsipteron in a late nymph of Cutilia sp. from Waroona, Western Australia; he wrote us, "The female parasite is extruded between a pair of sternites towards the base of the abdomen and appears to belong to the family Halictophagidae." This is the only record that we have been able to find of a strepsipteron parasitizing cockroaches.

Order HYMENOPTERA

PREDATORS AND PARASITES OF COCKROACH EGGS

Wasps from at least six families of Hymenoptera have been recorded as developing on cockroach eggs. All the Evaniidae are presumed to be parasitic in the egg capsules of cockroaches (Clausen, 1940; Townes, 1951), although hosts for many of the described species have yet to be discovered. The presence of evaniids in dwellings indicates the presence of cockroaches (Gross, 1950). At times these wasps may become a nuisance; a family in Worthington, Ohio, complained of the evaniid wasps that they found on the windows and in other areas of their home, but they were apparently not annoyed by the oriental cockroaches in the basement (Edmunds, 1953).

The known parasites of cockroach eggs are listed below with summaries of their biology.

Family EVANIIDAE

Acanthinevania princeps    (Westwood)

Synonymy.—Evania princeps [Dr. H. Townes, personal communication, 1956].

Natural host.—Cockroach eggs, Australia (Froggatt, 1906).

Brachygaster minutus    (Olivier)

Synonymy.—Evania minuta Olivier [Kieffer, 1920].

Natural hosts.—Blattella germanica, Europe? (Schletterer, 1889; Kiefer, 1912; Crosskey, 1951).

Ectobius lapponicus, Europe? (Schletterer, 1889; Kieffer, 1912; Crosskey, 1951).

Ectobius panzeri var. nigripes? Great Britain (Blair, 1952): This is a presumptive record. The wasp was collected at Niton and Headon Hill, Isle of Wight, an area in which this variety of E. panzeri was the only species of cockroach known to occur.

Ectobius sp., England (Cameron, 1955, 1957): Natural History Museum records.

Adult wasps have been collected on Asparagus officinalis Linnaeus (Schmiedeknecht in Schletterer, 1889; Crosskey, 1951). Thompson's (1951) citation of records of B. minutus and Evania appendigaster from Blatta orientalis and Blattella germanica, and Cameron's (1957) citation of these records and one from Ectobius lapponicus, all attributed to Kadocsa (1921), are almost certainly in error. Kadocsa (1921, p. 33) listed these wasps as egg parasites of cockroaches but not necessarily in Hungary and did not name specific cockroach hosts.

The present writers have found no information, other than host reports, on the biology of Brachygaster minutus. The records of this wasp parasitizing B. germanica may trace back to Schletterer, but his listing may not have been an original observation. Since the female of B. germanica carries its oötheca attached to the abdomen until or just before the eggs hatch, it would seem that the female of B. minutus (if the host records are valid) must oviposit into the oötheca of this species while it is still being carried by the female; this would not necessarily be true for the other hosts which drop the egg case long before the eggs hatch.

Distribution.—Europe: Sweden, Russia, England, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy (Kieffer, 1920).

Evania appendigaster    (Linnaeus)

Synonymy.—Evania desjardinsii Bordage, Evania laevigata Latreille [Dalla Torre, 1901-1902].

Natural hosts.—Blatta, "exotic species" (Westwood, 1854, 1954a).

Blatta orientalis, Europe? (Schletterer, 1886; Howard, 1888, Kieffer, 1912); Egypt? (Alfieri, 1914; Adair, 1923). [Girault (1907, 1914) erroneously attributed another record to Marlatt (1902);[6] . See also notes under Brachygaster minutus with respect to Kadocsa.]

Blattella germanica? (Girault 1907, 1914). [This record is obviously an error. Girault attributed the record to Marlatt (1902); see footnote 6.]

Cutilia soror, Hawaii (Swezey, 1929; Zimmerman, 1948).

Leucophaea maderae (Schletterer, 1889; Bordage, 1896; Kieffer, 1912): These records are probably erroneous inasmuch as this cockroach incubates its eggs internally (Roth and Willis, 1954). Later, after finding that L. maderae is ovoviviparous, Bordage (1913) admitted having misidentified a parasitized oötheca from some other species; he concluded that the developing eggs of this species are protected against egg parasites because they are carried within the female. Clausen (1940), in classifying the placement of parasitic wasp eggs in relation to the host, erected the category: Egg placed in the embryo while the latter is still within the parent. He stated that although this behavior was not definitely known to occur, it probably could occur. However, the records cited above do not indicate that the alleged parasitization followed this pattern.

Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Hawaii (Swezey, 1929).

Periplaneta americana, Europe (Schletterer, 1889; Bordage, 1896; Kieffer, 1912); Réunion Island (Bordage, 1913); Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923); Jamaica (Gowdey, 1925); Hawaii (Swezey, 1929); Palestine (Bodenheimer, 1930); U.S.A., Florida (Ashmead, 1900); Maryland (Piquett and Fales, 1952); Saudi Arabia, Jedda (Cameron, 1957); Canton Island and Samoa (Dumbleton, 1957).

Periplaneta americana or P. australasiae, Formosa (Sonan, 1924).

Periplaneta australasiae, U.S.A., Florida (Ashmead, 1900); Hawaii (Swezey, 1929; Zimmerman, 1948). [Girault (1914) erroneously attributed another record to Marlatt (1902); see footnote 6, above.]

Experimental host.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Haber, 1920).

Relatively little detailed information was known about this wasp (fig. 5), one of the earliest parasites of cockroach eggs to be discovered, until Cameron (1957) studied its biology. Arnold (Kirby and Spence, 1826) discovered that the genus Evania parasitized Blatta, but did not know whether the wasp developed on the cockroach eggs or in the nymphs. MacLeay (Westwood, 1843) determined that Evania developed within the oöthecae of cockroaches. Westwood (1854a) found the larvae, pupae, and adults of E. appendigaster in egg cases of an unidentified species of cockroach found on orchids received from Calcutta.

Adult behavior.—Adult wasps visited flowers of parsley, Petroselium crispum, and fennel, Foeniculum vulgare (Margretti in Schletterer, 1886; Crosskey, 1951). In Hawaii the adult wasps have been seen resting on leaves coated with honey dew (Williams et al., 1931); Evania sp. were attracted to the honey dew secreted by a diaspine scale insect (Williams, 1931). Adults lived two to three weeks in captivity with ample food and water (Cameron, 1957).

Oviposition.—Shelford (1912, 1916) erroneously supposed that Evania, by means of her cleaverlike abdomen, opened the oötheca at the crista and then deposited her egg or eggs on the eggs of the cockroach. Haber (1920) observed and described oviposition. The female wasp crawled over the surface of the oötheca, actively vibrating her antennae, and settled with the axis of her body parallel to the axis of the egg case as it lay upon its right side. Lying on her right side, the wasp extended her ovipositor and punctured the oötheca in the fifth cell on the left side; she remained in this position for about 15 minutes. Cameron (1957) described similar oviposition behavior that lasted about half an hour. Kieffer (1912) and Crosskey (1951) stated that the female deposits her eggs before the walls of the oötheca harden.

Fig. 5.—Evania appendigaster. Left, dorsal view, X 8. Right, side view, X 5. (Reproduced with permission. British Museum [Natural History], 1951, figs. 1A and 1B).

Development.—Kieffer (1912) stated that the larvae in this family eat the cockroach eggs and pupate in the oötheca without forming a cocoon. Smith (1945) stated that the larva feeds on one cockroach egg after another until all are destroyed; by that time it is full grown and it pupates within the oötheca. Cameron (1957) found that there are five larval instars and that in material from Saudi Arabia there are three or possibly four generations a year.

Distribution.—Tropical and subtropical parts of the world as far north as New York City, and all of Europe except the northern part (Kieffer, 1920; Townes, 1949). The wide distribution of Evania has been attributed to the abundance of host cockroaches on ships between the Tropics (Haldeman, 1847). Kieffer (1903) appears to have shown some correlation between the numbers of species of cockroaches found in various geographical regions and the numbers of species of evaniids found in similar regions. However, the number of blattids he listed is small.

Evania dimidiata    Fabricius

Synonymy.—Evania abyssinica Westwood [Schletterer, 1889].

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, Egypt? (Alfieri, 1914).

Evania subspinosa    Kieffer

Natural host.—Periplaneta sp., Fiji (Lever, 1946): Although Lever (1946) listed this species as a cockroach-egg parasite, he did not state that he actually reared it from Periplaneta oöthecae.

Hyptia dorsalis    of Ashmead

Synonymy.—Dr. H. Townes, (personal communication, 1956) believes that this wasp was probably either H. reticulata, H. harpyoides, or H. thoracica; it is not possible to tell which without reexamining Ashmead's specimens; these apparently have been lost.

Natural host.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A., Mississippi (Ashmead, 1900).

Hyptia harpyoides    Bradley

Natural hosts.—Parcoblatta virginica, U.S.A., Ohio (Edmunds, 1952a, 1953a, 1954).

Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A. (Muesebeck, 1958).

Parcoblatta uhleriana, U.S.A., Natick, Mass.: Oötheca collected by L. Roth, May 17, 1956; wasp emerged June 12, 1956 (pl. 33, B); determined by Dr. H. Townes. The keel region of the oötheca of P. uhleriana (pl. 18, B) is different from that of any other species of Parcoblatta (Hebard, 1917; Lawson, 1954) so there can be no doubt as to the species of cockroach parasitized by this wasp.

Development.—The last instar larva overwinters inside the cockroach oötheca (Edmunds, 1954). Five oöthecae yielded one parasite each (Edmunds, 1953a).

Distribution.—Canada, Ontario. U.S.A.: New Hampshire and Minnesota to South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, and Kansas. Upper and Lower Austral Zones (Townes, 1951).

Hyptia reticulata    Say

Natural host.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A., Missouri (Rau, 1940).

Adult wasps have been taken on parsnip, Pastinaca sativa (Robertson, 1928).

Distribution.—U.S.A.: Pennsylvania to Florida and Louisiana. Mexico. Upper Austral to Tropical Zones (Townes, 1951).

Hyptia thoracica    (Blanchard)

Natural host.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A., Ohio (Edmunds, 1952a, 1953a, 1954).

Adult behavior.—Copulation was rapid, lasting only a few seconds. Blooms of Asmorrhiza longistylis were placed in a cage with adult wasps. The insects were attracted to and fed on the flowers (Edmunds, 1954).

Development.—Entire contents of oötheca are eaten by the single larva. Last instar larva overwinters inside the oötheca. Emergence in Ohio was around the middle of June. The emergence hole made by this genus was about 2 mm. in diameter. The hole was made at the top side of the oötheca near one end. Adult took about 65 minutes to emerge from the time its mandibles first broke through the oöthecal wall. (Edmunds, 1954.)

Distribution.—Canada, Ontario, U.S.A.: Connecticut to Wisconsin, south to Florida and Texas. Upper Austral to Tropical Zones. (Townes, 1951.)

Hyptia    sp.

Natural host.—Cariblatta delicatula, Cuba (Hebard, 1916a); Parasite identified by Ashmead.

Hyptia    sp. (undescribed)

Natural host.—Parcoblatta sp., U.S.A., Ohio (Edmunds, 1952a).

Prosevania punctata    (Brullé)

Synonymy.—Evania punctata Brullé [Townes, 1949].

Natural and experimental hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Istrian Peninsula (Fahringer, 1922); Algeria (Cros, 1942); U.S.A., Ohio (Edmunds, 1954).

Blattella germanica? Europe? (Girault 1907, 1914); Europe (Fahringer, 1922). [The records on this host are extremely doubtful. Girault erroneously cited Marlatt (1902) as the source of this record; see footnote 6, page 236. Fahringer, however, claimed that he obtained seven female parasites from oöthecae of Blattella germanica. He placed female parasites with adults of B. germanica in a glass cage. As soon as oöthecae could be seen between folds of a woolen rag, he removed all the larger cockroaches and held the oöthecae until the parasites emerged. Fahringer may have been dealing with a different species of cockroach, because placing oöthecae in crevices (or between folds of rag) is a habit foreign to B. germanica, the female of which usually carries her oötheca until hatching or until about a day before. Edmunds (1953b) could not induce this wasp to parasitize eggs of B. germanica.]

Periplaneta americana, Istrian Peninsula (Fahringer, 1922); Palestine (Bodenheimer, 1930); U.S.A., Ohio (Edmunds, 1952, 1953b, 1954).

Adult behavior.—The wasps (pl. 33, A) are very active; they walk about a great deal and fly short distances. They are often found in abundance in buildings infested with the larger domiciliary cockroaches where they may reproduce for many generations without leaving the premises. Specimens have also been collected outdoors. (Edmunds, 1953, 1954.) As the adult walks about, the laterally compressed abdomen moves up and down like a waving flag; because of this behavior, these insects are commonly known as ensign-flies. Cros (1942) maintained adults 17 days without food. Edmunds (1954) fed adults on unidentified flowers in the laboratory. He also maintained them for 20 days after capture on a 5-percent honey solution.

Oviposition.—A female P. punctata selected oöthecae of P. americana for oviposition and ignored those of B. orientalis and Parcoblatta pensylvanica in the same cage. Oviposition was accomplished as described for Evania appendigaster. One oötheca was turned over onto its right side by the wasp before she oviposited. (Edmunds, 1952.) Although there seemed to be a "preferred" position for oviposition, it was not obligatory. The usual position was for the female to face the keel of the oötheca, but she also oviposited from the opposite side or, rarely, directly down into the side of the oötheca. The average time spent by females in 10 ovipositions was 29 minutes (range 16-62 minutes). The wasp apparently could not determine whether the eggs had been previously parasitized. The wasp laid her egg between the cockroach eggs rather than in them and she oviposited into oöthecae that had just been dropped and those two weeks old or older. On three occasions nymphal cockroaches emerged within a few hours after the wasp had oviposited. (Edmunds, 1954.) Apparently, for successful parasitization the wasp must oviposit before the cockroaches have reached the final stages of preemergence development. Edmunds (1954) placed females of Periplaneta americana that were carrying oöthecae, into cages with Prosevania; some of the female wasps showed considerable interest in the attached oöthecae, but he observed oviposition only into egg cases that had been dropped by the cockroaches.

Cros (1942) described an interesting reaction that he called "instinctive hostility" of the oriental cockroach toward Prosevania. A wasp was placed in a jar in which a cockroach had just deposited its oötheca. The wasp tried to oviposit into the egg case but was upset and pursued by the cockroach. The cockroach placed herself over the oötheca, standing high on her legs, and remained there motionless. The wasp then approached from the rear, slipped under the cockroach, and, unnoticed by the cockroach, climbed on the oötheca and oviposited successfully.

Development.—In Blatta orientalis: The developmental period was completed in 40-57 days in summer and fall (Cros, 1942). Time from oviposition to emergence of adult varied from 45-177 days; three parthenotes from an oviposition by an unfertilized female wasp developed in 45-53 days (Edmunds, 1954). In Blattella germanica: Almost 4 weeks spent in development (Fahringer, 1922). In Periplaneta americana: Three wasps developed in 127 days (Edmunds, 1952). Only one parasite develops in each oötheca. There were three generations a year in Ohio. (Edmunds, 1954.) In Algeria there were two to three generations per year. The adult emerged from the oötheca through a hole 4 mm. in diameter. (Cros, 1942.) Parthenogenesis exists; the unfertilized eggs produced only males (Edmunds, 1954).

Distribution.—Eastern U.S.A., from New York and Ohio south to Georgia (Townes, 1949). Europe, Syria, Palestine (Kieffer, 1920).

Szepligetella sericea    (Cameron)

Synonymy.—Evania sericea Cameron [Townes, 1949, personal communication, 1956]. Evania impressa Schletterer [Townes, p. c., 1956].

Natural hosts.—Cutilia soror and Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Hawaii (Swezey, 1929).

Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta australasiae, Hawaii (Swezey, 1929; Zimmerman, 1948).

Periplaneta sp., Fiji (Lever, 1943, 1946).

Adults are sometimes found resting on leaves covered with honey dew (Williams et al., 1931).

Zeuxevania splendidula    Costa

Natural hosts.—Loboptera decipiens, France (Lavagne, 1914; Genieys, 1924).

Picard (1913) believed that Z. splendidula parasitized L. decipiens and not its eggs; however, Lavagne (1914) explained the true relationship by dissecting two specimens of Z. splendidula from oöthecae of L. decipiens.

The following information is taken from Genieys (1924): Oviposition.—Wasp egg is introduced into the still-soft oötheca before the wall hardens. Some oöthecae had four oviposition scars but never contained more than two parasite eggs. Development.—Larva commences development in July or August. Only one larva completes development, but it eats all the eggs in the oötheca. The wasp passes the winter as a last instar larva and pupates in the spring; the adult emerges during the spring or in June. Hyperparasitism.—About 10 percent of the oöthecae of Loboptera decipiens that were parasitized by Z. splendidula were also hyperparasitized by an eulophid (see Syntomosphyrum ischnopterae, p. 249).

Family CLEONYMIDAE

Agamerion metallica    Girault

Natural hosts.—Ellipsidion australe, Australia, Queensland (Dodd, 1917): "the parasite when ready to emerge fully occupies the whole space of the destroyed eggs."

Cockroach, Australia, New South Wales (Dr. B. D. Girault, 1915a).

Family ENCYRTIDAE

Blatticida pulchra    Ashmead

Natural host.—Cockroach eggs on orange leaves, Australia, New South Wales (Gahan and Peck, 1946). According to Dr. A. B. Gurney the oötheca associated with the type specimens of the wasps in the United States National Museum is possibly Balta sp. (Burks, personal communication, 1956).

Blatticidella ashmeadi    (Girault)

Synonymy.—Blatticida ashmeadi. Blatticida Girault, 1915, is preoccupied by Blatticida Ashmead, 1904. In 1923 Gahan and Fagan renamed Blatticida Girault, Blatticidella. [Burks, p. c., 1956.]

Natural host.—Cockroach, Australia, Queensland (Girault, 1915).

Cheiloneurus viridiscutum    (Girault)

Synonymy.—Cristatithorax Girault = Cheiloneurus Westwood [Mercet, 1921].

Natural host.—Ellipsidion australe, Australia, Queensland (Dodd, 1917).

Comperia merceti    (Compere)

Synonymy.—Comperia merceti var. falsicornis Gomes [Peck, 1951].

Natural hosts.—Blattella germanica, Brazil, Distrito Federal (Gomes, 1941): In the English summary of his paper, Gomes states that C. merceti var. falsicornis was reared from B. germanica. However, in the body of the paper, he states that the supposed origin of the parasite was the oötheca of B. germanica. Burks (personal communication, 1956) does not believe that this wasp parasitizes the eggs of B. germanica. We (unpublished data, 1957) exposed six oöthecae of B. germanica to C. merceti. In order to retard water loss the oöthecae were removed from the females by cutting the insects in two so that each oötheca remained attached to the posterior part of the abdomen. No wasps developed in these oöthecae.

Supella supellectilium, U.S.A., Kansas (Lawson, 1954a); Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1944; Compere, 1946; Keck, 1951).

Adult behavior.—Males and nonovipositing females showed a flea-like jumping tendency. Adults were attracted to light and were found near windows. Both sexes pursued an erratic course in walking and continually touched the surface with their antennae. (Lawson, 1954a.)

Oviposition.—The wasp (pl. 34, B) selected a site on an oötheca with the sheath of her ovipositor; it was uncertain whether there was a definite preference for oviposition sites. Wasp tended to choose a nearly horizontal position for oviposition. She preferred to oviposit into eggs about 2 weeks old, although she would place eggs in oöthecae less than a week old and in embryos in the green band stage. There were 1-50 oviposition punctures per oötheca. (Lawson, 1954a.)

Development.—If enough wasp larvae were present, they ate all eggs in an oötheca. Occasionally wasps developed in one end of an oötheca while cockroaches developed in the other; when this occurred, the cockroach nymphs always emerged last. The developmental period was 30-41 days at room temperature. There were 5-25 parasites per oötheca. The single exit hole in the oötheca varied from 0.6 to 0.9 mm. in diameter. (Lawson, 1954a.)

Distribution.—U.S.A.: New Jersey south to Florida, west to Illinois, Kansas, and Arizona. West Indies; Central and South America; Hawaii. (Burks, personal communication, 1956.)

Dicarnosis alfierii    Mercet

Natural hosts.—"Phyllodromia" sp., Egypt (Mercet, 1930): According to Mercet, Dr. Alfieri claimed that this wasp parasitized one of the species of "Phyllodromia" found in Egypt, namely, Phyllodromia [= Blattella] germanica, Phyllodromia [= Supella] supellectilium and/or Phyllodromia treitliana. We do not know to which modern genus the host of this wasp belonged.

Cockroach, Egypt? (Mercet in Compere, 1938.)

Eutrichosomella blattophaga    Girault

Natural host.—Cockroach, Australia, Queensland (Girault, 1915).

Family EUPELMIDAE[7]

Anastatus blattidifurax    Girault

Natural host.—Cockroach, Australia, Queensland (Girault, 1915).

Anastatus floridanus    Roth and Willis

Natural host.—Eurycotis floridana, U.S.A., Florida (Roth and Willis, 1954a).

Experimental hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Eurycotis floridana, and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, 1954a).

Adult behavior.—Female wasps are sexually receptive almost immediately on leaving the oötheca. Mating takes 3-4 seconds. Males mate repeatedly and may fertilize several females; females may also mate more than once. At about 80° F. the female wasps lived 2-4 days, males one day.

Oviposition.—The female wasp first probes the oötheca with her sheathed ovipositor until she finds an acceptable spot; she then drills through the wall of the oötheca with her ovipositor. One female oviposited for 5 hours, but briefer periods were more usual. We have seen six or more females ovipositing simultaneously into an oötheca of Eurycotis floridana. One female was seen to feed on material that oozed from the oviposition puncture. The wasp (pl. 34, A) may oviposit into the oötheca of E. floridana while it is still being carried by the female, as well as in oöthecae that have been dropped and which have hard walls. Eggs 36 days old were successfully parasitized.

Development.—In Eurycotis floridana: In the laboratory, development was completed in 34-36 days at about 85° F. This time was regulated to some extent by the number of parasites in the oötheca.

There is evidence that larvae eat unhatched wasp eggs or other larvae. In 34 oöthecae exposed to many female wasps, the maximum number of parasites to emerge was 306; yet an average of 601 wasp larvae were dissected from four oöthecae that had each been exposed to 50 female wasps one week earlier. The larvae usually eat all the host eggs. Cockroach eggs that were not eaten by the wasp larvae sometimes developed but usually failed to hatch. Adult wasps made one to six emergence holes in the oötheca; the average number in 42 oöthecae was two holes.

Number of parasites per oötheca.—In Blatta orientalis: One of 111 oöthecae exposed to female wasps yielded 48 parasites. In Eurycotis floridana: One oötheca parasitized in the field yielded 68 parasites; 8 oöthecae exposed to single wasps for their entire lifespan yielded an average of 50 ± 6 parasites (range 23-81); 34 oöthecae exposed to many wasps for their entire lifespan yielded an average of 198 ± 8 parasites (range 93-306). In Periplaneta americana: Nine oöthecae of 152 exposed to the wasps were found to be parasitized when dissected; 11 adults emerged from one oötheca; no parasites emerged from the other 8 oöthecae.

Sex ratio.—4 ♀♀:1 ♂ from ovipositions by isolated females. In the one oötheca collected in the field, the ratio was 21.6 ♀♀:1 ♂. Parthenogenesis exists; the unfertilized eggs produced only males.

Anastatus tenuipes    Bolívar y Pieltain

Synonymy.—Anastatus blattidarum Ferrière. Dr. C. Ferrière (personal communication, 1957) is of the opinion that his A. blattidarum is a synonym of A. tenuipes. He stated "I have never been able to see the unique type of A. tenuipes B. y P., which is in Madrid, but the description agrees with A. blattidarum. I had not yet knowledge of Bolívar's description, when describing my species. The parasite of cockroaches eggs [Supella supellectilium] should be called A. tenuipes Bol." Mani (1938) synonymized Solindenia blattiphagus Mani with Anastatus blattidarum.

Natural hosts.—Supella supellectilium, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Ferrière, 1930, 1935); U.S.A., Arizona (Flock, 1941); Egypt (Alfieri, in Hafez and Afifi, 1956). Ohio (Hull and Davidson, 1958).

Periplaneta americana, India (Burks in Roth and Willis, 1954a).

Cockroach, Hawaii (Weber, 1951); India (Mani, 1936).

The following is based on parasites that developed on eggs of Supella supellectilium (Flock, 1941): Adult behavior.—Wasp may be seen running rapidly on walls in buildings infested with the cockroach host. The wasp rarely flies but hops proficiently; when disturbed it can hop from several inches to several feet. The female licks up the drop of fluid that oozes from the oviposition puncture. Females die in a few days, but if fed honey and water may live two weeks. Oviposition.—The female selects an oötheca by feeling with her antennae. Flock stated, without citing experimental evidence, that the age of the egg case was apparently the chief factor determining choice. The wasp took 15-45 minutes to oviposit. Three females oviposited simultaneously into a single oötheca; a single female repeatedly oviposited into one oötheca at intervals. Development.—Completed in an average of 32.6 days at a constant temperature of 82° F.

Number of parasites per oötheca.—Average about 10.7 (range 4-16) (Flock, 1941); 15 (Ferrière, 1935).

Sex ratio.—4 ♀♀:1 ♂ (Ferrière, 1935); average of 6 ♀♀:1 ♂ (Flock, 1941). Parthenogenesis occurs; the unfertilized eggs produced only males (Flock, 1941).

Distribution.—U.S.A.: Maryland, south to Florida, west to Illinois, Kansas, and Arizona. Guatemala; Hawaii; India; Egypt; Sudan. (Burks, personal communication, 1956).

Eupelmus atriflagellum    Girault

Natural host.—Blattella germanica, Australia, Queensland (Girault, 1924).

Eupelmus    sp.

Natural host.—"Tree cockroach," U.S.A., Florida (Howard, 1892).

Solindenia picticornis    Cameron

Natural hosts.—Allacta similis, Hawaii (Perkins, 1906, 1913; Timberlake, 1924; Swezey, 1929; Zimmerman, 1948).

Other species of cockroaches, Hawaii (Perkins, 1913).

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Pteromalus    sp.?

Natural host.—Leucophaea maderae?, Jamaica (Westwood, 1839; Sells, 1842). [This host is undoubtedly an error. Sells stated that the oötheca which contained 96 unidentified chalcids had 16 dentations at the edge; the description fits the oötheca of an oviparous cockroach and not that of L. maderae (see Roth and Willis, 1954). Westwood (1839, footnote p. 423) stated that at the meeting of the Entomological Society in 1838 Mr. Sells exhibited 94 specimens of a small Pteromalus (apparently identified by Westwood) obtained from one cockroach oötheca. This same record of Sells was published posthumously in 1842, although in this paper he identified the host oötheca as "Blaberus" maderae. Cameron (1955) lists a European record of Pteromalus sp. from Periplaneta americana citing Girault (1914) as the source of the record. Girault's record was apparently taken from Westwood's footnote mentioned above.]

Systellogaster ovivora    Gahan

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A., Illinois (Gahan, 1917).

Parcoblatta pensylvanica, Canada, Ontario (Judd, 1955).

Parcoblatta sp., U.S.A., Ohio (Edmunds, 1952a, 1953a).

"Blattid," U.S.A., Maryland (Gahan, 1917).

One oötheca of P. pensylvanica yielded 14 parasites with a sex ratio of 2.5 ♀♀: 1♂ (Judd, 1955). The average number of parasites in 11 oöthecae of Parcoblatta sp. collected in 1950-51 was 27 wasps (Edmunds, 1952a, 1953a). The adults made two to three emergence holes in the oötheca (Edmunds, 1953a; Judd, 1955).

Family EULOPHIDAE

Melittobia chalybii    Ashmead

Natural host.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Missouri (Rau, 1940a): M. chalybii is normally a parasite of Coleoptera and Hymenoptera (Peck, 1951). This is the only record from cockroach eggs. Burks (personal communication, 1956) stated that this species will attack any insect to which it is exposed and can be a serious pest in insect cultures of practically any insect order. In nature it seems to prefer the nests of aculeate Hymenoptera; Rau suggested that the parasites were probably brought into his laboratory with mud nests of Sceliphron caementarium (Drury).

Mestocharomyia oophaga    Dodd

Natural host.—Ellipsidion australe, Australia, Queensland (Dodd, 1917).

Syntomosphyrum blattae    Burks

Natural hosts.—Parcoblatta sp., U.S.A., Ohio (Burks, 1952; Edmunds, 1952a, 1953a): Ten oöthecae yielded an average of 92 wasps (Edmunds, 1952a). Five oöthecae, collected a year later, yielded an average of 74 wasps; adults sometimes made two to three exit holes in the oötheca (Edmunds, 1953a).

Cockroach, U.S.A., West Virginia (Burks, 1952).

Syntomosphyrum ischnopterae    (Girault)

Synonymy.—Epomphaloides ischnopterae Girault [Peck, 1951].

Parker and Thompson (1928) called their hyperparasite Tetrastichus sp. However, Dr. B. D. Burks (personal communication, 1955) has examined the teneral specimens which Parker and Thompson deposited in the U.S. National Museum; he stated that the species is apparently Syntomosphyrum ischnopterae. In view of the experimental work by Parker and Thompson (see below), this wasp may prove to be a hyperparasite on evaniids in cockroach oöthecae rather than a primary parasite on cockroach eggs. (See Zeuxevania splendidula, p. 243.)

Natural hosts.—Ischnoptera sp. [probably Parcoblatta sp. (Rehn, personal communication, 1958)]. U.S.A., Maryland (Girault, 1917).

Zeuxevania splendidula Costa (an evaniid in the oöthecae of Loboptera decipiens), France (Parker, 1924; Parker and Thompson, 1928).

The following information is from Parker and Thompson (1928): Adult behavior.—Courtship and mating were accomplished as soon as adults emerged, and in a manner similar to that in other chalcids. The females oviposited only into oöthecae that were parasitized by Zeuxevania, never into normal, nonparasitized oöthecae. Oviposition.—Oviposition occurred two days after mating. The female wasp stroked the oötheca with her antennae, selected a site, and bored into the oötheca with her ovipositor. She inserted the ovipositor deeply and oviposited for 10-30 minutes. The eggs were deposited randomly on the evaniid larva, some upright and others lying down. Development.—Eggs of the hyperparasite hatched within 3 days and the larvae commenced feeding on the host larva. There were 30 and 50 hyper-parasites in two oöthecae. Sex ratio.—5 ♀♀:1 ♂ (from 3 oöthecae).

Distribution.—U.S.A., District of Columbia, Maryland (Burks, 1952).

Tetrastichus australasiae    Gahan

Natural host.—Periplaneta australasiae, Sumatra (Gahan, 1923).

Tetrastichus hagenowii    (Ratzeburg)

Synonymy.—Entedon hagenowii Ratzeburg, Blattotetrastichus hagenowii (Ratzeburg) [Burks, 1943]. Tetrastichodes asthenogmus Waterston. G. J. Kerrich (personal communication, 1957) compared the type of Tetrastichodes asthenogmus Waterston with authentically determined material of Tetrastichus hagenowii and concluded that T. asthenogmus is only a weakly developed specimen of T. hagenowii. He stated, "The longitudinal dorsal grooves of the scutellum, which are strongly developed in normal hagenowii, are only rather faintly developed in Waterston's type and also the second specimen, which was dissected and mounted on a series of ten microscope slides. No doubt it was this faint development that caused Waterston to describe the species in Tetrastichodes, a segregate that has since been recognized by Dr. Burks (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1943) as being not truly generically distinct from Tetrastichus."

Natural hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Seychelles (Ratzeburg, 1852); India (Usman, 1949).

Blatta sp., U.S.A., Louisiana (Gahan, 1914).

Blattella germanica (Burks, 1943; Peck, 1951). [In personal communications, Burks and Peck cite Howard (1892) and Marlatt (1902, and the 1908 revision of 1902) as sources for this host record. However, B. germanica is not mentioned specifically as a host of T. hagenowii in the sources cited nor in the 1915 revision of Marlatt's 1902 paper cited by Burks (1943); see footnote 6, p. 236.]

Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Hawaii (Pemberton, 1941): This record is based on one parasitized oötheca. We have exposed, at three different times, groups of 10 to 20 oöthecae of N. rhombifolia to many newly emerged T. hagenowii, but none of the eggs was parasitized (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1957).

Parcoblatta sp., U.S.A., Ohio (Edmunds, 1953a).

Periplaneta americana, Africa (Crawford, 1910; Nash, 1955): Nash's record was incorrectly attributed to Syntomosphyrum glossinae Wtstn., a parasite of tse-tse fly pupae (Jordan, 1956), Formosa (Takahashi, 1924; Sonan, 1924); Palestine (Bodenheimer, 1930); Puerto Rico (Seín, 1923; Plank, 1947, 1950; Wolcott, 1951); St. Croix, Virgin Islands (Beatty, 1944); Hawaii (Schmidt, 1937); U.S.A.: Missouri (Rau, 1940a); Ohio (Edmunds, 1955); Florida (parasitized oöthecae were collected near Orlando by members of the Orlando Laboratory, Entomology Research Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture; the parasites were identified by Burks, personal communication, 1955). Fiji (Lever, 1943); India (Mani, 1936; Usman, 1949); Trinidad and Saudi Arabia (Cameron, 1955). Westwood (1839) stated that 70 parasites belonging to the genus Eulophus emerged from an oötheca of P. americana collected on shipboard. Burks (personal communication, 1955) stated that the wasp was probably T. hagenowii.

Periplaneta australasiae, Australia (Shaw, 1925); India (Usman, 1949); Saudi Arabia, Trinidad (Cameron, 1955); Formosa (Sonan, 1924).

Periplaneta brunnea, U.S.A., Florida (parasitized oöthecae were collected near Orlando, by members of the Orlando Laboratory, Entomology Research Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The parasites were identified by Burks, p. c., 1955).

Cockroach eggs, Formosa (Maki, 1937); Ceylon (Waterston, 1914): Taken on an oötheca.

"Domestic cockroaches," U.S.A., Louisiana (Girault, 1917).

"Roach egg cases," Panama Canal Zone (Rau, 1933).

Evania sp., Hawaii (Ashmead, 1901; Perkins, 1913); Guam (Fullaway, 1912); Fiji (Lever, 1946); Europe, Cuba, Florida (Marlatt, 1902, 1915).

Experimental hosts.—Blatta orientalis, Eurycotis floridana, and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, 1954b): We have maintained T. hagenowii for over two years through more than 30 generations on eggs of both B. orientalis and P. americana.

Periplaneta fuliginosa, U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth and Willis, 1954b); Massachusetts (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1957).

Schmidt (1937) deduced that T. hagenowii was a primary parasite of eggs of P. americana because the parasitized oötheca was obtained from a cage covered with screen too fine to permit entry of a larger parasite, such as an evaniid. As noted above, we have reared T. hagenowii for more than 30 generations on cockroach eggs, none of which was ever exposed to parasitization by an evaniid. If T. hagenowii were ever hyperparasitic on Evania, this relationship would be accidental, the eulophid happening to oviposit into an oötheca already containing an evaniid, or vice versa.

Adult behavior.—The male mates soon after becoming adult; he mounts the female from behind, grasps her antennae with his own antennae, and vibrates his wings during copulation. Mating is accomplished in from "several" to 20 seconds (Takahashi, 1924; Edmunds, 1955). The adults are positively phototactic and are capable of hopping for some distance (Edmunds, 1955). The females feed on material that oozes through the oviposition puncture (Roth and Willis, 1954b). Females lived 10 days (Seín, 1923). Without food, females lived 7.8 days and males 3.4 days, but when fed dilute honey females lived 12.5 days (Usman, 1949). Females lived 5-11 days (Roth and Willis, 1954b). Fed water and sugar, the wasps lived 2-6 weeks at 65°F. (Cameron, 1955). Without food, 9 females lived an average of 3.5 days and 9 males an average of 1.7 days, but when fed on raisins, 9 females lived an average of 25 days and 9 males 15 days (Edmunds, 1955). In Formosa there were six generations from April to December (Maki, 1937).

In Hawaii, Severin and Severin (1915) caught 571 T. hagenowii in 10 kerosene traps that were set up to sample populations of Mediterranean fruitfly. Apparently the parasite is attracted by the odor of kerosene.

Oviposition.—The female wasp explores the surface of the oötheca with vibrating antennae (Edmunds, 1955). She bends her abdomen ventrad and repeatedly touches the surface of the oötheca with her valvae; when she finds an acceptable oviposition site, the wasp unsheathes her ovipositor and bores through the wall of the oötheca (Roth and Willis, 1954b). The wasp deposited her eggs in 2-5 minutes (Edmunds, 1955). Wasps oviposited (pl. 34, C) into young or old eggs of P. americana (Roth and Willis, 1954b). A single wasp parasitized more than one oötheca and more than one wasp oviposited into the same oötheca (Roth and Willis, 1954b; Edmunds, 1955). We found freshly laid wasp eggs in 34 empty but previously parasitized oöthecae from which the wasps had emerged (Roth and Willis, 1954b).

Development.—In Periplaneta americana: Development is completed in an average of 36 days (range 29-58 days) (Maki, 1937); 29-40 days (Lever, 1943); average of 23.6 days (range 22-26 days) at 62°-85° F. (Usman, 1949); about 3 months at 60°-65° F. (Cameron, 1955); 31-60 days at 70°-80° F. (Edmunds, 1955). We found that the wasps completed development in 23-56 days at about 85° F., but the period depended on the number of wasps in the oötheca; the larger the number of wasps (up to an average of about 70 wasps per oötheca), the shorter the time required to complete development. Wasps in oöthecae containing 70 or more parasites developed in an average of about 32 days (Roth and Willis, 1954b). Wasp larvae eat the contents of the cockroach egg in which they start development, then rupture the chorion and attack adjoining eggs (Cameron, 1955; Edmunds, 1955). All eggs are consumed when the parasite density is high, but if too few larvae develop per oötheca, some cockroach eggs survive and the embryos complete development (Roth and Willis, 1954b). However, a certain number of cockroach nymphs must complete development to enable the survivors to force open the crista and emerge from the oötheca; fewer than this number of surviving nymphs will be trapped and killed as effectively as if they had been eaten by the parasite. The adult parasites emerge from one to three holes cut through the wall of the oötheca (Usman, 1949; Roth and Willis, 1954b).

Number of offspring per female.—In Blatta orientalis: In the laboratory, 5 oöthecae were left with each of 25 female wasps for their entire lifespans; of the 125 oöthecae, 32 were parasitized. The average number of offspring per female was 66 (range 5-164) (Roth and Willis, 1954b). In Periplaneta americana: Each of 206 oöthecae was exposed to a single female wasp for 24 hours; the average number of offspring per female was 103 (range 50-139). Five oöthecae were left with each of 38 females for their entire lifespans; of the 190 oöthecae, 81 were parasitized. The average number of offspring per female was 94 (range 45-168 [from original data]) (Roth and Willis, 1954b).

Number of parasites per oötheca.—In Eurycotis floridana: In the laboratory, 3 oöthecae that had been exposed to 20 female wasps yielded an average of 648 parasites (range 606 [from original data] to 685) (Roth and Willis, 1954b). In Neostylopyga rhombifolia: One oötheca yielded 73 parasites (Pemberton, 1941). In Parcoblatta sp.: Two oöthecae yielded an average of 100 parasites (Edmunds, 1953a). In Periplaneta americana: 100 parasites per oötheca (Seín, 1923); 140 (Schmidt, 1937); 25 (Rau, 1940a); 7-38, average 33 (Usman, 1949); 71 (Wolcott, 1951); 4 oöthecae exposed to 20 female wasps yielded an average of 204 wasps (range 164 [from original data] to 261) (Roth and Willis, 1954b); average of 30-40 (Cameron, 1955); 39 oöthecae yielded an average of 93 parasites (range 12-187) (Edmunds, 1955). In Periplaneta australasiae: Oöthecae yielded an average of 40-50 adult parasites (Cameron, 1955); about 50 (Shaw, 1925).

Sex ratio.—3 ♀♀:1 ♂ (Usman, 1949); 4 ♀♀:1 ♂ (Cameron, 1955); 2-8 ♀♀:1 ♂ (Roth and Willis, 1954b); 1.2 ♀♀:1 ♂ (Edmunds, 1955). Parthenogenesis exists; the unfertilized eggs produced only males (Roth and Willis, 1954b; Edmunds, 1955).

Distribution.—Probably worldwide. Eastern and southern U.S.A.; Central and South America; Europe; Arabia; Africa; India; Formosa; Hawaii.

Tetrastichus periplanetae    Crawford

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, Mozambique (Crawford, 1910); Union of South Africa (parasites reared from oöthecae collected in Durban, Natal, by the City Health Department): The parasites were identified by Burks (personal communication, 1956). Jamaica (Gowdey, 1925); Réunion Island (Bordage, 1913).

"Domestic cockroach," Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1951).

Tetrastichus    sp. I

Taxonomy.—Burks (personal communication, 1956) stated that this species (specimens of which are in the U.S. National Museum) is very close to T. hagenowii.

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, Union of South Africa (parasites reared from oöthecae collected in Durban, Natal, by the City Health Department [Burks, p. c., 1956]).

Periplaneta australasiae, Manila, Philippine Islands (Burks, p. c., 1956).

Tetrastichus    sp. II

Synonymy.—Because of the war, Cros (1942) could not determine this insect specifically. He designated it provisionally and with reserve under the name Eulophus sp. However, Burks (p. c., 1956) stated that the species is most certainly a Tetrastichus from the description given; but, it is apparently not T. hagenowii because of its brilliant steel-blue color.

Natural host.—Blatta orientalis, Algeria (Cros, 1942): Adult behavior.—Mating began as soon as wasps emerged from an oötheca. Males mated repeatedly. Adults lived up to 5 days in summer and up to 12 days in fall. There were up to four generations per year in the laboratory. Oviposition.—Wasps oviposited into oöthecae 6, 22, 40, and 43 days old, and the parasites developed successfully. More than one female oviposited into the same oötheca. Oviposition was of long duration. Development.—From egg to eclosion took an average of 34 days in summer (range: 30-38 days, 5 oöthecae), and an average of 67 days in fall (range: 58-73 days, 3 oöthecae). An average of 55 parasites developed per oötheca (range 21-105, 5 oöthecae); over 130 wasps emerged from a sixth oötheca. Sex ratio.—10-20 ♀♀:1 ♂.

HOST SELECTION BY EGG PARASITES

The nature of the oviposition stimulus(i) for the wasp parasites of cockroach eggs is unknown. Edmunds (1954) noted that Prosevania punctata showed more interest in oöthecae that had been cemented to the substrate than in clean oöthecae that had simply been dropped. Cros (1942) experimented with two females of P. punctata to see if the wasps could find oöthecae that had been buried in sand by the oriental cockroach. After prospecting the sand with their antennae, the wasps dug deep excavations with their front legs but always mistook the location of the oöthecae. Cros suggested that the wasps were misled by the odor left in the jar by the cockroaches. It is quite possible that odor helps the wasp find the host oötheca.

The extent of host selection varies among these parasites; some species will oviposit into the eggs of more than one species of cockroach, but others show some degree of host specificity. Positive selection of specific hosts by certain parasites appears in correlative data from different investigators on pages 235 to 254. There is a small body of data that shows nonacceptance of certain hosts by some of these wasps. For example, Comperia merceti would not parasitize eggs of Blatta orientalis or Periplaneta americana in the laboratory (Lawson, 1954a). We (unpublished data, 1957) exposed a soft oötheca, recently removed from Eurycotis floridana, to C. merceti; no wasps developed; we had similar negative results with C. merceti and oöthecae of B. germanica. We (1954b) could not induce Tetrastichus hagenowii to parasitize eggs of Blattella germanica, B. vaga, or Parcoblatta virginica in the laboratory. In our experiments, T. hagenowii oviposited into eggs of Supella supellectilium, but the wasp eggs either failed to hatch, or if they hatched, the larvae died before completing development. Neither would T. hagenowii parasitize eggs of N. rhombifolia (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1957). Anastatus tenuipes would not parasitize the eggs of Latiblattella lucifrons Hebard, Periplaneta americana, B. germanica, or B. vaga (Flock, 1941). Anastatus floridanus would not oviposit into eggs of S. supellectilium and only rarely into eggs of P. americana or B. orientalis (Roth and Willis, 1954a); in the laboratory, this wasp could not be maintained beyond one generation on the eggs of P. americana. Edmunds (1953b) could not induce Prosevania punctata to parasitize eggs of B. germanica. Cros (1942) induced P. punctata to oviposit into a mantid oötheca, but neither mantids nor parasite developed.

COCKROACH-HUNTING WASPS

A number of wasps of the families Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, and a very few species of Pompilidae have been found to provision their nests with nymphal or adult cockroaches. This habit of preying on cockroaches is primitive (Leclercq, 1954); Leclercq (personal communication, 1955) stated that this habit is always associated with the conservation of a number of structures considered as archaic from a purely morphological point of view.

The records of wasps of the genus Astata capturing cockroaches (e.g., Sickmann, 1893; St. Fargeau in Sharp, 1899) "all trace back to a questionable record by Lepeletier (1841) which probably was a misidentification of the predator" (K. V. Krombein, personal communication, 1956). Marshall (1866) suggested that the braconid Paxylomma buccata Bréb., which he found frequenting cockroach runs in Pembrokeshire, was parasitic on Ectobius nigripes Stephens; however, this wasp is undoubtedly parasitic on ants, probably on ant larvae (Donisthorpe and Wilkinson, 1930).

The wasps that are known to capture cockroaches, and summaries of their biology, are listed below.

WASPS THAT PROVISION THEIR NESTS WITH COCKROACHES

Family POMPILIDAE

Pompilus bracatus    Bingham

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, India (Bingham, 1900).

Pompilus    sp.

Natural host.—Cockroach, Nyasaland (Lamborn in Poulton, 1926): The wasp was collected leading a nymph of the cockroach by its antenna. The cockroach was in a stupefied state, and its antennae were bitten off to about half their length.

Salius verticalis    Smith

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, India (Bingham, 1900).

Family AMPULICIDAE

The species of Ampulex do not appear to make special nests in which to lay their eggs but drag their prey to any convenient hole, or crack in the ground (Arnold, 1928). Although many species of Ampulex have been described, the prey of only a small number of species have been discovered, but the known prey are all cockroaches.

Ampulex amoena    Stål

Synonymy.—Ampulex novarae Saussure [Krombein, personal communication, 1957].

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta australasiae, both as small nymphs, Formosa (Sonan, 1924, 1927): The wasp stings a nymph about one inch long and carries it to a suitable place, such as bamboo pipes, folds of newspaper, or books (in houses), for oviposition.

Periplaneta picea, Japan (Kamo, 1957; Kohriba, 1957).

Experimental hosts.—Periplaneta picea, Japan (Kamo, 1957; Kohriba, 1957).

Kamo (1957) observed that in the field both males and females sucked juices from wounds they made in the stems of Clerodendron trichotomum Thunberg or Ilex rotunda Thunberg. Kohriba (1957), on the other hand, found both sexes sucking sap of Abies sp. and other trees from points injured by the rostrum of cicadas. Kamo (1957) observed that the female wasp grasped the cockroach by a tergum and stung it several times in the thorax. The wasp always amputated the antennae of the prey and sucked up the fluid oozing from the cut antennae. The wasp egg was placed on the mesocoxa of the cockroach. In the laboratory as many as three cockroaches, each with a wasp egg, were stored in artificial nests per day. Kohriba (1957) observed similar behavior in the laboratory and made these additional notes. The paralyzed cockroach could move its legs and was led to the nest by the wasp which seized its antennae. The egg hatched in 2 days, and after sucking up body fluid for 2 days the larva began to devour the prey. Three days later the larva spun its cocoon, and about one month after spinning a female wasp emerged.

Ampulex assimilis    Kohl

Natural hosts.—Blatta lateralis, wingless females, Iraq (Hingston, 1925): Nesting sites are holes in palm trees, galleries of beetles, or tunnels in ground. The wasp first seizes a cockroach by the edge of its thorax and stings it in the thoracic region, then seizes the cockroach by an antenna and pulls and leads it to the nest. The wasp deposits her egg on the outer surface of the femur of the cockroach's midleg. The nest is closed with debris; later the cockroach recovers from the sting. The wasp larva first feeds externally, then bores into the cockroach and devours the internal organs. Pupation occurs inside the exoskeleton of the cockroach.

Ampulex canaliculata    (Say)

Synonymy.—Rhinopsis caniculatus.

Natural hosts.—Ischnoptera sp., U.S.A. (Krombein, 1951).

Lobopterella dimidiatipes, Hawaii (Williams, 1928a, 1929).

Parcoblatta pensylvanica? MacNay (1954) referred to a rare sphecoid wasp in eastern Canada which provisioned its nest with nymphs and adults of P. pensylvanica. Dr. W. R. M. Mason (personal communication, 1957) wrote us that although this wasp was Ampulex canaliculata, it was not reared from the cockroach but was swept from a pine tree. There are no positive records linking A. canaliculata with P. pensylvanica.

Experimental host.—Parcoblatta virginica, females, U.S.A., Missouri (Williams, 1928a, 1929): figure 6.

Nesting sites are in twigs (Krombein, 1951). The adult behavior is similar to that of A. compressa; the female wasp imbibes blood that oozes from the amputated antennae of the cockroach; the egg hatches in 2-3 days, and the development of one male was completed in 33 days (Williams, 1929).

Fig. 6. Ampulex canaliculata attacking Parcoblatta virginica. A, Female wasp stinging her prey, c. X 4.8. B, Wasp's egg attached to the coxa of the mesothoracic leg of the cockroach. C, Larva of A. canaliculata (about three-quarters grown) feeding on the internal organs of the host from the exterior, c. X 4. (Reproduced from F. X. Williams [1929], through the courtesy of Dr. F. X. Williams and F. A. Bianchi, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association.)

Distribution.—U.S.A.: Connecticut south to Georgia; Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas; in open woods (Krombein, 1951).

Ampulex compressa    (Fabricius)

(Pl. 35)

Synonymy.—Guĕpe ichneumon of Réaumur [Williams, 1929]; Chlorion (Ampulex) compressum.

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, New Caledonia (Lucas, 1879); India (Dutt, 1912); Reunion (Bordage, 1912).

Periplaneta australasiae, Hawaii (Swezey, 1944).

Periplaneta sp., India (Maxwell-Lefroy, 1909).

Cockroach. Mauritius (Réaumur, 1742); Burma (Bingham, 1897).

Experimental hosts.—Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Periplaneta americana, and Periplaneta australasiae, Hawaii (Williams, 1942, 1942a). Zimmerman's (1948) listings probably were taken from Williams.

Nesting sites.—Holes in walls; holes in banyan and fig trees; in houses in drawers and cartons. Behavior.—Similar to that of A. assimilis. Bordage (1912) gives a complete description of capture of prey. The female wasp cuts off part of the cockroach's antennae, legs, and wings; she sticks her egg onto the host's mesothoracic coxa. The wasp frequents houses in search of prey. Five ♀♀, supplied with a cockroach per day, stored an average of 57±14 cockroaches; 8 ♀♀ stored an average of 45±3 cockroaches; these latter wasps were not supplied with a cockroach per day throughout (mean values computed from Williams, 1942). This wasp will not attack Nauphoeta cinerea (Williams, 1942a) or Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Schwabe, 1950b). On one occasion, A. compressa stung Diploptera punctata, but did not oviposit (Williams, 1942a). Development.—Minimum 34 days, maximum 140 days (Williams, 1942). About 6 weeks (Swezey, 1944). Longevity of adults.—13 ♀♀ lived an average of 110±11 days (minimum 31, maximum 159); several ♂♂ lived 2 months (Williams, 1942).

Ampulex fasciata    Jurine

Natural host.—Ectobius pallidus, France (Picard, 1911, 1919): Nesting sites are in brier or bramble stems, or in crevices in fig trees; the female possibly uses old nests of leaf-cutter bees. The feeding of the wasp larva is similar to that of other Ampulex. Adult wasp emerges by cutting open a passage through its cocoon and through the anus of the cockroach.

Ampulex ruficornis    (Cameron)

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, Oriental region (Rothney in Sharp, 1899): Nesting sites are in crevices in bark. The female grasps the cockroach by an antenna to drag it to her nest.

Ampulex sibirica    Fabricius

Synonymy.—Perkins referred to this species as Ampulex sibirica. Williams (1942a), referring to Perkins's observations, mentions the species as "A. compressiventris Guérin (=A. siberica Sauss.)." Krombein (personal communication, 1956) has commented upon this synonymy as follows: Ampulex siberica Sauss. is apparently a misidentification by Saussure of sibirica Fab. Kohl (1893) in his revision of the genus Ampulex considered A. compressiventris Guérin to be the correct name for this common African species and that sibirica, described from Siberia, must be another species. However, Turner (1912) stated that he had seen Fabricius's type specimen and that it was identical with what had been called compressiventris; he considered the Siberian locality given by Fabricius as an error. Krombein suggested that Williams's use of the combination siberica Sauss. was a lapsus and that the valid name, if Turner is correct, is sibirica Fab.

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, West Africa (Perkins in Sharp, 1899): Nesting sites are keyholes. Enters apartments in search of cockroaches. Wasp cocoon protrudes from dead body of cockroach.

Ampulex sonnerati    Kohl

Synonymy.—"La mouche bleue" of Sonnerat (Kohl, 1893).

Natural host.—"Kakkerlac," Philippine Islands (Sonnerat, 1776): Nesting sites are readymade crevices. The wasp seizes the cockroach by an antenna and stings the host many times in the "abdomen." She drags the cockroach by an antenna to the nest, and, after depositing her egg, plugs the opening with moistened earth.

Dolichurus bicolor    Lepeletier

Synonymy.—Schulz (1912) considered this to be Dolichurus corniculus. Berland (1925) stated that this is possibly a color variety of D. corniculus. Soyer (1947), from a study of the behavior of the wasps, believed that both D. bicolor and D. haemorrhous are varieties of D. corniculus. Krombein (personal communication, 1956) stated that D. corniculus and D. bicolor differ in characters other than color alone and that D. bicolor is considered a valid species today.

Natural host.—Cockroach, France (Benoist, 1927): The wasp was observed closing the entrance to its burrow. Its egg was attached to the coxa of the midleg of the cockroach.

Maneval (1932) stated that D. bicolor is found at the edge of dry woods along with D. corniculus and that the wasp will also accept the prey of D. corniculus if presented to it.

Dolichurus corniculus    (Spinola)

Synonymy.—Dolichurus haemorrhous Costa [Schulz, 1912]. Berland (1925) listed D. haemorrhous separately but stated that it is perhaps a color variety of D. corniculus.

Natural hosts.—Blattella germanica, France (Benoist, 1927).

Ectobius lapponicus, Germany (Sickmann, 1893); Denmark (Nielsen, 1903); Sweden (Adlerz, 1903); Italy (Grandi, 1931, 1954); France (Benoist, 1927; Maneval, 1928).

Ectobius pallidus, France (Maneval, 1932; Soyer, 1947).

Ectobius panzeri, France (Soyer, 1947).

Ectobius sp., Italy (Grandi, 1954).

Hololampra punctata, Pitten (Handlirsch, 1889).

Loboptera decipiens, France (Ferton, 1894).

Cockroach, Netherlands (Bouwman, 1914).

Nesting sites.—The wasp uses already-made cavities such as rotting dead branches on ground, fissures in the earth, abandoned ant holes, chinks in stone, or the empty cocoon of the ichneumon Ophion luteus (Ferton, 1894; Maneval, 1932).

Behavior.—The prey is immobile while being dragged to the nest but recovers sufficiently from the sting so that if dug up it will run around (Ferton, 1894; Bouwman, 1914; Benoist, 1927; Grandi, 1954). The wasp cuts off about two-thirds of the cockroach's antennae prior to putting its prey in its nest (Adlerz, 1903; Bouwman, 1914; Soyer, 1947). One cockroach is placed in the nest and the wasp's egg is attached to the midcoxa (Ferton, 1894). Oviposition takes 5 to 6 minutes (Maneval, 1939). Wasp fills and seals its nest with bits of earth and stones (Ferton, 1894; Grandi, 1954). The wasp larva feeds externally and devours the entire cockroach, including its exoskeleton (Ferton, 1894).

Development.—Hatching occurs in 3 to 4 days (Ferton, 1894) or longer during cooler weather (Maneval, 1939). Larval development takes 6 days (Grandi, 1954), 8 days (Ferton, 1894), or 10 to 25 days depending on season (Maneval, 1939).

Dolichurus gilberti    Turner

Natural hosts.—"Small Blattidae," India (Turner, 1917).

Dolichurus greenei    Rohwer

Natural host.—Parcoblatta sp., U.S.A., Virginia (Krombein, 1951, 1955): Nesting sites are under leaf litter. The prey was a paralyzed third-instar nymph. Distribution.—Ontario. U.S.A. from Canadian border south to Florida in coastal States (Krombein, 1951).

Dolichurus ignitus    Sm.

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, Natal and Southern Rhodesia (Arnold, 1928): The wasp is "usually seen running up and down the trunks of trees searching for small cockroaches in the crevices of the bark."

Dolichurus stantoni    (Ashmead)

Natural hosts.—Allacta similis, nymphs, Hawaii (Williams et al., 1931; Zimmerman, 1948).

Blattella lituricollis, usually nymphs, Philippine Islands, Hawaii (Williams, 1919).

Cutilia soror, nymphs, Hawaii (Williams et al., 1931; Zimmerman, 1948).

"Phyllodromia" sp., Philippine Islands, Hawaii (Williams, 1918; Bridwell, 1920).

Experimental hosts.—"Field cockroaches," Philippine Islands (Williams, 1944).

Nesting site.—Readymade crevices or holes in ground; porosity in lava. Behavior.—The wasp seizes the cockroach by a cercus or leg and stings it in the thorax. She (fig. 7, A) then drags the cockroach to the nest by the base of an antenna. Wasp bites off distal part of host's antennae. She deposits her egg on one of the host's midcoxae. Nest is plugged with lumps of soil. The larva eats the entire host. Development.—Eggs hatched in about a day and a half. Adults emerged about 3 weeks later. About five generations per year. (Williams, 1918, 1919; Williams et al., 1931.)

Dolichurus    sp.

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, nymphs, South Africa (Bridwell, 1917). Adult female cockroach carrying an oötheca, France (Deleurance, 1943).

Nesting site.—Plant stem, or in ground possibly an old abandoned nest of Ammophile. Behavior.—Bridwell noted that one wasp larva ate two cockroach nymphs before pupating; the adult emerged about 4 months after cocoon formation. Deleurance observed the wasp close its nest with small pebbles, balls of earth, and small dead branches. The wasp egg was placed on the femur of the midleg. The prey in the nest is alert when disturbed. Deleurance believed the wasp was a variety of D. corniculus.

Trirhogma caerulea    Westwood

Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta australasiae, Formosa (Sonan, 1924): The wasp stings a nymph about one inch long and carries it to a suitable place (bamboo pipe) for oviposition.

Fig. 7.—Cockroach-hunting wasps. A, Dolichurus stantoni leading a nymph of Blattella lituricollis to her nest, c. X 4. (Reproduced from F. N. Williams [1919].) B, Podium haematogastrum attaching her egg to an Epilampra sp. while on the side of a termite mound that contains the wasp's nest, c. X 1.6. C, Epilampra sp. parasitized by P. haematogastrum showing the wasp's egg attached to the right fore coxa, c. X 3.2. (B and C reproduced from Williams [1928], through the courtesy of Dr. F. X. Williams and F. A. Bianchi.)

Trirhogma    sp.

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, Oriental region (Williams, 1918, 1928): As far as is known species of this genus of wasps hunt cockroaches.

Family SPHECIDAE

Tachysphex blatticidus    Williams

Natural hosts.—Chorisoneura sp., adults, Trinidad, St. Augustine (Callan, 1942): The wasps nest gregariously in sandy places. The wasp itself is parasitized by the mutillid Timulla (Timulla) eriphyla Mickel.

Cockroaches, Trinidad (Williams, 1941a; Callan, 1950).

Tachysphex coriaceus    Costa

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, Italy (Beaumont, 1954).

Tachysphex fanuiensis    Cheesman

Natural hosts.—Graptoblatta notulata, Society Islands (Cheesman, 1927, 1928).

Cockroach ("except for its smaller size [it] much resembles Graptoblatta notulata."), New Caledonia (Williams, 1945).

Nesting sites.—Patches of dry soil (Cheesman, 1928); coarse sand at base of a bank (Williams, 1945). Behavior.—The female wasp pounces on the cockroach and stings it into immobility; she carries her prey in flight to the nest. Two to 13 cockroaches may be found in one nest; and one or more wasp eggs may be deposited in one nest. The egg is attached at one end to the host's thorax behind a forecoxa. Nest is sealed with dry pellets of soil. The cockroaches apparently do not recover from the wasp's sting.

Tachysphex lativalvis    (Thomson)

Natural hosts.—Ectobius lapponicus, adults, Sweden (Adlerz, 1906); France (Maneval, 1932).

Ectobius pallidus, nymphs, France (Ferton, 1894, 1901; Maneval, 1932; Deleurance, 1946); Italy (Grandi, 1928).

Ectobius panzeri, Netherlands (Bouwman, 1914).

Ectobius sp., Denmark (Nielsen, 1933).

Ferton (1914) stated that he had reported in 1912 that this species hunted Hemiptera, but that this observation was a lapsus. Nesting site.—In the ground of sandy woodlot or border of dry woods; the nest is a hole 5.5 to 8 cm. long ending in a horizontal cell. Grandi (1928) stated that the entrance to the nest descended obliquely for 5 to 6 cm. and ended 4 cm. below the surface of the ground. Behavior.—Two cockroaches, either sex, adults or nymphs, were stored in the cell (Adlerz, 1903; Grandi, 1928). The wasp laid her egg on the first prey brought, attaching it behind the front coxa. The cockroaches were not excitable and their antennae had not been injured. Grandi (1928) stated that the claws of the hind tarsi of the victims may be amputated. The hatched larva may consume one of its victims in four days leaving only the head, pronotum, tegmina, wings, and the urosternum.

Podium abdominale    (Perty)

Synonymy.—Trigonopsis abdominalis Perty [Kohl, 1902].

Natural hosts.—Cockroaches, nymphs, Ecuador (Williams, 1928): These wasps are apparently mainly arboreal mud daubers. The female wasp constructs a mud nest on underside of a palm leaf. Wasp egg is attached behind one of the forecoxae of the cockroach. Several cockroaches are stored in each nest. The prey is not immobilized as a result of the sting, and its antennae are left intact.

Podium carolina    Rohwer

Natural host.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica, nymphs (Rau, 1937): Nesting sites are mud nests of Sceliphron caementarium (Drury). One to three cockroach nymphs are stored per nest; mud partitions are placed in tube; the nest is plugged with mud which is coated with resin. Distribution.—U.S.A., New York to North Carolina (Murray, 1951); Florida (Krombein and Evans, 1955).

Podium dubium    Taschenberg

Natural hosts.—Epilamprine cockroaches, Brazil (Williams, 1928): Burrows, lenticular in cross section, are found on shaded trails. The wasp's habits are similar to those of P. flavipenne and P. haematogastrum.

Podium flavipenne    Lepeletier

Natural host.—Epilampra abdomen-nigrum, British Guiana (Williams, 1928): Nesting site.—Burrows, about 2 inches deep and lenticular in cross section, are dug in the ground in well-drained, partly sheltered areas; also old Podium nests are used. Behavior.—The wasp stings the cockroach to helplessness and flies with it back to her nest where the host may recover from the sting; one or more cockroaches are stored per nest; the egg is deposited behind the forecoxa while the cockroach is still outside the burrow. The nest is sealed with mud. The larva feeds on most of the cockroach and leaves only some heavily sclerotized portions in the cell. In 153 nests examined, there was an average of 2.2 ± 0.08 [standard error computed from cited data] cockroaches per cell; four nests contained five cockroaches apiece. Of the 331 cockroaches in the nests, only 6 percent were adults. Development.—Egg hatches in about 2 days; larva feeds about 4 days and pupates about 2 weeks later; adult emerges about 10-12 days later.

Podium haematogastrum    Spinola

Natural host.—Epilampra sp., Brazil, Pará (Williams, 1928): The female wasp (fig. 7, B) burrows into the surface of termite mounds, in banks, and in level ground. This wasp's behavior is similar to that of P. flavipenne. There was an average of 1.6 cockroaches (fig. 7, C) per cell in 74 nests examined. Of the 121 cockroaches collected, 28 percent were adults. Under artificial conditions, the life cycle varied from about a month to 45 days or more.

Podium luctuosum    Smith

Natural host.—Parcoblatta virginica, female, U.S.A., New York (Pate, 1949).

Distribution.—U.S.A.: New York to Texas (Murray, 1951).

Podium rufipes    Fabricius

Natural hosts.—"Wood roaches," British Guiana (Howes, 1917, 1919); Brazil (Williams, 1928): Nesting sites were clay column nests on houses, sides of stumps, or forest trees; banks; termite mound. Variable numbers of cockroaches were placed in the nests with one wasp egg attached behind forecoxa of the last host. The egg hatches in 2 days, the larva pupates about 2 weeks later, and the adult emerges 24 days later.

Podium    sp.

Natural host.—Epilampra conferta, Brazil (Poulton, 1917): The burrow contained several cockroaches of the same species.

ANTS PREDACEOUS ON COCKROACHES

A large roach endeavored to escape by crossing the main front of the army. The creature made several powerful jumps, but each time it touched the ground ... its legs were grasped by the fearless ants.... In the end it fell ... and was instantly torn to bits and carried to the rear.... Another ant with the body of a wood roach was assisted by a worker who held the carrier's abdomen high in the air out of the way of her burden, all the way to the nest.

Howes (1919)

Family FORMICIDAE

From the known entomophagous habits of the lower ants (Wheeler, 1928), we wonder that there are not more records of ants feeding on cockroaches, because this act must occur frequently. Kirby and Spence (1822) stated that R. Kittoe had observed in Antigua that ants which nested in the roofs would seize a cockroach by the legs so it could not move, kill it, and carry it up to their nest. Hotchkiss (1874) observed ants kill cockroaches on shipboard. Cockroaches attracted to sugar in the pantry were killed and carried off by the ants. The destruction of cockroaches by army ants has been recorded by Bates (1863), Wallace (1891), Beebe (1917, 1919), Howes (1919), and others. Dead and mutilated specimens of Ischnoptera sp. [undoubtedly Parcoblatta americana (Gurney, personal communication, 1958)] are common in the nests of species of Formica in California (Mann, 1911).

Aphaenogaster picea    Emery

Natural prey.—Ectobius pallidus, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth and Willis, 1957).

Camponotus pennsylvanicus    (De Geer)

Common name.—Carpenter ant.

Natural prey.—Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A. (Rau, 1940): The ants entered traps set up to capture the cockroach and carried off about a dozen adults of both sexes.

Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans subsp. sjöstedi Emery

Natural prey.—Small cockroach, Belgian Congo (Raignier and van Boven, 1955).

Dorylus (Anomma) wilverthi    Emery

Natural prey.—Small cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Raignier and van Boven, 1955).

Dorylus    sp.

Common name.—"Safari ant."

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Africa, Lake Victoria (Carpenter, 1920): When the "Safari ants" were hunting, many species of cockroaches were driven from hiding among dead leaves in the forest. The cockroaches rushed about but easily fell prey to the ants which tore them to bits.

Eciton burchelli    (Westwood)

Common name.—Army ant.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Panama Canal Zone (Johnson, 1954; Schneirla, 1956).

Formica omnivora

Synonymy.—The identity of this form is unknown. There are no species of Formica on Ceylon. There was another Formica omnivora described from tropical America, whose identity is also unknown (W. L. Brown, personal communication, 1956).

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Ceylon (Kirby and Spence, 1822).

Iridomyrmex humilis    Mayr

Common name.—Argentine ant.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, injured individuals only (Ealand, 1915).

Lasius alienus    (Förster)

Natural prey.—Ectobius pallidus, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth and Willis, 1957).

Pheidole megacephala    (Fabricius)

Common name.—Big-headed ant.

Natural prey.—Holocompsa fulva, Hawaii (Illingworth, 1916).

Nauphoeta cinerea and Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Illingworth, 1914, 1942): The ants followed and killed N. cinerea and P. surinamensis as they burrowed in moist soil and attacked and destroyed N. cinerea in breeding cages.

XIII. VERTEBRATA

Class PISCES

In British Guiana, Beebe (1925a) found undetermined cockroach remains in the stomachs of four species of fish belonging to three families, as follows:

Family POTAMOTRYGONTIDAE

Potamotrygon humboldti    (Duméril)

(= Potamotrygon hystrix)

Family PIMELODIDAE

Rhamdia sebae    Cuvier and Valenciennes

Family CHARACIDAE

Cyrtocharax magdalenae essequibensis    (Eigenmann)

(= Cynopotamus essequibensis)

Chalceus macrolepidotus    Cuvier and Valenciennes

The only other records of cockroaches being eaten by fish pertain to the use of cockroaches as bait.[8] Captain William Owen (in Webster, 1834) stated that the Chinese used cockroaches as bait in their fishing excursions. At Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, Blatta orientalis were kept in large numbers by bait dealers and were sold to fishermen who used them for catching Lepomis pallidus, a sunfish locally known as bream, blue bream, or bluegill (Rau, 1944). In Indiana, oriental cockroaches were collected at a city dump by fishermen (Gould, 1941). Peterson (1956) states that cockroaches are satisfactory bait for bluegills, crappies, channel cat, blue heads, and large mouth black bass.

Class AMPHIBIA[9]

Order CAUDATA

Family PLETHODONTIDAE

Plethodon glutinosus    (Green)

Natural prey.—Cryptocercus punctulatus, U.S.A. (Honigberg, 1953): Protozoa which are normally only found in C. punctulatus were present in the intestine of the salamander indicating that this cockroach had been eaten by the amphibian.

Order SALIENTIA

Family BUFONIDAE

Bufo funereus    Bocage

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): The stomachs of 62 out of 72 specimens contained food; this included 3 cockroaches.

Bufo ictericus    Spix

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Brazil (Valente, 1949): Stomach contents revealed the prothorax, legs, and wings of cockroaches, and fragments of wood-cockroaches. This toad frequently feeds at night.

Bufo marinus    (Linnaeus)

Common name.—Giant toad, marine toad, Surinam toad.

Natural prey.—Epilampra abdomen-nigrum, Trinidad (Weber, 1938): Found in the stomachs of two toads.

Diploptera punctata, Hawaii (Pemberton and Williams, 1938).

Periplaneta sp., Fiji (Lever, 1939): Many householders in Suva have seen the toad eat considerable numbers of these cockroaches.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Alicata, 1938; Illingworth, 1941).

Cockroaches, Nicaragua (Noble, 1918): Stomach contents of toads captured at street lamps in Rio Grande consisted chiefly of large cockroaches. Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1937).

Bufo valliceps    Wiegmann

Experimental prey.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Moore, 1946): Cockroaches containing infective acanthellas of Moniliformis dubius were fed to three toads.

Family HYLIDAE

Hyla cinerea    (Schneider)

Common name.—Green tree frog.

Natural prey.—Ischnoptera deropeltiformis, Periplaneta americana, and undetermined cockroaches, U.S.A., Georgia (Haber, 1926): Cockroaches were found in 11 of 100 stomachs.

Family RANIDAE

Arthroleptis variabilis    Matschie

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): Of 52 specimens examined, the stomach contents of 17 contained food, including 3 cockroaches.

Hyperolius picturatus    Peters

Natural prey.—Cockroach, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): The stomachs of 12 of 56 specimens examined contained food, including one cockroach.

Leptodactylus albilabris    (Günther)

Natural prey.—Cockroach, Puerto Rico (Schmidt, 1920): One of 25 stomachs contained a medium-sized cockroach.

Leptodactylus pentadactylus    (Laurenti)

Common name.—"Smoky jungle frog" or "pepper frog."

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Nicaragua (Noble, 1918): Cockroach wings were found in the stomach of a frog caught around human habitation. Brazil (Valente, 1949).

Leptopelis calcaratus    (Boulenger)

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): The stomachs of 35 specimens were examined of which 13 contained food, including 2 cockroaches.

Leptopelis rufus    Reichenow

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): Forty-five of 83 stomachs examined contained food, including 2 cockroaches.

Megalixalus fornasinii    (Bianconi)

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): The stomachs of 3 of 40 specimens contained food, including 2 cockroaches.

Rana catesbeiana    Shaw

Common name.—Bullfrog.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Derez, 1949).

Rana mascareniensis    Duméril and Bibron

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): The stomach contents of 138 specimens were examined, 39 of which contained food, including 2 cockroaches.

Rana pipiens    Schreber

Common name.—Leopard frog.

Experimental prey.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Moore, 1946): Cockroaches containing infective acanthellas of Moniliformis dubius were fed to two frogs.

Neostylopyga rhombifolia, U.S.A. (Dr. T. Eisner, personal communication, 1958.)

Frogs

Natural prey.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Rau, 1924): Frogs which escaped from a tank in the cellar consumed quantities of this cockroach.

Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A. (Frost, 1924): One adult specimen recovered from alimentary canal of a frog, probably Rana sp.

Unidentified batrachians

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Zoological Garden (Lederer, 1952): These insects were preferred by all the insect eaters in the zoo.

Periplaneta americana, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Zoological Garden (Lederer, 1952): Newly molted individuals were accepted as food, but others were usually passed by or consumed unwillingly.

Class REPTILIA[10]

Order CHELONIA

Family EMYDIDAE

Chrysemys picta    (Schneider)

Common name.—Painted turtle.

Natural prey.—Periplaneta australasiae, England (Lucas, 1916, 1920): The cockroach, apparently injured, fell into water in the tortoise house, Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, and the terrapin ate it.

Order SAURIA

Family GEKKONIDAE

Gekko gecko    (Linnaeus)

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Philippine Islands, Laguna (Villadolid, 1934): The geckos frequent holes in trees and underside of bark which are favorable haunts of cockroaches. Stomach contents mostly Blattidae and "Locustidae."

Hemidactylus frenatus    Duméril and Bibron

Common name.—House lizard.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Philippine Islands, Laguna (Villadolid, 1934): Bulk of stomach contents of 22 lizards consisted of Orthoptera, mostly cockroaches.

Sphaerodactylus    sp.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The above lizard is found in houses.

Thecadactylus    sp.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The above lizard is found in houses.

Undetermined geckos

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Australia, Flinders River (Froggatt, 1906): The lizard lived in the walls of the hut and hunted cockroaches upon the roof at night. Arno Atoll (Usinger and La Rivers, 1953).

Family IGUANIDAE

Anolis carolinensis    Voigt

Experimental prey.—Diploptera punctata, U.S.A. (Eisner, 1958).

Anolis cristatellus    Duméril and Bibron

Natural prey.—Blattella sp., Cariblatta delicatula, Epilampra wheeleri, Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae, and Symploce flagellata, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1924): The last-named cockroach may have been S. ruficollis Rehn and Hebard, the females of which are hard to distinguish from flagellata. Rehn and Hebard (1927) stated that in all probability flagellata does not occur on the island of Puerto Rico. Wolcott (1950) stated that Symploce ruficollis [= bilabiata] serves as food for the crested lizard.

Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Schmidt, 1920): Of 100 stomachs examined, 16 contained Orthoptera, including cockroaches. Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1924): One hundred A. cristatellus had eaten 8 cockroaches, 4.14 percent of the total food, or 25 percent of the food for 8 lizards.

Anolis pulchellus    Duméril and Bibron

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1924): Two small cockroaches found in 50 lizards examined.

Anolis equestris    Merrem

Experimental prey.—Neostylopyga rhombifolia, U.S.A. (Eisner, personal communication, 1958.)

Anolis grahami    Garman

Natural prey.—Periplaneta spp. and Blattidae, Bermuda (Simmonds, 1958): Stomachs of 176 lizards yielded 6 cockroaches.

Anolis leachi    Duméril and Bibron

Natural prey.—Periplaneta spp. and Blattidae, Bermuda (Simmonds, 1958): Stomachs of 46 lizards yielded 31 cockroaches.

Anolis sagrei    Cocteau

Natural and experimental prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Cuba (Darlington, 1938): This species was eaten both in captivity and in nature. The lizard ate most readily soft, immature cockroaches. Pycnoscelus surinamensis is probably a staple food of the lizard in nature, as Darlington observed wild lizards catch the nymphs.

Anolis stratulus    Cope

Natural prey.—Aglaopteryx facies, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1924): One cockroach was found in 50 lizards examined.

Cockroach, Puerto Rico (Schmidt, 1920): One of 25 stomachs contained a cockroach.

Anolis    sp.

Natural prey.—"Wood roaches," British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The above lizard is arboreal on foliage in low jungle.

Family SCINCIDAE

Leiolopisma laterale    Say

Common name.—Brown skink.

Natural prey.—Woodroaches, U.S.A., Louisiana (Slater, 1949): Analysis of stomach contents of 84 adult skinks showed that nymphal and adult woodroaches comprised the majority of Orthoptera.

Tropidophorus grayi    Günther

Common name.—Spiny lizard.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Philippine Islands, Laguna (Villadolid, 1934): Food of this species was mostly Blattidae.

Unidentified skinks

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Arno Atoll (Usinger and La Rivers, 1953).

Family AGAMIDAE

Experimental prey?—Cockroaches, Australia (Lee and Mackerras, 1955): A general statement was made that in captivity Agamidae were observed feeding avidly on cockroaches and other insects. Three agamids studied by these workers were Amphibolurus barbatus (Gray), Physignathus lesueurii Gray, and Chlamydosaurus kingii Gray.

Family CHAMAELEONTIDAE

Chamaeleon chamaeleon    (Linnaeus) and
Chamaeleon oustaleti    Mocquard

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, Amsterdam (Portielje, 1914): Large cockroaches were fed to these lizards in the reptile house of Artis.

Family TEIIDAE

Ameiva exsul    Cope

Common name.—Iguana, ground lizard.

Natural prey.—Cockroach (nymph), Epilampra wheeleri, and Periplaneta americana, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1924): Stomach contents of 15 lizards were analyzed. E. wheeleri formed 30 percent of the food of one lizard. The cockroach nymph formed 5 percent of the food of one lizard. One P. americana formed 20 percent of the food of one lizard; another formed 50 percent of the food of a second lizard.

Experimental prey.—Cockroach nymphs, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1924).

Ameiva    sp.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The above lizard is terrestrial and found near clearings. The stomach contents of 18 out of 40 reptiles contained cockroach remains.

Cnemidophorus    sp.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): This is a terrestrial lizard found near clearings. The stomach contents of 4 out of 40 lizards contained cockroaches.

Unidentified lizards

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, West Indies (H., 1800).

Experimental prey.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Rau, 1924): Rau called the predator a common gray lizard.

Periplaneta americana, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Zoological Garden (Lederer, 1952): Newly molted cockroaches were accepted as food, but others were usually passed by or consumed unwillingly.

Order SERPENTES

Family COLUBRIDAE

Heterodon platyrhinos    Latreille

Synonymy.—Heterodon contortrix [Dr. Doris M. Cochran, personal communication, 1957].

Common name.—Hog-nosed snake.

Experimental prey.—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Moore, 1946): Cockroaches containing infective acanthellas of Moniliformis dubius were fed to one snake.

Garter Snake

Experimental prey.—Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Rau, 1924).

Class AVES

The cockroach is always wrong when arguing with a chicken.

Spanish proverb (Hartnack, 1939)

Arboreal cockroaches hidden in and under bark are much more likely to be encountered by birds than by other predators, and insectivorous birds undoubtedly consume many more cockroaches than the few records would indicate. Most of the records we have located identify the birds at least by common name. Where possible we have given the scientific names for those birds whose common names are recognizably specific. We have followed the systematic classification of Wetmore (1940).

Figuier (1869) stated that poultry and owls are very fond of cockroaches. Perkins (1913) made the general statement that some of the native birds of Hawaii are partial to the endemic Allacta similis. Asano (1937) stated that in Japan natural enemies of cockroaches may be found in the Galliformes, Strigiformes, Passeriformes, and Piciformes. Although Lederer (1952) successfully fed newly molted Periplaneta americana to insectivorous birds in the Zoological Garden, Frankfurt am Main, Blattella germanica were preferred by these birds. The following records are of specific birds feeding on cockroaches.

Order ANSERIFORMES

Family ANATIDAE

Domestic duck

Natural prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Australia (Fielding 1926): The ducks became infected with Manson's eye worm of which P. surinamensis is the only known intermediate host.

Cockroach, Bermuda (Jones, 1859): "All kinds of poultry feed greedily upon the cockroach; tame ducks spending entire moonlight nights in their capture."

Order GALLIFORMES

Family PHASIANIDAE

Bambusicola thoracica    Temminck

Common name.—Kojukei.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Japan (Asano, 1937).

Gallus    sp.

Common name.—Jungle fowl.

Natural prey.—Periplaneta australasiae, Hawaii (Schwartz and Schwartz, 1949).

Phasianus calchicus karpowi    Buturlin

Common name.—Korean pheasants.

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica and Periplaneta picea, Japan (Asano, 1937): Adults of these cockroaches were devoured at once when they were fed with the heads cut off.

Phasianus    sp.

Common name.—Pheasant.

Natural prey.—Blattidae, unidentified (below 1 percent of the diet), Cutila soror (below 1 percent of the diet), Diploptera punctata (above 6 percent of the diet), and Pycnoscelus surinamensis (6 percent of the diet), Hawaii (Schwartz and Schwartz, 1949).

Coturnix coturnix japonica    (Temminck and Schlegel)

Common name.—Japanese quail.

Natural prey.—Blattidae (unidentified) and Lobopterella dimidiatipes, Hawaii (Schwartz and Schwartz, 1949).

Domestic chicken

Natural and experimental prey.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A., Key West, Florida. J.A.G. Rehn in 1912 (personal communication) observed chickens feeding on nymphs of B. craniifer which had dropped to the ground from among stacked coffins in an undertaker's shack.

Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Rau, 1924): The chickens ate cockroaches that were caught in traps.

Hebardina concinna, Japan (Asano, 1937): Experimental feeding to white Leghorn chickens.

Periplaneta americana, Surinam (Stage, 1947): Several cockroaches ran off the floor of a house, which was being sprayed with DDT, and were eaten by chickens. Although some chickens had DDT tremors the next day, all appeared normal two days later.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Australia (Fielding, 1926); Formosa, experimental feeding (Kobayashi, 1927); Australia, experimental feeding (Fielding, 1927, 1928); U.S.A., Florida, experimental feeding (Sanders, 1928); Antigua (Hutson, 1943); Hawaii (Illingworth, 1931; Schwabe, 1949, 1950a, 1950b). This cockroach is the intermediate host of Oxyspirura mansoni, the chicken eye worm.

Cockroaches, Guadeloupe (Dutertre, 1654); Africa (Moiser, 1947): "Poultry" ate cockroaches which had been killed by DDT and sodium fluoride. Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948).

Partridge

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The food of two small species of leaf-colored partridges that lived on the jungle floor, consisted chiefly of cockroaches and beetles.

Family MELEAGRIDIDAE

Meleagris gallopavo    (Linnaeus)

Common name.—Turkey.

Natural prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Antigua (Hutson, 1943): Turkeys were found heavily infected with Manson's eye worm of which P. surinamensis is the only known intermediate host. These turkeys therefore were presumed to have fed on this cockroach.

Order COLUMBIFORMES

Family COLUMBIDAE

Streptopelia chinensis    (Scopoli)

Common name.—Chinese dove.

Natural prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Schwabe, 1950b).

Pigeon

Experimental prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Australia (Fielding, 1927); U.S.A., Florida (Sanders, 1928).

Order STRIGIFORMES

Family STRIGIDAE

Gymnasio nudipes    (Daudin)

Common name.—Bare-legged owl.

Natural prey.—Epilampra sp., Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): One specimen identified in stomach of a wild-caught owl.

Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): These insects were found in stomachs of five owls.

Order CORACIFORMES

Family TODIDAE

Todus mexicanus    Lesson

Common name.—Porto Rican tody.

Natural prey.—Plectoptera poeyi?, Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): The stomachs of 89 birds were examined; a single bird had eaten the above cockroach. According to Wolcott (1950) P. poeyi could be Plectoptera dorsalis, P. rhabdota, or P. infulata.

Family BUCEROTIDAE

Tockus birostris    (Scopoli)

Synonymy.—Lophocerus birostris [Dr. H. Friedmann, personal communication, 1957].

Common name.—Common gray hornbill.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, India, Central Provinces (D'Abreu, 1920).

Order PICIFORMES

Family PICIDAE

Dendrocopus mahrattensis    (Latham)

Synonymy.—Liopicus mahrattensis [Friedmann, p. c. 1957].

Common name.—Yellow-fronted pied woodpecker.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, India, Central Provinces (D'Abreu, 1920).

Melanerpes portoricensis    (Daudin)

Common name.—Puerto Rican woodpecker.

Natural prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): One specimen found in 59 bird stomachs examined.

Order PASSERIFORMES

Family FORMICARIIDAE

Gymnopithys leucaspis    (Sclater)

Common name.—Bicolored antbird.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Panama Canal Zone (Johnson, 1954): This bird feeds on small cockroaches, and other arthropods, which are flushed from their hiding places by swarms of the army ant, Eciton burchelli.

Family ORIOLIDAE

Icterus portoricensis    (Bryant)

Common name.—Puerto Rican oriole.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): Cockroaches and oöthecae found in the birds' stomachs.

Family CORVIDAE

Aphelocoma coerulesens    (Bosc)

Common name.—Florida jay.

Experimental prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, U.S.A., Florida (Sanders, 1928).

Cyanocitta cristata    (Linnaeus)

Common name.—Blue jay.

Experimental prey.—Diploptera punctata, U.S.A. (Eisner, 1958).

Eurycotis floridana, Neostylopyga rhombifolia, and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Eisner, personal communication, 1958): E. floridana was only eaten after the odor of 2-hexenal, which was released by the insect on being attacked by the bird, had dissipated.

Family PARADISEIDAE

Paradisea papuana    Bechstein

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, Malaya and on shipboard (Wallace, 1869): Two adult males fed voraciously on rice, bananas, and cockroaches. Wallace collected cockroaches every night on board ship to feed the birds. "At Malta ... I got plenty of cockroaches from a bakehouse, and when I left, took with me several biscuit-tins full, as provision for the voyage home."

Family TROGLODYTIDAE

Troglodytes aedon    Vieillot

Common name.—House wren.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, U.S.A. (Greenewalt and Jones, 1955): The wren carried three small cockroaches to nestlings; the records probably represent incidental captures.

Troglodytes audax    Tschudi

Common name.—Cucarachero.

Natural prey.—Cockroach (called Chilicabra by Peruvian Indians), Peru (Tschudi, 1847): The bird seized the cockroach and bit off its head then devoured the body discarding the wings.

Family LANIIDAE

Lanius ludovicianus    Linnaeus

Common name.—Loggerhead shrike.

Experimental prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, U.S.A., Florida (Sanders, 1928).

Family STURNIDAE

Acridotheres tristis    Bonnaterre and Vieillot

Common name.—Myna, mynah.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Hawaii, Lanai (Illingworth, 1928): Illingworth reported that he had never seen as many cockroaches anywhere else in Hawaii. The birds followed tractors that were destroying cactus and kept close to the chain that turned over the stumps. The following species were collected: Allacta similis, Blattella germanica, Cutilia soror, Diploptera punctata, Leucophaea maderae, Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae, Pycnoscelus surinamensis. Illingworth did not state whether the birds ate all these species indiscriminately.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Williams et al., 1931; Schwabe, 1950b): In many places this species forms an important fledgling food for mynah birds.

Family VIREONIDAE

Vireo latimeri    Baird

Common name.—Latimer's vireo.

Natural prey.—Periplaneta sp., Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): Cockroaches were found in one of 43 stomachs examined.

Family ICTERIDAE

Agelaius xanthomus    (Sclater)

Common name.—Yellow-shouldered blackbird.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): Oöthecae and remains of adult cockroaches found in stomachs.

Dolichonyx oryzivorus    (Linnaeus)

Common name.—Bobolink.

Experimental prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, U.S.A., Florida (Sanders, 1928).

Holoquiscalus brachypterus    (Cassin)

Common name.—Puerto Rican blackbird.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): A few eggs (oöthecae) of cockroaches in stomachs.

Black bird

Experimental prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, U.S.A., Florida (Sanders, 1928).

Family FRINGILLIDAE

Passer domesticus    (Linnaeus)

Common name.—English sparrow.

Natural prey.—Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Hawaii (Illingworth, 1931; Schwabe, 1950b): Remains of this cockroach were found in the stomach of the sparrow.

Sparrow

Natural prey.—Periplaneta americana, England (Lucas, 1908, 1920).

Cockroaches, Japan (Asano, 1937).

Tiaris bicolor omissa    (Jardine)

Common name.—Carib grassquit.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): Animal food was found in 5 of 72 stomachs examined; one bird had eaten two cockroaches among other insects.

Class MAMMALIA[11]

Order MARSUPIALIA

Family DIDELPHIDAE

Monodelphis    sp.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The above opossum is nocturnal and arboreal but nests on the ground in grass.

Order INSECTIVORA

Family ERINACEIDAE

Erinaceus europaeus    Linnaeus

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): Two hedgehogs were fed cockroaches infested with Prosthenorchis elegans and P. spirula.

Erinaceus    sp.

Common name.—Hedgehog.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, England (Samouelle, 1841; Cowan, 1865).

Order CHIROPTERA

Family MOLOSSIDAE

Molossus    sp.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The above bat is a common house bat of the area.

Order PRIMATES

Family LEMURIDAE

Lemur coronatus    Gray

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): The monkey apparently became infested naturally with Prosthenorchis spirula for which B. germanica was the intermediate host in the monkey house.

Lemur fulvus    E. Geoffroy

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): See comment under Lemur coronatus.

Family LORISIDAE

Loris tardigradus    (Linnaeus)

Synonymy.—Lemur tardigradus [Dr. D. H. Johnson, personal communication, 1957].

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, on board ship (Cowan, 1865).

Perodicticus potto    (P. L. S. Müller)

Common name.—Potto.

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): See comment under Lemur coronatus.

Experimental prey.—Blattidae, East Africa (Pitman, 1931): Both sexes of the potto ate freely of all types of cockroaches.

Family TARSIIDAE

Tarsius    sp.

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, Borneo (Shelford, 1916).

Family CEBIDAE

Aotes zonalis    Goldman

Synonymy.—Aotus [Simpson, 1945].

Common name.—Canal Zone night monkey.

Natural prey.—Leucophaea maderae, Panama (Foster and Johnson, 1939): Captive monkeys became naturally infested with Protospirura muricola by eating cockroaches that contained infective larvae of the worm.

Ateles dariensis    Goldman

Common name.—Darien black spider monkey.

Natural prey.—Leucophaea maderae, Panama (Foster and Johnson, 1939): See comment under Aotes zonalis.

Cebus apella    (Linnaeus)

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): See comment under Lemur coronatus.

Cebus capucinus    (Linnaeus)

Common name.—White-faced monkey.

Natural prey.—Leucophaea maderae, Panama (Foster and Johnson, 1939): Favorite item of food in the laboratory. See comment under Aotes zonalis.

Saimiri sciurea    Linnaeus

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): See comment under Callithrix chrysoleucos.

Family CALLITHRICIDAE

Callithrix chrysoleucos    (Natterer)

Synonymy.—Callithrix chrysolevea [Johnson, personal communication, 1957].

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): The monkey apparently became infested naturally with Prosthenorchis elegans for which B. germanica was the intermediate host in the monkey house.

Callithrix jacchus    (Linnaeus)

Synonymy.—Simia jacchus.

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): See comment under Lemur coronatus.

Cockroaches, on board ship (Neill, 1829; also cited by Samouelle, 1841, and Cowan, 1865): "It was quite amusing to see it at its meal. When he had got hold of one of the largest cockroaches, he held it in his fore paws, and then invariably nipped the head off first; he then pulled out the viscera and cast them aside, and devoured the rest of the body, rejecting the dry elytra and wings, and also the legs of the insect, which are covered with short stiff bristles. The smaller cockroaches he eat[s] without such fastidious nicety."

Leontocebus oedipus    (Linnaeus)

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): See comment under Callithrix chrysoleucos.

Leontocebus rosalia    (Linnaeus)

Synonymy.—Midas rosalia [Simpson, 1945].

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): See comments under Lemur coronatus and Callithrix chrysoleucos.

Leontocebus ursulus    (E. Geoffroy)

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): See comments under Callithrix chrysoleucos.

Family CERCOPITHECIDAE

Cercopithecus    sp.

Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, East Africa (Carpenter, 1921, 1925): The monkey rarely tasted and usually ignored cockroaches offered to it. In one experiment the monkey had to be deprived of food before it would eat the cockroach.

Macaca mulatta    (Zimmermann)

Synonymy.—Macaca rhesus [Johnson, personal communication, 1957].

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938, 1938a): The macaque was fed cockroaches infested with Prosthenorchis elegans and P. spirula.

Macaca sylvanus    (Linnaeus)

Synonymy.—Inuus sylvanus [Simpson, 1945].

Common name.—Macaque.

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): See comment under Lemur coronatus.

Papio papio    (Desmarest)

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938, 1938a): This baboon was fed cockroaches infested with Prosthenorchis elegans and P. spirula.

Family PONGIDAE

Pan    sp.

Common name.—Chimpanzee.

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, Netherlands (Thiel and Wiegand Bruss, 1946): Indirect evidence for this relationship was shown by these workers who found two animals heavily infected with Prosthenorchis spirula in a zoo in Rotterdam; the intermediate host of the worm was shown to be B. germanica.

Family HOMINIDAE

Homo sapiens    Linnaeus

Natural prey.—Oöthecae of Blatta orientalis and Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Thailand (Bristowe, 1932).

Periplaneta americana, Formosa (Takahashi, 1924).

Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta australasiae, Australia, China, and Japan (Bodenheimer, 1951).

Cockroaches, Annam and French Guinea (Brygoo, 1946).

In addition to the above records of cockroaches being used as food by man these insects have also been eaten for medicinal purposes (see Roth and Willis, 1957a).

Order EDENTATA

Family DASYPODIDAE

Dasypus novemcinctus    Linnaeus

Synonymy.—Tatu novemcinctum [Johnson, personal communication, 1958].

Natural prey.—Ischnoptera deropeltiformis, Texas (Hebard, 1917): A specimen of this cockroach in the U. S. National Museum was taken from the stomach of the armadillo.

Order RODENTIA

Family MURIDAE

Mus musculus    Linnaeus

Experimental prey.—Diploptera punctata, U.S.A. (Eisner, 1958).

Rattus norvegicus    (Berkenhout)

Synonymy.—Mus decumanus; Epimys norvegicus.

Natural prey.—Leucophaea maderae, Venezuela (Brumpt, 1931): Rats infested with Protospirura bonnei presumably ate this cockroach which is the intermediate host of the worm.

Periplaneta americana, Brazil (Magalhães, 1898): Remains found in the stomachs of brown rats. Denmark (Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914): This cockroach was found to be the intermediate host of Gongylonema neoplasticum, a parasite of rats.

Rattus rattus    (Linnaeus)

Natural prey.—Periplaneta americana, Denmark (Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914): See comment after these authors under Rattus norvegicus.

Rattus    spp.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, India (Maxwell-Lefroy, 1909); Burma (Subramanian, 1927).

Family CAVIIDAE

Cavia    sp.

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Hobmaier, 1941): Guinea pigs were fed cockroaches infested with Physaloptera maxillaris.

Order CARNIVORA

Family CANIDAE

Canis familiaris    Linnaeus

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Hobmaier, 1941): Dogs were fed cockroaches infested with Physaloptera maxillaris. U.S.A. (Petri and Ameel, 1950): Cockroaches infested with Physaloptera rara were fed to a dog.

Canis latrans    Say

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Petri and Ameel, 1950): Cockroaches infested with Physaloptera rara were fed to a coyote.

Vulpes    sp.

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938a): A fox was successfully infected when fed cockroaches infested with Prosthenorchis elegans and P. spirula.

Family PROCYONIDAE

Bassariscus astutus    (Lichtenstein)

Common names.—Cacomistle, ring-tailed cat.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, U.S.A., Arizona (Dr. H. Stahnke, personal communication, 1953): The ring-tailed cat enters dwellings located on the desert and feeds on cockroaches and other arthropods.

Nasua narica    (Linnaeus)

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938): The coati apparently became infested naturally with Prosthenorchis spirula for which B. germanica was the intermediate host in the laboratory.

Nasua nasua    (Linnaeus)

Natural prey.—Blattella germanica, on board ship (Myers, 1931): This insect was eaten when other insects were absent.

Cockroach, a small outdoor species, Trinidad (Myers, 1931).

Nasua    sp.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a).

Family MUSTELIDAE

Meles    sp.

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938a): A badger was successfully infected when fed cockroaches infested with Prosthenorchis elegans and P. spirula.

Family VIVERRIDAE

Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus    Hodgson

Natural prey.—Epilampra wheeleri, Eurycotis improcera, Panchlora nivea, Pycnoscelus surinamensis, and others unidentified to species, St. Croix and Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1953): Based on 37 or more cockroaches obtained from stomachs of 42 mongooses collected in St. Croix (by Seaman) and 56 collected in Puerto Rico (by Pimentel).

Pimentel (personal communication, 1958) has given us the following percentage occurrence of cockroach species in the total number of mongoose stomachs that he examined in Puerto Rico: Epilampra wheeleri 1.8, Ischnoptera rufa rufa 3.6, Panchlora nivea 1.8, Periplaneta americana 1.8, and Pycnoscelus surinamensis 19.6.

Herpestes    sp.

Natural prey.—Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta australasiae, Hawaii (Perkins, 1913): Large numbers of these cockroaches are devoured.

Cockroach, East Africa (Loveridge, 1923): Cockroach remains found in stomach of mongoose.

Family FELIDAE

Felis catus    Linnaeus

Natural prey.—Periplaneta americana, Hawaii (Williams et al., 1931).

Cockroaches, U.S.A., Arizona (Stahnke, personal communication, 1953).

Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Hobmaier, 1941): Cats were fed cockroaches infested with Physaloptera maxillaris. U.S.A. (Petri and Ameel, 1950): Cockroaches infested with Physaloptera rara were fed to a kitten. France (Brumpt and Urbain, 1938a): A young cat was fed cockroaches infested with Prosthenorchis elegans and P. spirula.

Felis pardalis mearnsi    J. A. Allen

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, Panama (Dr. H. L. Sweetman, personal communication, 1958): An ocelot was seen collecting and feeding on cockroaches, possibly Blaberus sp. "The ocelot was quite efficient and seemed to relish the roaches."

XIV. CHECKLIST OF COCKROACHES AND SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATES

Only naturally occurring associations are included in this list. Commensal cockroaches are listed on page 315. Bacteroids are not listed because they undoubtedly occur in all species. The higher plants were excluded because most of the associations may be too casual to constitute symbiosis; however, many of the plant associations were included in the chapter on ecology. The cockroaches and the associates within each category are arranged alphabetically by genus and species. Page references are to citations in the classified sections where details of the associations and/or sources of the records are given.

Aglaopteryx facies
Mite: Undetermined, p. 220.
Reptile: Anolis stratulus, p. 274.

Aglaopteryx diaphana
Nematode: Protrellus manni, p. 200.

Allacta similis
Insects:
Dolichurus stantoni, p. 262.
Solindenia picticornis, p. 247.

Anaplecta sp.
Fungus: Herpomyces anaplectae, p. 134.

Aptera fusca
Protozoan: Gregarina fastidiosa, p. 182.

Arenivaga bolliana
Insect: Sarcophaga omani, p. 229.
Arenivaga roseni
Insects: Undetermined reduviids, p. 227.

Balta patula
Insect: Rhipidioides ableptus, p. 230.

Blaberus atropos
Bacterium: Spirochaeta blattae, p. 125.
Protozoa:
Endolimax nana, p. 180.
Entamoeba coli, p. 178.
Nematodes:
Leidynema appendiculata, p. 197.
Leidynema cranifera, p. 198.

Blaberus craniifer
Bacteria:
Aerobacter aerogenes, p. 111.
Alcaligenes faecalis, p. 111.
Bacillus cereus, p. 120.
Bacillus subtilis, p. 121.
Escherichia coli var. communior, p. 113.
Escherichia freundii, p. 113.
Micrococcus pyogenes var. albus, p. 106.
Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus, p. 107.
Proteus vulgaris, p. 114.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, p. 104.
Fungi:
Herpomyces tricuspidatus, p. 138.
Penicillium sp., p. 131.
Rhizopus nigricans, p. 133.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, p. 133.
Protozoan: Diplocystis (?) sp., pp. 181, 184.
Nematodes:
Leidynema cranifera, p. 198.
Protrelleta floridana, p. 199.
Mite: Iolina nana, p. 219.
Undetermined, p. 220.
Bird: Chicken, p. 278.

Blaberus discoidalis
Mite: Undetermined, p. 220.

Blaberus giganteus
Hair worm: Gordius pilosus, p. 202.

Blaberus sp.
Fungi:
Herpomyces macropus, p. 136.
Herpomyces paranensis, p. 136.
Herpomyces periplanetae, p. 137.
Herpomyces tricuspidatus, p. 138.
Protozoan: Leptomonas blaberae, p. 167.
Blaptica dubia
Protozoan: Pileocephalus blaberae, p. 184

Blatta (Shelfordella) lateralis
Bacterium: Shigella paradysenteriae, p. 119.
Insect: Ampulex assimilis, p. 257.

Blatta orientalis
Bacteria:
Aerobacter aerogenes, p. 111.
Alcaligenes faecalis, p. 111.
Alcaligenes recti, p. 111.
Arthromitus intestinalis, p. 124.
B. aerobio del pseudoedema maligno, p. 125.
B. alcaligenes beckeri, p. 125.
B. del pseudoedema maligno, p. 125.
Bacillo proteisimile, p. 126.
Bacillo similcarbonchio, p. 126.
Bacillo similtifo (Bacillo tifosimile), p. 126.
Bacillus bütschlii, p. 120.
Bacillus periplanetae, p. 121.
Bacillus stellatus, p. 121.
Bacillus subtilis, p. 122.
Bacillus tritus, p. 122.
Bacteroides uncatus, p. 119.
Clostridium lentoputrescens, p. 122.
Clostridium novyi or Clostridium sporogenes, p. 122.
Enterococcus sp., p. 109.
Escherichia coli, p. 112.
Lactobacillus fermenti, p. 109.
Micrococcus pyogenes var. albus, p. 107.
Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus, p. 107.
Micrococcus sp., p. 108.
Paracolobactrum sp., p. 113.
Pasteurella pestis, p. 119.
Proteus sp., p. 114.
Proteus vulgaris, p. 114.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, p. 104.
Pseudomonas eisenbergii, p. 105.
Pseudomonas fluorescens, p. 105.
Salmonella typhosa, p. 117.
Sarcina alba, p. 108.
Sarcina sp., pp. 108, 109.
Sarcina symbiotica (host may have been B. germanica), p. 108.
Sarcina ventriculi, p. 108.
Serratia marcescens, p. 117.
Spirillochaeta blattae, p. 127.
Spirillum α, β and γ, p. 105.
Spirillum sp., p. 105.
Spirochaeta periplanetae, p. 125.
Streptococcus faecalis, p. 109.
Streptococcus liquefaciens, p. 110.
Streptococcus microapoika, p. 110.
Streptococcus pyogenes, p. 110.
Streptococcus sp., p. 110.
Treponema parvum, p. 125.
Treponema stylopygae, p. 125.
Vibrio sp., p. 106.
Fungi:
Aspergillus fumigatus, p. 130.
Blastocystis hominis, p. 133.
Blastocystis sp., p. 133.
Candida zeylanoides, p. 129.
Coccidioides periplanetae, p. 133.
Herpomyces periplanetae, p. 137.
Herpomyces stylopygae, p. 137.
Torula gropengiesseri, p. 132.
Torulopsis sp., p. 130.
Protozoa:
Balantidium praenucleatum, p. 187.
Bodo blattae, p. 167.
Coelosporidium periplanetae, p. 185.
Diplocystis schneideri, p. 181.
Endamoeba blattae, p. 177.
Entamoeba thomsoni, p. 179.
Endolimax blattae, p. 180.
Endolimax sp., p. 180.
Gregarina blattarum, p. 181.
Haplosporidium periplanetae, p. 185.
Hartmannella blattae, p. 177.
Herpetomonas periplanetae, p. 167.
Hexamita periplanetae, p. 171.
Lophomonas blattarum, p. 172.
Lophomonas striata, p. 173.
Monas sp., p. 167.
Monocercomonoides orthopterorum, p. 169.
Nyctotherus ovalis, p. 188.
Oikomonas sp., p. 166.
Peltomyces periplanetae, p. 177.
Plistophora kudoi, p. 185.
Plistophora periplanetae, p. 186.
Plistophora sp., p. 186.
Retortamonas blattae, p. 167.
Stenophora sp., p. 181.
Tetratrichomastix blattidarum, p. 170.
Helminths:
Ascaris sp., p. 209.
Enterobius vermicularis, p. 209.
Gongylonema neoplasticum, p. 206.
Gordius blattae orientalis, p. 202.
Hammerschmidtiella diesingi, p. 195.
Hammerschmidtiella neyrai, p. 196.
Leidynema appendiculata, p. 197.
Spirura gastrophila, p. 207.
Thelastoma pachyjuli, p. 201.
Trichostrongylus sp., p. 210.
Trichuris trichiura, p. 210.
Mite: Undetermined, pp. 220, 222.
Insects:
Dermestes ater, p. 234.
Dermestes sp., p. 234.
Evania appendigaster, p. 236.
Evania dimidiata, p. 239.
Prosevania punctata, p. 240.
Systellogaster ovivora, p. 248.
Tetrastichus hagenowii, p. 250.
Tetrastichus sp., p. 254.
Bird: Chicken, p. 278.
Mammal: Homo sapiens, p. 286.

Blatta sp.
Hair worm: Gordius aquaticus, p. 201.
Insects:
Evania appendigaster, p. 236.
Tetrastichus hagenowii, p. 250.

Blattella germanica and/or Blattella vaga
Viruses: Unspecified strains of poliomyelitis virus, p. 103.

Blattella germanica
Bacteria:
Achromobacter sp., p. 110.
Aerobacter aerogenes, p. 111.
Aerobacter cloacae, p. 112.
Alcaligenes faecalis, p. 111.
Alcaligenes viscosus, p. 111.
Bacillus circulans, p. 120.
Escherichia coli, p. 112.
Escherichia freundii, p. 113.
Micrococcus aurantiacus, p. 106.
Micrococcus epidermidis, p. 106.
Micrococcus pyogenes var. albus, p. 107.
Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus, p. 107.
Micrococcus ureae, p. 107.
Micrococcus sp., p. 108.
Mycobacterium leprae, p. 123.
Paracolobactrum aerogenoides, p. 113.
Paracolobactrum coliforme, p. 113.
Paracolobactrum sp., p. 113.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, p. 104.
Sarcina symbiotica (host may have been B. orientalis), p. 108.
Salmonella typhimurium, p. 116.
Serratia marcescens, p. 117.
Streptococcus faecalis, p. 109.
Streptococcus sp., p. 110.
Fungi:
Aspergillus flavus, p. 130.
Aspergillus tamarii, p. 130.
Aspergillus sp., p. 130.
Cordyceps blattae, p. 134.
Herpomyces ectobiae, p. 135.
Memnoniella echinata, p. 132.
Saccharomyces sp., p. 133.
Protozoa:
Bodo sp. (host may have been P. americana), p. 167.
Coelosporidium periplanetae, p. 185.
Dobellina sp. (host may have been P. americana), p. 177.
Endamoeba blattae (host may have been P. americana), p. 177.
Endolimax sp. (host may have been P. americana), p. 180.
Entamoeba coli (host may have been P. americana), p. 178.
Entamoeba histolytica (host may have been P. americana), p. 179.
Entamoeba thomsoni, p. 179.
Eutrichomastix sp. (host may have been P. americana), p. 169.
Gregarina blattarum, p. 182.
Iodamoeba sp. (host may have been P. americana), p. 180.
Lophomonas blattarum, p. 172.
Lophomonas striata, p. 173.
Nyctotherus ovalis, p. 188.
Peltomyces periplanetae, p. 177.
Plistophora periplanetae, p. 186.
Tetratrichomastix blattidarum, p. 170.
Helminths:
Blattelicola blattelicola, p. 193.
Blatticola blattae, p. 193.
Enterobius vermicularis, p. 209.
Galebia aegyptiaca, p. 195.
Gongylonema neoplasticum, p. 206.
Moniliformis kalahariensis, p. 203.
Prosthenorchis elegans, p. 203.
Prosthenorchis spirula, p. 203.
Tetrameres americana, p. 207.
Trichuris trichiura, p. 210.
Mites:
Blattisocius tineivorus, p. 216.
Caloglyphus sp., p. 218.
Undetermined, p. 220.
Insects:
Brachygaster minutus, p. 235.
Eupelmus atriflagellum, p. 247.
Dolichurus corniculus, p. 261.
Ripidius pectinicornis, p. 232.
Mammals:
Callithrix chrysoleucos, p. 285.
Callithrix jacchus, p. 285.
Cebus apella, p. 284.
Lemur coronatus, p. 283.
Lemur fulvus, p. 283.
Leontocebus oedipus, p. 285.
Leontocebus rosalia, p. 285.
Leontocebus ursulus, p. 285.
Macaca sylvanus, p. 286.
Nasua narica, p. 288.
Nasua nasua, p. 288.
Pan sp., p. 286.
Perodicticus potto, p. 284.
Saimiri sciurea, p. 285.

Blattella humbertiana
Fungus: Herpomyces gracilis, p. 135.
Nematode: Protrellus phyllodromi, p. 200.
Mite: Uropoda sp., p. 217.
Blattella lituricollis
Insect: Dolichurus stantoni, p. 262.

Blattella sp.
Reptile: Anolis cristatellus, p. 273.

Cariblatta delicatula
Insect: Hyptia sp., p. 240.
Reptile: Anolis cristatellus, p. 273.

Cariblatta lutea lutea
Plants:
Sarracenia flava, p. 154.
Sarracenia purpurea, p. 154.

Chorisoneura sp.
Insects:
Stylogaster sp., p. 228.
Tachysphex blatticidus, p. 264.

Choristima sp.
Insect: Rhipidioides rubricatus, p. 231.

Choristimodes sp.
Insect: Rhipidioides rubricatus, p. 231.

Cryptocercus punctulatus
Bacterium: Bacillus subtilis, p. 122.
Protozoa:
Adelina cryptocerci, p. 184.
Barbulanympha estaboga, p. 173.
Barbulanympha laurabuda, p. 174.
Barbulanympha ufalula, p. 174.
Barbulanympha wenyoni, p. 174.
Eucomonympha imla, p. 176.
Hexamita cryptocerci, p. 171.
Idionympha perissa, p. 174.
Leptospironympha eupora, p. 172.
Leptospironympha rudis, p. 172.
Leptospironympha wachula, p. 172.
Macrospironympha xylopletha, p. 172.
Monocercomonoides globus, p. 169.
Notila proteus, p. 170.
Oxymonas doroaxostylus, p. 170.
Oxymonas nana, p. 170.
Prolophomonas tocopola, p. 173.
Rhynchonympha tarda, p. 174.
Saccinobaculus ambloaxostylus, p. 170.
Saccinobaculus lata, p. 170.
Trichonympha acuta, p. 174.
Trichonympha algoa, p. 174.
Trichonympha chula, p. 176.
Trichonympha grandis, p. 176.
Trichonympha lata, p. 176.
Trichonympha okolona, p. 176.
Trichonympha parva, p. 176.
Urinympha talea, p. 174.
Undetermined gregarine, p. 184.
Amphibian: Plethodon glutinosus, p. 269.
Cutilia soror
Insects:
Dolichurus stantoni, p. 262.
Evania appendigaster, p. 236.
Szepligetella sericea, p. 242.
Bird: Phasianus sp., p. 277.

Cutilia sp.
Nematode: Undetermined, p. 201.
Insects:
Riekella australis, p. 231.
Undetermined strepsipteron, p. 234.

Diploptera punctata
Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 117.
Fungus: Herpomyces diplopterae, p. 135.
Mites:
Iolina nana, p. 219.
Locustacarus sp., p. 219.
Insect: Nauphoeta cinerea, p. 324.
Amphibian: Bufo marinus, p. 270.
Bird: Phasianus sp., p. 277.

Ectobius lapponicus
Protozoa:
Gamocystis tenax, p. 184.
Monocercomonoides orthopterorum, p. 169.
Nematode: Blatticola blattae, p. 193.
Insects:
Brachygaster minutus, p. 235.
Dolichurus corniculus, p. 261.
Tachysphex lativalvis, p. 264.

Ectobius pallidus
Protozoan: Gamocystis tenax, p. 184.
Helminths:
Blatticola blattae, p. 193.
Undetermined mermithid, p. 192.
Insects:
Ampulex fasciata, p. 259.
Aphaenogaster picea, p. 267.
Dolichurus corniculus, p. 261.
Lasius alienus, p. 268.
Ripidius boissyi (presumptive record), p. 231.
Ripidius denisi (presumptive record), p. 232.
Tachysphex lativalvis, p. 264.

Ectobius panzeri
Centipede: Scolopendra sp., p. 224.
Insects:
Dolichurus corniculus, p. 261.
Tachysphex lativalvis, p. 264.
Ectobius sp.
Insects:
Brachygaster minutus, p. 235.
Dolichurus corniculus, p. 261.
Tachysphex lativalvis, p. 264.

Ellipsidion affine
Insect: Rhipidioides fuscatus, p. 230.

Ellipsidion australe
Insects:
Agamerion metallica, p. 243.
Cheiloneurus viridiscutum, p. 244.
Mestocharomyia oophaga, p. 248.

Epilampra abdomen-nigrum
Insect: Podium flavipenne, p. 265.
Amphibian: Bufo marinus, p. 270.

Epilampra conferta
Insect: Podium sp., p. 266.

Epilampra sp.
Fungus: Herpomyces tricuspidatus, p. 138.
Insect: Podium haematogastrum, p. 266.
Bird: Gymnasio nudipes, p. 279.

Epilampra wheeleri
Reptiles:
Ameiva exsul, p. 275.
Anolis cristatellus, p. 273.
Mammal: Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus, p. 289.

Escala (?) sp.
Insect: Rhipidioides adynatus, p. 230.

Eurycotis floridana
Fungi:
Aspergillus flavus, p. 130.
Aspergillus sydowi, P. 130.
Helminths:
Euryconema paradisa, p. 194.
Leidynema appendiculata(?), p. 198.
Protrelloides paradoxa, p. 200.
Undetermined gordian worm, p. 202.
Insects:
Anastatus floridanus, p. 245.
Undetermined tachinid, p. 228.

Eurycotis improcera
Mammal: Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus, p. 289.
Eurycotis manni
Fungus: Herpomyces zanzibarinus, p. 138.

Graptoblatta notulata
Insect: Tachysphex fanuiensis, p. 264.

Gromphadorhina portentosa
Protozoan: Undetermined gregarine, p. 184.
Mite: Coleolaelaps ? sp., p. 216.

Gyna sp.(?)
Fungus: Herpomyces zanzibarinus, p. 138.

Holocompsa fulva
Insect: Pheidole megacephala, p. 268.

Hololampra punctata
Insect: Dolichurus corniculus, p. 261.

Ischnoptera deropeltiformis
Plant: Sarracenia flava, p. 154
Amphibian: Hyla cinerea, p. 270.
Mammal: Dasypus novemcinctus, p. 287.

Ischnoptera rufa rufa
Fungus: Spicaria prasina, p. 130.
Mammal: Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus, p. 289.

Ischnoptera sp.
Fungus: Herpomyces arietinus, p. 134.
Insects:
Ampulex canaliculata, p. 257.
Syntomosphyrum ischnopterae, p. 249.

Karnyia discoidalis
Spider: Latrodectus indistinctus, p. 215.

Kuchinga hemerobina
Hair worm: Parachordodes raphaelis, p. 202.
Leucophaea maderae
Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 117.
Fungus: Herpomyces tricuspidatus, p. 138.
Protozoa:
Gregarina rhyparobiae, p. 183.
Hexamita (?) sp., p. 171.
Retortamonas (?) sp., p. 167.
Undetermined gregarine, p. 184.
Nematodes:
Hammerschmidtiella diesingi, p. 195.
Leidynema delatorrei, p. 198.
Protospirura bonnei, p. 206.
Protospirura muricola, p. 206.
Mite: Chaetodactylus sp., p. 218.
Mammals:
Aotes zonalis, p. 284.
Ateles dariensis, p. 284.
Cebus capucinus, p. 284.
Rattus norvegicus, p. 287.

Leucophaea sp.
Nematode: Cephalobellus brevicaudatum, p. 194.

Leurolestes pallidus
Fungus: Herpomyces leurolestis, p. 136.

Loboptera decipiens
Insects:
Dolichurus corniculus, p. 261.
Zeuxevania splendidula, p. 243.

Loboptera sp.
Fungus: Herpomyces lobopterae, p. 136.

Lobopterella dimidiatipes
Insect: Ampulex canaliculata, p. 257.
Bird: Coturnix coturnix japonica, p. 277.

Melanosilpha capensis
Protozoa:
Gregarina impetuosa, p. 183.
Gregarina sandoni, p. 183.

Monastria sp.
Insect: Triatoma arthurneivai, p. 227.

Nauphoeta cinerea
Bacteria:
Salmonella typhimurium, p. 116.
Serratia marcescens, p. 117.
Fungus: Herpomyces tricuspidatus, p. 138.
Mites:
Blattilaelaps nauphoetae, p. 216.
Locustacarus sp., p. 219.
Insect: Pheidole megacephala, p. 268.

Neostylopyga rhombifolia
Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 117.
Insects:
Evania appendigaster, p. 237.
Szepligetella sericea, p. 242.
Tetrastichus hagenowii, p. 250.
Mammal: Homo sapiens, p. 286.

Nyctibora obscura
Fungus: Herpomyces amazonicus, p. 134.

Nyctibora sp.
Fungus: Herpomyces nyctoborae, p. 136.

Nyctibora tomantosa
Fungus: Herpomyces nyctoborae, p. 136.

Oniscosoma granicollis
Insect: Paranephrites xenus, p. 230.

Panchlora exoleta
Protozoan: Gregarina panchlorae, p. 183.

Panchlora nivea
Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 117.
Fungus: Herpomyces panchlorae, p. 136.
Mammal: Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus, p. 289.

Panesthia angustipennis
Protozoa:
Clevelandella constricta, p. 189.
Clevelandella contorta, p. 189.
Clevelandella elongata, p. 189.
Clevelandella hastula, p. 189.
Clevelandella panesthiae, p. 189.
Clevelandella parapanesthiae, p. 189.
Endamoeba javanica, p. 178.
Endamoeba philippinensis, p. 178.
Hexamita cryptocerci, p. 171.
Monocercomonoides panesthiae, p. 170.
Nyctotherus uichancoi, p. 188.
Paraclevelandia brevis, p. 190.
Paraclevelandia simplex, p. 190.
Undetermined amoeba, p. 181.
Nematodes:
Aorurus philippinensis, p. 193.
Blattophila sphaerolaima var. javanica, p. 194.
Leidynema nocalum, p. 198.
Leidynemella fusiformis, p. 198.
Leidynemella paracranifera, p. 198.
Thelastoma palmettum, p. 201.

Panesthia australis
Fungus: Metarrhizium anisopliae, p. 131.
Mite:
Hypoaspis sp., p. 217.
Undetermined diplogyniid, p. 217.
Insect: Undetermined tachinid, p. 228.

Panesthia laevicollis
Nematode: Blattophila sphaerolaima, p. 194.

Panesthia laevicollis (?)
Nematode: Leidynemella fusiformis, p. 198.

Panesthia lobipennis
Fungus: Herpomyces panesthiae, p. 136.

Panesthia spadica
Protozoa:
Clevelandella constricta, p. 189.
Clevelandella contorta, p. 189.
Clevelandella nipponensis, p. 189.
Clevelandella panesthiae, p. 189.
Endamoeba javanica, p. 178.
Nyctotherus uichancoi, p. 188.
Paraclevelandia brevis, p. 190.
Paraclevelandia simplex, p. 190.

Panesthia sp.
Nematode: Leidynemella panesthiae, p. 198.

Parahormetica bilobata
Helminths:
Agamospirura parahormeticae, p. 205.
Undetermined gordian worm, p. 202.

Parcoblatta lata
Plant: Sarracenia flava, p. 154.
Protozoan: Leptomonas sp., p. 167.
Nematode: Protrellus aurifluus, p. 199.
Parcoblatta pensylvanica
Protozoa:
Gregarina blattarum, p. 182.
Gregarina illinensis, p. 183.
Gregarina parcoblattae, p. 183.
Gregarina thomasi, p. 184.
Leptomonas sp., p. 167.
Nyctotherus ovalis, p. 188.
Nematode: Rictularia coloradensis, p. 205.
Scorpion: Centruroides vittatus (?), p. 212.
Insects:
Camponotus pennsylvanicus, p. 267.
Hyptia dorsalis, p. 239.
Hyptia harpyoides, p. 239.
Hyptia reticulata, p. 240.
Hyptia thoracica, p. 240.
Podium carolina, p. 265.
Systellogaster ovivora, p. 248.
Amphibian: Rana (?) sp., p. 272.

Parcoblatta uhleriana
Fungus: Herpomyces arietinus, p. 134.
Protozoan: Gregarina parcoblattae, p. 183.
Nematode: Protrellus aurifluus, p. 199.
Mite: Undetermined, p. 220.
Insect: Hyptia harpyoides, p. 239.

Parcoblatta virginica
Fungus: Herpomyces arietinus, p. 134.
Protozoa:
Gregarina ohioensis, p. 183.
Leptomonas sp., p. 167.
Nematode: Rictularia coloradensis, p. 205.
Insects:
Hyptia harpyoides, p. 239.
Podium luctuosum, p. 266.

Parcoblatta sp.
Fungus: Herpomyces arietinus, p. 134.
Plant: Sarracenia flava, p. 154.
Mite: Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus, p. 219.
Insects:
Coenosia basalis, p. 229.
Dolichurus greenei, p. 261.
Hyptia sp., p. 240.
Megaselia sp., p. 227.
Syntomosphyrum blattae, p. 248.
Systellogaster ovivora, p. 248.
Tetrastichus hagenowii, p. 250.

Periplaneta americana
Viruses: Unspecified strain(s) of poliomyelitis virus (host may have been P. brunnea), p. 103.
Bacteria:
Achromobacter hyalinum, p. 110.
Aerobacter aerogenes, p. 111.
Aerobacter cloacae, p. 112.
Aerobacter sp., p. 112.
Alcaligenes faecalis, p. 111.
Bacillus cereus, p. 120.
Bacillus megaterium, p. 121.
Bacillus subtilis, p. 122.
Bacterium alkaligenes, p. 119.
Clostridium sp., p. 122.
Eberthella oedematiens, p. 112.
Escherichia coli, p. 112.
Escherichia freundii, p. 113.
Escherichia intermedium, p. 113.
Mycobacterium friedmannii, p. 123.
Mycobacterium lacticola, p. 123.
Mycobacterium leprae, p. 123.
Mycobacterium phlei, p. 123.
Mycobacterium piscium, p. 124.
Mycobacterium sp., p. 124.
Nocardia sp. (?), p. 124.
Paracolobactrum aerogenoides, p. 113.
Paracolobactrum coliforme, p. 113.
Paracolobactrum sp., p. 113.
Proteus mirabilis, p. 114.
Proteus morganii, p. 114.
Proteus rettgeri, p. 114.
Proteus vulgaris, p. 114.
Proteus sp., p. 114.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, p. 104.
Pseudomonas fluorescens, p. 105.
Salmonella anatis, p. 114.
Salmonella morbificans, p. 115.
Salmonella schottmuelleri, p. 115.
Salmonella sp. (Type Bareilly), p. 115.
Salmonella sp. (Type Bredeny), p. 115.
Salmonella sp. (Type Kentucky), p. 115.
Salmonella sp. (Type Meleagris), p. 116.
Salmonella sp. (Type Newport), p. 116.
Salmonella sp. (Type Oranienburg), p. 116.
Salmonella sp. (Type Panama), p. 116.
Salmonella sp. (Type Rubislaw), p. 116.
Salmonella sp. (Type Tennessee), p. 116.
Sarcina sp., p. 108.
Serratia marcescens, p. 118.
Shigella alkalescens, p. 118.
Spirillum periplaneticum, p. 105.
Streptococcus faecalis, p. 109.
Streptomyces leidynematis, pp. 196, 197.
Tetragenous sp., p. 127.
Veillonella parvula, p. 109.
Fungi:
Aspergillus flavus, p. 130.
Aspergillus niger, p. 130.
Aspergillus sp., p. 131.
Cephalosporium sp., p. 131.
Herpomyces chaetophilus, p. 135.
Herpomyces periplanetae, p. 137.
Metarrhizium anisopliae, p. 131.
Mucor guilliermondii, p. 132.
Mucor sp., p. 132.
Penicillium sp., p. 131.
Rhizopus sp., p. 133.
Syncephalastrum sp., p. 133.
Torula acidophila, p. 132.
Protozoa:
Balantidium blattarum, p. 187.
Balantidium ovatum, p. 187.
Balantidium sp., p. 187.
Bodo sp. (host may have been B. germanica), p. 167.
Coelosporidium periplanetae, p. 185.
Diplocystis schneideri, p. 181.
Diplocystis sp., p. 181.
Dobellina sp. (host may have been B. germanica), p. 177.
Endamoeba blattae, p. 177.
Endolimax blattae, p. 180.
Endolimax sp. (host may have been B. germanica), p. 180.
Entamoeba coli (host may have been B. germanica), p. 178.
Entamoeba histolytica (host may have been B. germanica), p. 179.
Entamoeba sp., p. 179.
Entamoeba thomsoni, p. 179.
Eutrichomastix sp. (host may have been B. germanica), p. 169.
Gregarina blattarum, p. 182.
Gregarina légeri, p. 183.
Gregarina neo-brasiliensis, p. 183.
Hexamita periplanetae, p. 171.
Iodamoeba sp. (host may have been B. germanica) p. 180.
Isotricha caulleryi, p. 187.
Lophomonas blattarum, p. 172.
Lophomonas striata, p. 173.
Monocercomonoides orthopterorum, p. 169.
Nyctotherus ovalis, p. 188.
Plistophora periplanetae, p. 186.
Protomagalhaesia serpentula, p. 184.
Tetratrichomastix blattidarum, p. 170.
Helminths:
Ancylostoma duodenale, p. 209.
Ascaris lumbricoides or Ascaris suum, p. 209.
Binema mirzaia, p. 193.
Gongylonema neoplasticum, p. 206.
Gongylonema sp., p. 206.
Gordius sp., p. 202.
Hammerschmidtiella diesingi,p. 195.
Hymenolepis sp., p. 208.
Leidynema appendiculata, p. 197.
Moniliformis dubius, p. 203.
Moniliformis moniliformis, p. 204.
Necator americanus, p. 210.
Protrellus künckeli, p. 199.
Schwenkiella icemi, p. 200.
Spirura gastrophila, p. 207.
Thelastoma pachyjuli, p. 201.
Trichuris trichiura, p. 210.
Mites:
Caloglyphus sp., p. 218.
Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus, p. 219.
Rhizoglyphus tarsalus, p. 218.
Tyrophagus noxius, p. 218.
Undetermined, p. 220.
Spiders:
Avicularia avicularia, p. 214.
Avicularia sp., p. 214.
Centipedes: Undetermined, p. 222.
Insects:
Ampulex amoena, p. 256.
Ampulex compressa, p. 259.
Anastatus tenuipes, p. 246.
Calodexia (?) venteris, p. 228.
Evania appendigaster, p. 237.
Melittobia chalybii, p. 248.
Prosevania punctata, p. 241.
Ripidius pectinicornis, p. 232.
Spiniger domesticus, p. 227.
Szepligetella sericea, p. 242.
Tetrastichus hagenowii, p. 250.
Tetrastichus periplanetae, p. 253.
Tetrastichus sp., p. 254.
Trirhogma caerulea, p. 262.
Amphibian:
Hyla cinerea, p. 270.
Reptiles:
Ameiva exsul, p. 275.
Anolis cristatellus, p. 273.
Birds:
Chicken, p. 278.
Sparrow, p. 282.
Mammals:
Felis catus, p. 289.
Herpestea javanicus auropunctatus, p. 289.
Herpestes sp., p. 289.
Homo sapiens, p. 286.
Rattus norvegicus, p. 287.
Rattus rattus, p. 287.

Periplaneta australasiae
Bacteria:
Mycobacterium leprae, p. 123.
Serratia marcescens, p. 118.
Fungus: Herpomyces periplanetae, p. 137.
Plant: Sarracenia minor, p. 154.
Protozoa:
Endamoeba blattae, p. 177.
Endolimax blattae, p. 180.
Nematodes:
Gongylonema neoplasticum, p. 206.
Hammerschmidtiella diesingi, p. 195.
Moniliformis dubius, p. 203.
Protrellus australasiae, p. 199.
Protrellus künckeli, p. 200.
Centipedes: Undetermined, p. 222.
Insects:
Ampulex amoena, p. 256.
Ampulex compressa, p. 259.
Evania appendigaster, p. 237.
Szepligetella sericea, p. 242.
Tetrastichus australasiae, p. 249.
Tetrastichus hagenowii, p. 250.
Tetrastichus, sp., p. 254.
Trirhogma caerulea, p. 262.
Reptiles:
Anolis cristatellus, p. 273.
Chrysemys picta, p. 272.
Bird: Gallus sp., p. 277.
Mammals:
Herpestes sp., p. 289.
Homo sapiens, p. 287.

Periplaneta brunnea
Viruses: Unspecified strain(s) of poliomyelitis virus (host may have been P. americana), p. 103.
Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 118.
Fungus: Herpomyces periplanetae, p. 137.
Nematode: Schwenkiella icemi, p. 200.
Insect: Tetrastichus hagenowii, p. 251.

Periplaneta fuliginosa
Insect: Ampulex amoena, p. 256.

Periplaneta sp.
Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 118.
Fungi:
Herpomyces chaetophilus, p. 135.
Herpomyces periplanetae, p. 137.
Protozoan: Lophomonas blattarum, p. 172.
Helminths: Thelastoma riveroi, p. 201.
Moniliformis moniliformis, p. 204.
Insects:
Ampulex compressa, p. 259.
Evania subspinosa (presumptive record?), p. 239.
Szepligetella sericea, p. 242.
Amphibian: Bufo marinus, p. 270.
Reptiles:
Anolis grahami, p. 274.
Anolis leachi, p. 274.
Bird: Vireo latimeri, p. 281.

"Phyllodromia" sp.
Fungus: Herpomyces phyllodromiae, p. 137.
Insects:
Dicarnosis alfierii, p. 245.
Dolichurus stantoni, p. 262.

Platyzosteria castanea
Insect: Riekella sp., p. 231.

Platyzosteria novae seelandiae
Protozoan: Monocercomonoides melolonthae, p. 169.

Platyzosteria scabra
Fungus: Herpomyces appendiculatus, p. 134.

Platyzosteria sp.
Insect: Riekella nitidioides, p. 231.

Plectoptera sp.
Bird: Todus mexicanus, p. 279.

Polyphaga aegyptiaca
Nematodes:
Blatticola blattae, p. 193.
Galebia aegyptiaca, p. 195.
Hammerschmidtiella diesingi, p. 195.
Oxyuris (?) heterogamiae, p. 199.

Polyphaga saussurei
Helminths:
Hymenolepis sp., p. 208.
Undetermined tapeworm ova, p. 208.
Insects: Undetermined reduviids, p. 227.

Polyzosteria melanaria (?) or Platyzosteria analis
Nematode: Protrellus aureus, p. 199.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 117.
Fungus: Mucor sp., p. 132.
Protozoa:
Undetermined ciliate, p. 190.
Undetermined flagellate, p. 176.
Undetermined gregarine, p. 184.
Nematodes:
Oxyspirura mansoni, p. 204.
Severianoia severianoi, p. 200.
Mites:
Caloglyphus spinitarsus, p. 217.
Histiostoma feroniarum, p. 217.
Tyrophagus lintneri, p. 218
Undetermined, p. 220.
Insects:
Pheidole megacephala, p. 268.
Undetermined ants, p. 350.
Amphibian: Bufo marinus, p. 270.
Reptile: Anolis sagrei, p. 274.
Birds:
Acridotheres tristis, p. 281.
Ducks, p. 277.
Melanerpes portoricensis, p. 280.
Meleagris gallopavo, p. 278.
Passer domesticus, p. 282.
Phasianus sp., p. 277.
Streptopelia chinensis, p. 278.
Mammal: Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus, p. 289.

Robshelfordia circumducta or Robshelfordia longiuscula
Insects:
Neorhipidius neoxenus, p. 230.
Rhipidioides helenae, p. 230.
Rhipidioides mollis, p. 231.

Steleopyga (?) sinensis
Nematode: Suifunema caudelli, p. 200.

Supella supellectilium
Viruses: Unspecified strain(s) of poliomyelitis virus, p. 103.
Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 117.
Fungus: Herpomyces supellae, p. 138.
Nematode: Blattophila supellaima, p. 194.
Insects:
Anastatus tenuipes, p. 246.
Comperia merceti, p. 244.

Symploce flagellata or Symploce ruficollis
Reptile: Anolis cristatellus, p. 273.

Symploce parenthesis
Hair worm: Parachordodes raphaelis, p. 202.

Temnopteryx phalerata
Protozoan: Gregarina gibbsi, p. 182.

Undetermined Cockroaches
Bacteria:
Arthromitus intestinalis, p. 124.
Bacillus subtilis, p. 122.
Clostridium perfringens, p. 122.
Escherichia coli, p. 112.
Fusiformis lophomonadis, p. 119.
Micrococcus citreus, p. 106.
Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus, p. 107.
Mycobacterium leprae, p. 123.
Paracolon bacilli, p. 113.
Proteus morganii, p. 114.
Proteus vulgaris, p. 114.
Spirillum sp., p. 105.
Spirochaeta periplanetae, p. 125.
Streptococcus sp., p. 110.
Vibrio Types I and II Heiberg, p. 106.
Fungi:
Amphoromorpha blattina, p. 139.
Amphoromorpha sp., p. 139.
Blastocystis sp., p. 133.
Cordyceps amazonica, p. 134.
Herpomyces anaplectae, p. 134.
Herpomyces chilensis, p. 135.
Herpomyces diplopterae, p. 135.
Herpomyces forficularis, p. 135.
Herpomyces grenadinus, p. 136.
Herpomyces macropus, p. 136.
Herpomyces paranensis, p. 136.
Herpomyces periplanetae, p. 137.
Herpomyces platyzosteriae, p. 137.
Herpomyces tricuspidatus, p. 138.
Herpomyces zanzibarinus, p. 138.
Metarrhizium anisopliae, p. 131.
Plants:
Nepenthes ampularia, p. 154.
Nepenthes gracilis, p. 154.
Nepenthes sp., p. 154.
Protozoa:
Diplocystis sp., p. 181.
Endamoeba blattae, p. 177.
Entamoeba histolytica, p. 179.
Giardia sp., p. 172.
Gregarina blattarum, p. 182.
Hexamita periplanetae, p. 171.
Lophomonas blattarum, p. 172.
Lophomonas striata, p. 173.
Monas sp., p. 167.
Monocercomonoides orthopterorum, p. 169.
Nyctotherus buissoni, p. 188.
Nyctotherus ovalis, p. 188.
Nyctotherus viannai, p. 189.
Oikomonas blattarum, p. 166.
Oikomonas sp., p. 166.
Paramecium sp., p. 186.
Trichomonas sp., p. 171.
Helminths:
Cephalobellus magalhãesi, p. 194.
Chordodes morgani, p. 201.
Gordius sp., p. 202.
Hammerschmidtiella diesingi, p. 195.
Leidynema appendiculata, p. 197.
Moniliformis moniliformis, p. 204.
Protrellus galebi, p. 199.
Schwenkiella icemi, p. 200.
Severianoia magna, p. 200.
Severianoia severianoi, p. 200.
Spirura gastrophila, p. 207.
Undetermined gordian worms, p. 202.
Scorpion: Heterometrus longimanus, p. 213.
Spiders:
Ctenid, p. 214.
Heteropoda venatoria, p. 215.
Latrodectus mactans, p. 216.
Mite: Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus, p. 219.
Centipedes:
Allothereua maculata (circumstantial evidence), p. 223.
Scolopendra morsitans, p. 223.
Scolopendra subspinipes, p. 224.
Scutigera coleoptrata (circumstantial evidence), p. 222.
Insects:
Acanthinevania princeps, p. 235.
Agamerion metallica, p. 243.
Ampulex compressa, p. 259.
Ampulex ruficornis, p. 259.
Ampulex sibirica, p. 260.
Ampulex sonnerati, p. 260.
Anastatus blattidifurax p. 245.
Anastatus tenuipes, p. 246.
Blatticida pulchra, p. 243.
Blatticidella ashmeadi, p. 243.
Calodexia spp., p. 228.
Clerada apicicornis, p. 226.
Dicarnosis alfierii, p. 245.
Diestrammena apicalis, p. 226.
Diestrammena japonica, p. 226.
Dolichurus bicolor, p. 260.
Dolichurus corniculus, p. 261.
Dolichurus gilberti, p. 261.
Dolichurus ignitus, p. 261.
Dolichurus sp., p. 262.
Dorylus nigricans sjöstedi, p. 267.
Dorylus sp., p. 267.
Dorylus wilverthii, p. 267.
Eciton burchelli, p. 268.
Eupelmus sp., p. 247.
Eutrichosomella blattophaga, p. 245.
"Formica omnivora," p. 268.
Iridomyrmex humilis, p. 268.
Neonephrites partiniger, p. 230.
Podium abdominale, p. 265.
Podium dubium, p. 265.
Podium rufipes, p. 266.
Pompilus bracatus, p. 256.
Pompilus sp., p. 256.
Salius verticalis, p. 256.
Ripidius scutellaris, p. 233.
Solindenia picticornis, p. 247.
Stylogaster spp., p. 228.
Stylogaster stylata, p. 228.
Syntomosphyrum blattae, p. 248.
Systellogaster ovivora, p. 248.
Tachysphex blatticidus, p. 264.
Tachysphex coriaceus, p. 264.
Tachysphex fanuiensis, p. 264.
Tetrastichus hagenowii, p. 251.
Tetrastichus periplanetae, p. 253.
Trirhogma sp., p. 264.
Undetermined tachinid, p. 229.
Fish:
Chalceus macrolepidotus, p. 269.
Cyrtocharax magdalenae essequibensis, p. 269.
Potamotrygon humboldti, p. 268.
Rhamdia sebae, p. 268.
Amphibians:
Arthroleptis variabilis, p. 270.
Bufo ictericus, p. 270.
Bufo funereus, p. 270.
Bufo marinus, p. 270.
Hyla cinerea, p. 270.
Hyperolius picturatus, p. 271.
Leptodactylus albilabris, p. 271.
Leptodactylus pentadactylus, p. 271.
Leptopelis calcaratus, p. 271.
Leptopelis rufus, p. 271.
Megalixalus fornasinii, p. 271.
Rana catesbeiana, p. 271.
Rana mascareniensis, p. 271.
Tree frogs, p. 351.
Reptiles:
Ameiva exsul, p. 275.
Ameiva sp., p. 275.
Anolis cristatellus, p. 273.
Anolis grahami, p. 274.
Anolis leachi, p. 274.
Anolis pulchellus, p. 273.
Anolis sp., p. 274.
Anolis stratulus, p. 274.
Cnemidophorus sp., p. 275.
Geckos, p. 273.
Gekko gecko, p. 272.
Hemidactylus frenatus, p. 272.
Leiolopisma laterale, p. 274.
Lizards, p. 275.
Skinks, p. 274.
Sphaerodactylus sp., p. 273.
Thecadactylus sp., p. 273.
Tropidophorus grayi, p. 274.
Birds:
Acridotheres tristis, p. 281.
Agelaius xanthomus, p. 282.
Bambusicola thoracica, p. 277.
Chickens, p. 278.
Coturnix coturnix japonica, p. 277.
Dendrocopus mahrattensis, p. 279.
Ducks, p. 277.
Gymnasio nudipes, p. 279.
Gymnopithys leucaspis, p. 280.
Holoquiscalus brachypterus, p. 282.
Icterus portoricensis, p. 280.
Owl, p. 351.
Partridge, p. 278.
Phasianus sp., p. 277.
Sparrow, p. 282.
Tiaris bicolor omissa, p. 282.
Tockus birostris, p. 279.
Troglodytes aedon, p. 281.
Troglodytes audax, p. 281.
Mammals:
Bassariscus astutus, p. 288.
Callithrix jacchus, p. 285.
Erinaceus sp., p. 283.
Felis catus, p. 289.
Felis paradalis mearnsi, p. 290.
Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus, p. 289
Herpestes sp., p. 289.
Homo sapiens, p. 287.
Loris tardigradus, p. 284.
Molossus sp., p. 283.
Monodelphis sp., p. 283.
Nasua nasua, p. 288.
Nasua sp., p. 289.
Rattus sp., p. 287.

XV. COCKROACHES AS COMMENSALS

These particular associations may well have been accidental and due to a predilection for the same type of nesting site. But this fact in no way detracts from the interest of such records. Chance must play a very considerable part in first bringing symbiotic or commensal partners together. Once such a partnership between species has been firmly established, it is on the whole, fairly obvious, ... On the other hand, in the early stages before the relationship has become fixed as a specific habit, individual cases are generally dismissed as coincidences. It is, however, unwise to disregard such isolated observations or dismiss them lightly.

Rothschild and Clay (1957)

The following social insects have been found harboring cockroaches in a state of commensalism in which the cockroaches presumably benefit by acquiring food from their hosts. Benefits accruing to the hosts are not apparent. Unfortunately, biological details are not always sufficient to substantiate the suspected association. However, it seems significant that the cockroach commensals of the insects listed below have been found only in association with their hosts and, so far as we know, have never been found apart from them. Chopard (1938) has pointed out that the myrmecophilous cockroaches are all small, being only a very few millimeters long; they are apterous or subapterous; their eyes are reduced; and they are all of American origin.

HOSTS OF COMMENSAL COCKROACHES

Order ISOPTERA

Family RHINOTERMITIDAE

Coptotermes ceylonicus    Holmgren

Commensal.—Sphecophila ravana, Ceylon (Fernando, 1957): Six females, 50 males, and nymphs of both sexes were found among decaying timber in the ground in association with a colony of this termite. The antennae of most specimens were mutilated unsymmetrically.

Family TERMITIDAE

Macrotermes barneyi    Light

Commensal.—Nocticola sinensis, Kowloon (Silvestri, 1947): Among specimens of termites collected from a nest.

Macrotermes bellicosus    (Smeathman)

or

Macrotermes natalensis    (Haviland)

Synonymy.—Termes bellicosus [Snyder, 1949].

Commensal.—Sphecophila termitium, Kibonoto, East Africa (Shelford, 1910): Two males were collected in a termite mound.

Macrotermes malaccensis    (Haviland)

Synonymy.—Termes malaccensis Haviland [Snyder, 1949].

Commensal.—Nocticola termitophila, Tonkin (Silvestri, 1946): The cockroach was found in the termite nest.

Odontotermes    sp.

Commensals.—Nocticola sinensis, Kowloon (Silvestri, 1946): In termite nest.

Nocticola termitophila, Penang (Silvestri, 1946): In termite nest.

Termes    sp.

Commensal.—Nocticola sinensis, Repulse Bay, Australia(?) (Silvestri, 1946): In a termite gallery.

Termites

Commensal.—Ergaula capensis [= Dyscologamia wollastoni] French Equatorial Africa, Brazzaville (Rehn, 1926; Chopard, 1949).

Order HYMENOPTERA

Family FORMICIDAE

Subfamily FORMICINAE

Camponotus femoratus    (Fabricius)

Commensal.—Phorticolea boliviae, Bolivia, Cachuela Esperanza (Caudell, 1923): Three males collected in the joint nests of C. femoratus and Crematogaster limata.

Camponotus maculatus    (Fabricius)?

Note.—Dr. W. L. Brown (personal communication, 1957) states that this ant is an Old World species only. So presumably Mann's record pertains to a different species.

Commensal.—Myrmecoblatta rehni, Mexico (Mann, 1914): "They were very abundant, several occurring in almost every nest, where they are no doubt very efficient scavengers."

Camponotus rufipes    (Fabricius)

Commensals.—Atticola mortoni, Nothoblatta wasmanni, and Phorticolea testacea, Brazil, San Leopoldo (Bolívar, 1905): Found in the formicaries of C. rufipes.

Formica rufibarbis    Fabricius
and

Formica subcyanea    Wheeler

Commensal.—Myrmecoblatta rehni, Mexico (Mann, 1914): "They were very abundant, several occurring in almost every nest."

Subfamily MYRMICINAE

Acromyrmex lobicornis    Emery

Commensal.—Attaphila bergi, or possibly a variety of this species, Huasán, Argentina? (Bruch, 1916).

Acromyrmex lundi    (Guérin)

Synonymy.—Atta lundi [Brown, personal communication, 1957].

Commensal.—Attaphila bergi, Argentina and Uruguay (Bolívar, 1901): The cockroach was found in the nests of the ants sitting on the back, neck, or head of sexual individuals. It remains attached to the ant during swarming. The antennae seem always to be mutilated. Bruch (1916) stated that in La Plata A. bergi is encountered by hundreds in every nest of A. lundi.

Acromyrmex niger    (F. Smith)

Synonymy.—Atta nigra Schupp [Brown, p.c., 1957].

Commensal.—Attaphila schuppi, Brazil, Porto Alegre (Bolívar, 1905): Found outside the nest of the ant and mixed in the columns of ants on the march.

Acromyrmex octospinosus    (Reich)

Synonymy.—Atta octospinosa [Brown, p.c., 1957].

Commensals.—Attaphila fungicola, Panama (Wheeler, 1928): Taken in the fungus gardens of the ant.

Attaphila aptera, Esperanza, Dibulla, Colombia (Bolívar, 1905).

Acromyrmex silvestrii    Emery

Commensal.—Attaphila bergi, or possibly a variety of this species, San Luis Province, Argentina (Bruch, 1916): According to Bruch, the behavior of this species of Attaphila is identical with the one encountered in Huasán in the nests of Acromyrmex lobicornis Emery; it differed from A. bergi in size and color.

Atta cephalotes    (Linnaeus)

Commensal.—Attaphila fungicola, British Guiana (Wheeler, 1928): Taken in the fungus gardens of the ant.

Attaphila sp., British Guiana (Beebe, 1921): 7 of 12 queens in one nest had cockroaches hanging on them.

Atta sexdens    (Linnaeus)

Commensal.—Attaphila sexdentis, Brazil, San Leopoldo (Bolívar, 1905): Found in nests of the ant.

Atta texana    (Buckley)

Synonymy.—Atta fervens Say [Wheeler, 1910].

Commensal.—Attaphila fungicola, U.S.A., Texas (Wheeler, 1900, 1910): The cockroach does not feed on the fungus in the ants' nest, as Wheeler (1900) first supposed, but mounts the back of the soldiers and licks their surfaces. It is tolerated by the ants with no signs of hostility. The antennae of the cockroach are clipped short. Although Wheeler (1910) stated that this is probably accidental or unintentional, it is peculiar that Bolívar (1905) noticed the same invariable mutilation of the antennae of Attaphila bergi. Wheeler (1900) had originally suggested that the antennae were probably clipped off by the ants which are continuously trimming the fungus hyphae. Louisiana (Moser, personal communication, 1959): Numerous specimens were encountered in some nests of A. texana. This cockroach is the most closely associated inquiline in the nest and maintains very intimate terms with the ants. It is found living in the fungus cavities and tunnels.

Crematogaster limata parabiotica    Forel

Commensal.—Phorticolea boliviae, Bolivia, Cachuela Esperanza (Caudell, 1923): Collected in joint nests of C. limata and Componotus femoratus.

Solenopsis geminata    (Fabricius)

Commensal.—Myrmecoblatta wheeleri, Guatemala (Hebard, 1917a): Collected from a colony of this ant under a stone on the shores of Lake Atitlan, altitude 11,719 feet.

Unknown host

Cockroach.—Attaphila flava, British Honduras (Gurney, 1937): Because the known hosts of the other five species of Attaphila are ants, we presume that this species also lives in the nest of some myrmecine ant.

Subfamily PONERINAE

Odontomachus affinis    (Guérin)

Commensal.—Myrmeblattina longipes, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (Chopard, 1924, 1924a; Hancock, 1926): Originally described as Phileciton longipes by Chopard (1924) from the nest of an ant mistakenly identified as Eciton sp.

Family VESPIDAE

Polybia pygmaea    Fabricius

Commensal.—Sphecophila polybiarum, French Guiana (Shelford, 1906a): Shelford stated that it was probable that the cockroaches living on the floor of the paper nest fed on small fragments of insects and spiders that were dropped by the wasp larvae feeding in the cells above.

Family MEGACHILIDAE

Melipona nigra    Lepeletier

Commensal.—Oulopteryx meliponarum, Brazil (Hebard, 1921): According to Hebard, this cockroach is the first one to be known to inhabit the nests of bees. Nothing is known of the relationship between the cockroach and the bees. [See comment by Sonan (1924) on page 318.]

CHECKLIST OF COMMENSAL COCKROACHES WITH THEIR HOSTS

The cockroaches are arranged alphabetically by genus and species. The page references are to citations in the classified section above, where details and/or sources of the records are given.

Attaphila aptera
Ant: Acromyrmex octospinosus, p. 313.

Attaphila bergi
Ants: Acromyrmex lobicornis, p. 312.
Acromyrmex lundi, p. 312.
Acromyrmex silvestrii, p. 313.

Attaphila flava
Host unknown, presumably an ant, p. 314.

Attaphila fungicola
Ants: Acromyrmex octospinosus, p. 313.
Atta cephalotes, p. 313.
Atta texana, p. 313.

Attaphila schuppi
Ant: Acromyrmex niger, p. 312.

Attaphila sexdentis
Ant: Atta sexdens, p. 313.

Attaphila sp.
Ant: Atta cephalotes, p. 313.

Atticola mortoni
Ant: Camponotus rufipes, p. 312.

Ergaula capensis
Termites, p. 311.

Myrmeblattina longipes
Ant: Odontomachus affinis, p. 314.

Myrmecoblatta rehni
Ants: Camponotus maculatus(?), p. 312.
Formica rufibarbis, p. 312.
Formica subcyanea, p. 312.

Myrmecoblatta wheeleri
Ant: Solenopsis geminata, p. 314.

Nocticola sinensis
Termites: Macrotermes barneyi, p. 311.
Odontotermes sp., p. 311.

Nocticola termitophila
Termites: Macrotermes malaccensis, p. 311.
Odontotermes sp., p. 311.
Termes sp., p. 311.

Nothoblatta wasmanni
Ant: Camponotus rufipes, p. 312.

Oulopteryx meliponarum
Bee: Melipona nigra, p. 314.

Phorticolea boliviae
Ants: Camponotus femoratus, p. 311.
Crematogaster limata parabiotica, p. 312.

Phorticolea testacea
Ant: Camponotus rufipes, p. 312.

Sphecophila polybiarum
Wasp: Polybia pygmaea, p. 314.

Sphecophila ravana
Termite: Coptotermes ceylonicus, p. 310.

Sphecophila termitium
Termite: Macrotermes bellicosus or Macrotermes natalensis, p. 311.

OBSCURE ASSOCIATIONS

Cockroaches that are sometimes found in the nests of, or in association with, other animals are not necessarily commensals. This is particularly true of cockroaches that normally are found unassociated with other animals or that merely occupy the same habitat with the other animals because of similar microclimatic requirements (see Chopard, 1924c).

McCook (1877) excavated in February a nest of Formica rufa in Pennsylvania. A hundred or more lively cockroaches occupied a part of the nest that contained few ants. Near the cockroaches McCook also found a colony of Termes flavipes. Ischnoptera deropeltiformis has been found in the company of ants, but it is probably not myrmecophilous (Donisthorpe, 1900). Mann (1911) found an "Ischnoptera" sp. (probably a species of Parcoblatta) abundant in the nests of, and tolerated by, Camponotus maccooki Forel in California. Dead and mutilated specimens of this cockroach were common in the nests of "Formicas." "Ischnoptera" sp. was also common in the nests of Veromessor andrei (Mayr) [= Stenamma andrei]. Hebard (1917) reported that W. M. Wheeler collected Eremoblatta subdiaphana in Arizona as an ant guest. Rehn (1906a; Rehn and Hebard, 1927) reported that Pholadoblatta inusitata had also been taken by Wheeler from the galleries of a jumping ant, Odontomachus clarus Roger [= O. haematodes insularis Guérin var. pallens Wheeler; Brown (personal communication, 1958)], on Andros Island, Bahamas; Rehn and Hebard (1927) stated that "This genus and species is the only blattid, which is presumably a myrmecophile, known from the West Indies." Rehn (1932a) reported Dendroblatta sobrina as taken in an ant nest in a tree in the Amazon Basin. Tivia australica was taken in an ant nest in Australia (Princis, 1954). The male of Compsodes schwarzi was taken in an ant nest in the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona (Ball et al., 1942). A male and female of Stilpnoblatta minuta were taken in a migrating column of the ant Myrmicaria natalensis Sm. subsp. eumenoides Gerst. in Nyasaland (Princis, 1949). Princis cautioned that it is premature to derive any inference from this, possibly accidental, association. Four females of Parcoblatta desertae were taken about a nest of an ant, Ischnomyrmex sp. (Hebard, 1943a). A nymph of Parcoblatta virginica was found in a nest of Formica sp. (Hauke, 1949).

Chorisoneura texensis has been found in nests of webworm in Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1916). Karny (1924) in Malaya found an oötheca of Aristiger histrio (sp.?) between leaves (Costus sp.) that had been stuck together by a thysanopteron, Anaphothrips sp. He pointed out that the oötheca would not adhere to leaves that were not stuck together but would fall to the ground.

Seín (in Rehn and Hebard, 1927) in Puerto Rico found Aglaopteryx facies in abandoned cocoons of Megalopyge krugii (Dewitz) and in leaves webbed together by caterpillars and in abandoned spiders nests. Wolcott (1950; and in Rehn and Hebard, 1927) also found A. facies in the empty cocoons of M. krugii and in the larval tents of Tetralopha scabridella Ragonot on Inga vera (coffee shade tree); and "Where there are no butterfly-nests, it lives in abandoned spider-nests on the leaves of other forest trees." Cotton (in Wolcott, 1950) found the type of Aglaopteryx absimilis also living in the abandoned cocoon of M. krugii on bucare trees in Puerto Rico. Wolcott (1950) reported that Plectoptera dorsalis, Plectoptera infulata, and Plectoptera rhabdota have been found living in trees between leaves or in "butterfly-nests" of Tetralopha scabridella in leaves of Inga vera, or nests of Pilocrocis secernalis (Möschler) in the leaves of Petitia domingensis in the mountains of Puerto Rico. Seín (in Rehn and Hebard, 1927) had collected P. rhabdota in the nest of larvae of T. scabridella.

Wolcott (1950) reported that Nyctibora lutzi had been found in a large rotten stump associating with "'comején' termites [Nasutitermes costalis (Holmgren)], yellow wood-ants and rhinoceros beetle grubs." Rehn and Hebard (1927) found Simblerastes jamaicanus in numbers in the debris of an abandoned termites' nest in Jamaica: "To what extent the species is dependent upon the protection of the termite or other structures remains to be determined."

In Virginia Cryptocercus punctulatus has been found living in the same galleries with Reticulitermes sp., and on the Pacific Coast it has been found occupying the same log with Termopsis sp. (Cleveland et al., 1934).

Shelford (1909) found one male and one female of Balta platysoma in a nest of a spider of the genus Phryganoporus and assumed a symbiotic association. Chopard (1924) recorded Mareta acutiventris from empty nests of spiders on Barkuda Island, India; nothing is known of the relationships, if any, between these cockroaches and spiders.

Chopard (1924c) found Margattea sp. in the nest of the ant Acropyga acutiventris Roger; he also found Margattea sp., Periplaneta sp., Polyphaga indica, and Temnopteryx obliquetruncata in deserted termite mounds in India. However, he believed that none of these species were more than accidental associates of the host insects; he considered them hygrophilous cockroaches which had found a retreat in the nests.

McClure (1936) obtained a large nest of Vespula maculata (Linnaeus) [= Vespa maculata] in March in Illinois. In it were living 65 nymphs of Parcoblatta pensylvanica, 3 spiders (Philodromus pernix Blackwall), 2 immature spiders (Drassus sp.), and 6 mites. Balduf (1936) observed four individuals of Parcoblatta pensylvanica in a nest of Vespula maculata; he suggested that they probably fed on dead bodies and organic wastes of the wasps. However, Rau (1940) has observed this cockroach devour a Polistes larva in its cell. Although we do not imply that a commensal relationship exists between Parcoblatta and the wasp, it is well to recall a statement by Rothschild and Clay (1957): "A commensal relationship is potentially even more dangerous than a merely social tie, for by nature it is more intimate. The closer the association, the more easily is the balance upset. One partner can then suddenly take a mean advantage of the other."

Cockroach nymphs may enter bees' nests where, according to Imamura (in Sonan, 1924), they do not feed on honey or pollen but presumably feed on excreta of bees or anything scattered by bees in their nest; the bees are not disturbed by the cockroaches.

Cockroaches that have been found in the burrows of vertebrates are listed on pages 23-25.

Paulian (1950) found immature cockroaches in the nests of birds (Ploceinae) in Madagascar and Ivory Coast. All nests of Fondia sp. examined in Madagascar contained many cockroaches, and Paulian believed that the blattid was a species peculiar to the nests of birds. Three nests of Ploceus sp. in Ivory Coast yielded one or two cockroaches each in association with more numerous mites, Psocoptera, Heteroptera, beetles, and lepidopterous larvae (Delamare, Deboutteville and Paulian, 1952). These last cited workers also found four cockroaches in a nest of Estrildine sp., and two in a nest of an undetermined bird, all in association with other arthropods. Moulton (1912) observed large numbers of Symploce cavernicola and Periplaneta australasiae swarming in soft bird guano on the floor of caves in Borneo. Abdulali (1942) found in India many Periplaneta americana in caves containing the edible-nest swift; there was no indication of association of the cockroaches with the birds. Danforth (in Wolcott, 1950) reported finding large numbers of Aglaopteryx facies "in the nests of the grey kingbird, in the region of the Cartagena Lagoon [Puerto Rico], 'living among the twigs.'" In Trinidad, Kevan found a male of Blaberus discoidalis in a bird's nest (Princis and Kevan, 1955).

Davis (in Rehn and Hebard, 1914a) stated that "At Punta Gorda [Florida] there was a vacant house at the end of the town frequented at night by a Nanny and Billy goat, and on warm evenings many Periplaneta australasiae would run about on the piazza floor and on the sides of the house. They were seen feeding on the excrement of the goats and were no doubt to a great degree dependent upon them." This is another example of a coprophagous insect that has taken advantage of a particular situation favorable to its survival. Similar associations exist in which many of the domiciliary cockroaches feed on the feces of man and domestic and other animals (Roth and Willis, 1957a).

XVI. COCKROACHES AS PREDATORS

INTERSPECIES PREDATION

Tepper (1893) made the broad statement that the majority of Australian and Polynesian cockroaches appear to be wholly carnivorous, eating other insects, eggs, and larvae. He stated that, because of their voracity and cannibalistic tendencies, the carnivorous species lead more or less solitary lives so that one rarely meets several in close proximity; they are never very numerous at any time because the stronger devour the weaker in the absence of other prey. Tepper stated that Australian species of Ischnoptera hunt for their prey among the foliage of shrubs, and that Australian species of Cutilia [= Drymaplaneta, Hebard (1943)] run about actively on the surface, or ascend shrubs and trees in quest of living insects and therefore are highly beneficial. Tepper (1894) also stated that Geoscapheus robustus ate earthworms, grubs, and caterpillars. Froggatt (1906) and Marlatt (1915) attributed to Tepper the statement that cockroaches, like Epilampra notabilis, which are found out-of-doors in Australia, are carnivorous and feed on caterpillars and other soft-bodied insects; but Froggatt (1907) believed that this alleged behavior needed confirmation.

A number of observations have been recorded which indicate that sometimes cockroaches may be predatory. According to Ealand (1915), nymphs of the cockroach Pseudomops cincta fed on the Argentine ant Iridomyrmex humilis. In the laboratory, Eurycotis floridana has been observed to catch and devour the wasp Anastatus floridanus which parasitizes the eggs of Eurycotis (Roth and Willis, 1954a). Parcoblatta pensylvanica was observed devouring a larva of Polistes sp. in its cell in a deserted wasps' nest (Rau, 1940). Brigham (1866) saw a cockroach kill and eat a centipede four or five inches long. Annandale (1910) described the destruction in Calcutta of termites by Periplaneta americana. During a heavy rain storm many termites flew into the dining room and were set upon by the cockroaches which seized them with their mandibles and began to gnaw their abdomens. If disturbed, the cockroaches carried the termites away in their mandibles without using their legs to seize, hold, or carry the prey. Sometimes only the abdomen, but other times the whole body with the exception of the wings, was devoured. Perhaps this observation led Allyn (Anonymous, 1937) to theorize that, first, cockroaches could eradicate termites from houses, and then the blattids in turn could be eliminated. Falls (1938) has pointed out the unfeasibility of this idea. Blattella vaga has shown some tendency to eat plant lice (Flock, 1941a). Certain small cockroaches found beneath cane leaf-sheaths, in the Philippine Islands, preyed in part upon leafhoppers (Uichanco, in Williams et al., 1931).

Takahashi (1924) stated that the American cockroach will eat the eggs of the hemipteron Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg). Cunliffe (1952) observed mite-infested cockroaches (Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and/or Periplaneta americana) dislodge and eat the mite Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus. Sonan (1924) reported that cockroaches (P. americana and P. australasiae) devoured the egg clusters and first instar larvae of Prodenia litula and the first instar larvae of Attacus atlas which were being reared in the laboratory. Lederer (1952) stated that Periplaneta americana ate reptile eggs in the aquarium at Frankfurt am Main. Pettit (1940) stated that cockroaches "are said to have destroyed a large colony of dermestids used to skeletonize carcasses at the University of Kansas."

DeFraula (1780) believed that his silent "gryllon" [obviously Blatta orientalis from his drawings; see Willemet (1784)] was the enemy of the chirping species of cricket, because after the cockroach became established in his home he no longer heard crickets chirping. Gilbert White (1905 ed.), writing in England in the late 18th century, stated that "Poda says that these [Blatta orientalis] and house crickets will not associate together; but he is mistaken in that assertion"; however, in August 1792 White noted that "Since the blattae have been so much kept under, the crickets have greatly increased in number." For several years Jolivet (1950) had observed changes in a mixed population of Blatta orientalis and Acheta domesticus in an old kitchen in France. He suggested that the cyclical fluctuations in the relative abundance of the cockroaches and crickets might be caused by reciprocal predatism with one species more susceptible than the other at certain stages. Mallis (1954) has stated that crickets prey on other insects as well as on one another. Lhéritier (1951) had also observed crickets becoming rare in bakeries in France, having been superseded everywhere by B. orientalis; however, he doubted that Jolivet's hypothesis was the correct explanation and suggested that the higher optimum temperature requirements of crickets might be the regulating factor. Lederer (1952) stated that the number of crickets decreased in the aquarium buildings at Frankfurt am Main as the population of American cockroaches increased.

Platyzosteria novae seelandiae was found under the bark of trees in New Zealand devouring bugs (Walker in Shelford, 1909b).

For years it has been believed that cockroaches feed on bedbugs (Cimex lectularius L.) and this statement has been repeated in many reference works and articles. Ealand (1915) stated that cockroaches devour bedbugs with avidity. Even today similar statements are to be found in the literature. "In the old sailing ship days, they [cockroaches] were often welcomed by crews because of the belief that they would eradicate a population of bedbugs. This belief was based on scientific fact, as cockroaches are known as predators of bedbugs" (Monro, 1951). Cockroaches will often "help rid a house of bedbugs by devouring all the little parasites they can capture" (Gaul, 1953). The basis for this belief may have originated with a statement by Webster (1834) who wrote that bedbugs disappeared aboard "H.M. Sloop Chanticleer" when cockroaches made their appearance. Newman (1855) reported the observations of a friend who claimed to have seen a cockroach seize a bedbug in an infested boardinghouse in London. In 1920 Purdy reintroduced cockroaches into a house from which they had been exterminated, in order to control the bedbugs which had become established. According to a popular account by Lillingston (1934) African natives are said to ask sailors for a cockroach or two to be used to hunt bedbugs.

In Siberia, Burr (1926, 1939) found Blattella germanica and bedbugs inhabiting the same room. Mellanby (1939) studied the populations of an animal house in which bedbugs and cockroaches occurred in large numbers; the bugs apparently were not attacked and their numbers increased greatly over a period of a few weeks (Johnson and Mellanby, 1939). Wille (1920) placed starved B. germanica with bedbugs for 20 days, but the cockroaches failed to attack the bugs. In India, captive adults and nymphs of two species of house cockroaches would not touch living bedbugs or their eggs (Cornwall, 1916). In laboratory experiments Gulati (1930) found that Periplaneta americana ate young bedbugs which had soft, blood-filled abdomens; adult bedbugs with harder exoskeletons sometimes were rejected. The maximum number of bedbugs eaten by a cockroach was 3 out of 12 during a period of 48 hours. Johnson and Mellanby (1939), also in laboratory experiments, were unable to show that bedbugs can be controlled by Blatta orientalis or that bedbugs are eaten to any extent by them. The existing evidence indicates that there is little basis for the often repeated statement that cockroaches destroy bedbugs in nature. As Lorando (1929) pointed out, assassin bugs, cockroaches, and red ants can hardly be considered as practical factors in bedbug control, though he did recommend the use of spiders.

According to Martini (1952), cockroaches prey on mosquitoes and sand flies but we have been unable to find any original sources for these statements; the only reference we have found in which cockroaches and Phlebotomus are mentioned together is a paper by Whittingham and Rook (1923); they fed ground-up cockroaches to larvae of Phlebotomus papatasii. Wharton (1951) reported that cockroaches and other predators attacked mosquitoes knocked down by insecticides and affected the number recovered.

Cockroaches will on occasion attack and bite animals other than insects. In an earlier paper (1957a) we discussed about 20 reports of cockroaches biting man. The injury is usually confined to abrasion of the callused portions of hands and feet but may result in small wounds in the softer skin of the face and neck. We failed to include the following reference in the above-mentioned paper. Sonan (1924) had his toes and breast nibbled by cockroaches on Hiyakejima Island during sleep. He had previously learned from a policeman that Periplaneta americana and P. australasiae nibbled people on that island, but he had hardly believed it before he experienced the biting himself.

INTRASPECIES PREDATION

Those who have reared cockroaches in the laboratory have undoubtedly seen cannibalism occur in the cultures. Cannibalism has been observed among the common domiciliary species of cockroaches as well as laboratory colonies of Leucophaea maderae (Scharrer, 1953), and Blaberus craniifer[12] (Saupe, 1928). Edmunds (1957) reported that cannibalism was common in a laboratory colony of Periplaneta brunnea and that egg capsules deposited by a female were often eaten by the other cockroaches.

Periplaneta americana occasionally ate other cockroaches and their oöthecae and also attacked members of their own species (Lederer, 1952). Griffiths and Tauber (1942) recorded the killing of male American cockroaches by females of the species: "One female was especially vicious and attacked each new male as he was introduced into the container. Most of such males had molted less than 2 days previously. Older males were more capable of defending themselves against attacks of these cannibalistic females." Even though adequate food may be present, females of Periplaneta americana may eat their own eggs (Klein, 1933). Some females may regularly eat their oöthecae as soon as they are dropped (Griffiths and Tauber, 1942). To be completely eaten an oötheca generally must be attacked before it has hardened. If a hole is eaten in one side of the capsule, the cockroach may devour the eggs and leave a portion of the oötheca. Frequently only the keel or a part of the keel is eaten and when this occurs the eggs fail to hatch and usually do not complete development because of the rapid loss of water (Roth and Willis, 1955). When adults of P. americana and P. australasiae were deprived of food, both males and females ate newly deposited eggs and, finally, the females ate the males (Sonan, 1924).

Parcoblatta virginica in laboratory cultures also may eat part of its oöthecae; in this species only the soft end of the recently deposited oötheca was eaten (Roth, unpublished data, 1957).

Cros (1942) observed oöthecae-bearing females of Blatta orientalis attack and kill males of the same species which were attempting to mate; these males were then eaten by the females. Cros also observed injured and recently molted nymphs of B. orientalis to be eaten by others of the same species.

Pettit (1940) noted that cannibalism in his culture of Blattella germanica occurred only when the insects were molting. Adult insects attacked the molting cockroaches more often than did the nymphs. However, nymphs after the fourth instar occasionally set upon other molting nymphs. First-to third-instar nymphs rarely victimized their mates. The victims were all older than third instar; the later stadia were progressively more subject to attack, and molting adults suffered the greatest mortality. No direct correlation was noted between population density and cannibalism.

German cockroaches may attack newly molted nymphs of their own kind and cause them to deflate (Gould and Deay, 1938). Lhéritier (1951) has observed the hatching nymphs of B. germanica being devoured by their congeners even before they have left the oötheca.

Nauphoeta cinerea in laboratory cultures will eat newly hatched young of the same species (Roth and Willis, 1954; Willis et al., 1958). In Hawaii, in nature, N. cinerea may kill and eat the cypress cockroach, Diploptera punctata (Illingworth, 1942; Fullaway and Krauss, 1945).

Bunting (1956) stated that species of Neoblattella are omnivorous with carnivorous and cannibalistic tendencies. An adult female Panchlora sp. was killed and eaten by Neoblattella sp. in captivity. A male, provisionally identified as N. celeripes, was killed and partly eaten by two other males of the same species.

The factors influencing the extent of cannibalism among cockroaches are not completely known. According to Wille (1920) hunger was not the cause of cannibalism in Blattella germanica. Wille claimed that the tendency toward cannibalism increased at high temperatures and decreased at low temperatures. Pettit (1940) also noted this effect. Gould and Deay (1938) stated that under crowded laboratory conditions, when there was a scarcity of food, cannibalism among Periplaneta americana was common. The injured cockroaches and those unable to molt were often eaten. Adair (1923) made similar observations. Undoubtedly, conditions of crowding, availability of food, temperature and other factors all influence cannibalism, but practically no experimental work has been done on this subject.

It is interesting, in comparison with the above positive examples of cannibalism, that both Saupe (1928) and Roeser (1940) observed no cannibalism during extensive studies with Pycnoscelus surinamensis. In fact, Roeser stated that there was never a case of cannibalism in spite of long hunger periods imposed on both nymphal and adult insects.

XVII. ASSOCIATIONS AMONG COCKROACHES

Besides preying on their own species or on other blattids, cockroaches exhibit additional symbiotic relationships among themselves. These relationships are (1) the familial associations of parent and offspring, (2) gregariousness, (3) intraspecies fighting, (4) interspecies compatibility, and (5) interspecies antagonism. There are some inconsistencies between observations made on the same species by different workers, which only further observation and experimentation will explain. Some of the reported observations are unique; this is especially true for the feral species. Because of the paucity of information, it is impossible at this time to make valid generalizations about some of these interesting relationships.

FAMILIAL ASSOCIATIONS

The females of many species of cockroaches insure varying degrees of protection to the developing young in their ways of disposing of the oötheca after it has been formed. The extent of this association between the mother and her developing progeny varies from the minimum amount of time spent by oviparous females in concealing their oöthecae, to the duration of embryogenesis in the so-called viviparous species, a period of over a month or more.

Haber (1920a) observed a female of Periplaneta americana chew a groove in a piece of pasteboard into which she attempted to deposit her oötheca. The oötheca failed to adhere to the shallow hole and fell to the floor. After several futile attempts to replace the oötheca in the hole, the female finally left the egg case on the floor of the cage and coated it with an oral secretion to which she attached bits of trash. During this operation she chased other females away when they ventured near the site. Qadri (1938) described the behavior of the female of Blatta orientalis in concealing her oötheca in a hole that she dug in sand; she deposited the egg case in the hole, coated it with saliva and sand, and then refilled the pit. Rau (1943) described in detail how females of P. americana and B. orientalis covered their oöthecae with wood dust or sand in holes they had prepared in the substrate. Both species placed a sticky oral secretion in the holes and then deposited their oöthecae therein. After coating the oöthecae with more sticky secretion, the females adjusted the oöthecae so that the keels were uppermost and then carefully concealed the oöthecae with the excavated debris. Both females spent over an hour in the act. Rau (1924) previously reported that of 90 oöthecae deposited by B. orientalis in jars containing earth and trash, 36 were placed in crevices or excavated holes, and 38 were hidden by being covered with dirt stuck to them with saliva; only 16 were left uncovered.

Edmunds (1957) described oviposition by Periplaneta brunnea. Some females spent from 30 to 40 minutes secreting from the mouth a frothy substance that was smeared on the substrate; the egg capsule was deposited in the secretion and covered with additional froth, which hardened into a very strong cement. Some females spent as long as two hours coating the capsule after it was deposited. It was not stated whether the oötheca was otherwise concealed. The female remained with her body over the oötheca for several hours and drove away other cockroaches which approached.

Sonan (1924) observed that Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta australasiae spent from 40 minutes to an hour covering their oöthecae, and that if the females were frightened away from this activity, they returned again to complete it. As well as excavating holes in the substrate in which to deposit its oöthecae, P. americana also avails itself of readymade crevices of appropriate size (Ehrlich, 1943). Species of Epilampra in Malaya were said by Annandale (1900) to deposit their oöthecae in crevices in floating logs just above the water line. However, Shelford (1906) stated that four genera (including Epilampra) of the subfamily Epilamprinae are "viviparous," in which event the females would carry their oöthecae within their bodies during embryogenesis and would not place the oöthecae in crevices in logs.

The female of Cryptocercus punctulatus was observed to make a groove in a piece of wood, then carry her oötheca 6 inches from where she had dropped it and place it in the groove; she covered the oötheca so that only a portion was visible (Cleveland in Cleveland et al., 1934). Dr. W. L. Nutting (personal communication, 1954) collected a number of oöthecae of C. punctulatus in the field and found each one almost completely sealed off with bits of wood in a deep groove in the roof of a chamber in a log. The keel of the oötheca was visible but the rest was well camouflaged. He stated that "The adult pair usually frequents the chamber at this time, while their broods of previous years occupy neighboring galleries."

Berland (1924) observed a female of Loboptera decipiens filling a hole (the abandoned nest of a hymenopteron) with earth that she carried in her mouth; he later found her oötheca behind the earthen barricade which she had erected.

In summary, the following species of oviparous cockroaches have been observed concealing their oöthecae (only those references not previously cited are given): Blatta orientalis; Cryptocercus punctulatus; Ectobius sylvester (Harz, 1956, 1957); Epilampra sp.; Eurycotis floridana (Roth and Willis, 1954a); Loboptera decipiens; Balta scripta, Methana curvigera, Methana marginalis, and Methana caneae (Pope, 1953a); Pelmatosilpha marginalis, Pelmatosilpha purpurascens, and Nauclidas nigra (Bunting, 1956); Periplaneta americana (Haber, 1919; Adair, 1923; Seín, 1923; Nigam, 1933; Gould and Deay, 1938; Rau, 1940a); Periplaneta australasiae (Girault, 1915b; Spencer, 1943; Pope, 1953); Periplaneta brunnea (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1958); Periplaneta fuliginosa (Gould and Deay, 1940); Periplaneta ignota (Pope, 1953); Supella supellectilium (Flock, 1941). Undoubtedly other oviparous species that drop their oöthecae long before the eggs hatch also make some attempt to conceal the oöthecae by placing them in crevices or covering them with debris.

Sometimes the oöthecae are deposited but not concealed. Hafez and Afifi (1956) reported that in Egypt Supella supellectilium attaches its oötheca to a suitable substrate with a gummy oral secretion but leaves the egg capsule otherwise exposed. We (1954) have noticed similar behavior in laboratory colonies of this species and of Blatta orientalis, as have Gould and Deay (1940). Cornelius (1853) stated that the female of B. orientalis takes care of the safety of her offspring to the extent of usually dropping her oöthecae in places which are dry and raised above the ground, although rarely one also may find some oöthecae scattered on the ground. For lack of suitable material females of Periplaneta americana sometimes did not conceal their oöthecae (Nigam, 1933). Frequently in laboratory colonies P. americana merely drops the oöthecae loosely in sand or food "in contrast to P. australasiae, which almost always went to considerable trouble to fasten their eggs securely and to conceal them with debris" (Pope, 1953). If conditions under which Nauclidas nigra is kept are not suitable, the female will drop her oötheca anywhere (Bunting, 1956). Rau (1940) stated that the female of Parcoblatta pensylvanica does not conceal her oötheca. However, Gould and Deay (1940) stated that this species deposits its oöthecae loosely behind bark. Ellipsidion affine and Ellipsidion australe attach their oöthecae to bark or the underside of leaves but apparently make no attempt to conceal them (Pope, 1953a).

The females of most of the above species have no further familial association with their offspring. The eggs hatch with no attention from the mother who is probably not even in the vicinity at that time. The young apparently do not react to the presence of the parent, as such, after hatching. This is not unexpected, as several additional oöthecae may have been deposited by these oviparous females before the eggs of the first oöthecae hatch. However, a different behavior is encountered among species that do not form a second oötheca until after the eggs of the first have hatched (see below) and in the so-called colonial species.

Shaw (1925) reported that in Australia both Panesthia australis and Panesthia laevicollis appear to live in families, and that one usually finds a pair of adults associated with from 12 to 20 nymphs in different stages of development; he continued, "it is only where the molts are very abundant that one loses sight of this familial habit." Tillyard (1926) also stated that the Australian species of Panesthia live in burrows in soil in strict family communities of a pair of adults and 10 to 20 nymphs. A related colonial species, Cryptocercus punctulatus, lives in both sound and rotten logs in colonies consisting of a pair of adults and 15 or 20 nymphs, probably representing two or three broods (Cleveland et al., 1934; Cleveland, 1948). Chopard (1938) has cited this association as an example of gregariousness, which it may well be; however, the presence of only one pair of adults in each colony suggests a more intimate relationship.

Among species of Blattella and certain other genera with similar reproductive habits the female carries her oötheca clasped in her genital cavity with the posterior portion projecting behind her. Each normal oötheca is carried for approximately the duration of embryogenesis and is not dropped until, or shortly before, hatching. We have seen (1954, fig. 65) newly hatched nymphs of Blattella vaga crawl over the body of the mother who stood quietly near the dropped oötheca; this female raised her wings and some of the nymphs crawled under them onto the dorsal surface of her abdomen. The nymphs seemed to feed on the grease covering the mother's body. The association was short-lived, however, and soon the nymphs scattered. Pettit (1940) stated that when hatching of Blattella germanica occurs in the open (on a table top), the nymphs may remain near the capsule only a few minutes. Ledoux (1945) found that newly hatched nymphs of B. germanica remained together without shelter in a single, sparse group. If the nymphs were separated by blowing on them, the group quickly reassembled, usually in the same spot. Ledoux showed that this gregarious grouping of first-instar nymphs was not necessarily a familial association by placing nymphs from two oöthecae together. In groups of 8 to 12 nymphs there was a perfect intermingling of the offspring from the two different females.

It is among the so-called viviparous cockroaches that the greatest number of observations have been made of postparturient associations between female cockroaches and their offspring. The females of these species carry their oöthecae in brood sacs within their bodies until embryogenesis has been completed. This behavior ensures protection of the young from desiccation and attack by parasites (Roth and Willis, 1955a). (See Roth and Willis, 1958a, for an analysis of oviparity and viviparity in the Blattaria.) Shelford (1906, 1916) reported that he had captured a female of Pseudophoraspis nebulosa in Borneo with numerous young nymphs clinging to the undersurface of her abdomen. He also recalled that there was in the Hope Museum (Oxford) a female of Phlebonotus pallens to which the following label was attached: "'Ceylon ... carries its young beneath its wing covers. 1878.'" Pruthi (1933) found in South India another female of P. pallens which was carrying over a dozen young nymphs on her back beneath her wings. In his paper Pruthi reproduced a photograph of this specimen with the light-colored nymphs in place on the back of the female. Hanitsch (1933) reported having seen a museum specimen from Luzon, Philippine Islands, of the apterous female of Perisphaerus glomeriformis with nymphs still clinging to her undersurface; he also reported having seen a museum specimen of a female of Ellipsidion variegatum from Australia with four young clinging to the upper side of the apex of her tegmina and six to the oötheca which projected beyond her body. Presumably this specimen was giving birth when captured. Gurney (1954; personal communication, 1958) stated that specimens of Perisphaerus sp. from Mindanao and Luzon have been found with young nymphs clinging to the middle and hind coxae. The first-instar nymph has an elongate face and specialized galeae. Karny (1925) also observed that at the slightest alarm the young of some species of Phoraspidinae creep under the dome-shaped front wings of the mother.

The newly hatched young of Leucophaea maderae have also been seen congregated under the mother on several occasions. Seín (1923) stated that after being born, the nymphs of this species gather under the mother and accompany her at night in her excursions in search of food. Pessôa and Corrêa (1928) reported that "During the first days the free larvae hide under the adult cockroach which becomes restless and active in contrast to its usual slow gait." Wolcott (1950) stated that "They are not only gregarious, but the mother broods over her young, and together they sally forth at night in search for food, until they are of such a size as to mingle with their elders."

The African mountain cockroach Aptera fusca has been observed during late summer and early winter in familial groups beneath loose bark, under stones, and in dead leaves (Skaife, 1954): "Each party consists of a number of black young ones, together with one, two or more adult females and perhaps a winged male or two. Later on they scatter and live more or less solitary lives." In Malaya Karny (1924) often found phoraspidine females between leaves surrounded by about 20 young nymphs. He stated that one also often found females of Perisphaerus armadillo surrounded by pale, yellowish-white young; similarly he had observed that Archiblatta hoevenii was found mostly in colonies made up of mothers and their young. The duration of these associations is not known.

Saupe (1928) noticed that the newly hatched nymphs of Blaberus craniifer (see footnote 12, p. 322) collected together under the body of their mother and stated that this is as pronounced a case of brood care as Zacher had observed with Pycnoscelus surinamensis. Nutting (1953) stated that "A degree of maternal solicitude is exhibited by this roach [B. craniifer], for many times I have observed the female to remain motionless for an hour or more with her unpigmented brood clustered around and beneath her body." We, too, have observed similar behavior in laboratory colonies of B. craniifer and Leucophaea maderae.

Chopard (1950) noted that after hatching the young of Gromphadorhina laevigata remained grouped around the female for some time; the mother stood motionless, high on her legs, with her thorax curved up to make room for the brood which hid under her body. We (unpublished data, 1958) have seen young nymphs of Gromphadorhina portentosa also stay near their mother for some time after birth; the mother at this time produced a characteristic hissing sound when she was only slightly disturbed by the movement of our hand near her and her brood. The sound is produced as air is expelled through the second abdominal spiracle. We have seen recently hatched nymphs of Nauphoeta cinerea crawl beneath the mother, even under her wings, where they remained about an hour (Willis et al., 1958). Bunting (1956) observed a female of Blaberus discoidalis collect a mound of debris into which she inserted the tip of her abdomen; he found young in the mound later the same day. This female showed no maternal care for the young after birth. Whole families of cockroaches may be found in bromeliads in Brazil (Ohaus, 1900). Hebard (1920) observed a colony of adults and young of Dendroblatta sobrina on a tree trunk in the Panama Canal Zone.

Whether any of the above associations exemplify maternal care for the newly hatched young is questionable. The behavior of the mother, beyond placing her eggs in a suitable location, seems to be entirely passive. The first-instar nymphs are the active partners in these associations, and they may merely be seeking shelter under the nearest convenient object rather than under the mother as such. More extensive studies of some of these relationships will be needed before claims for maternal care, as suggested by Scott (1929), can be substantiated.

GREGARIOUSNESS

Casual statements that cockroaches are gregarious are often encountered in the literature. There has been some argument to the effect that large numbers of these insects seeking the same environment in a limited space would appear to be gregarious, whereas there is probably no true social tendency (Rau, 1924). Reactions of cockroaches to certain stimuli in the environment undoubtedly do result in aggregations of individuals. However, as Chopard (1938) has pointed out, it is difficult to assign the respective parts played in assembling by the attraction of the milieu and by gregarious instincts. Chopard (1938) also stated that Orthoptera with a gregarious tendency are found rarely isolated; one finds them, on the contrary nearly always collected in the same shelters, close together, as if conscious of a need for contact between themselves. He continued further that one can be tempted to attribute the assembling to taxes but that interattraction equally plays an important role; for example, if one places a large number of cockroaches in a container and offers them similar shelters composed of cardboard tubes, one finds that nearly all the individuals will assemble in one of the tubes, ignoring the others. Pettit (1940) claimed that in Blattella germanica gregariousness seemed to depend on the mutual attractiveness of body secretions as well as a thigmopositive behavior and love of warmth.

Ledoux (1945) has studied experimentally gregariousness and social interattraction in Blatta orientalis and Blattella germanica. He also found that the cockroaches tended to collect in shelters containing other cockroaches. He concluded that group formation is not the result of chance, but is a social phenomenon, and that interattraction is mainly olfactory, conditioned by (1) positive chemotaxis to odors emitted by the cockroaches themselves, (2) positive hygrotaxis, and (3) thigmotaxis. He found also that large groups are not stable and tend to break into smaller groups.

Gregariousness in the Orthoptera varies in intensity according to the species and within a species according to the age or physiological state of the insects (Chopard, 1938). This is well exemplified by several of the blattid species discussed below.

Gregarious groupings of cockroaches have been observed most frequently among the domiciliary species. A few examples will suffice. Gal'kov (1926) observed heavy infestations of undetermined cockroaches in workers' living quarters in the Ural region: "In the corners near the stove, the cockroaches covered the walls in a dense carpet." After fumigating he collected about 135,000 dead cockroaches from one barracks and about 475,000 from another. We have reviewed a few other examples of heavy infestations in our 1957(a) paper.

Periplaneta americana was observed by Gould and Deay (1938) in an old meat-packing building in Indiana. Adult cockroaches were present in large numbers between closely placed beams, but the nymphs were more common in cracks between bricks. Clusters of several hundred cockroaches were seen on the open walls of the cold, dark hide room. Gould and Deay stated "American roaches of all sizes live together in perfect harmony. Young nymphs have been noted in clusters underneath adults and crawling over the adults as they wander about in rearing jars." In the monkey house of the Hamburg zoo, P. americana spent most of the day in the cellars resting on the walls in groups of about 200 individuals (Brecher, 1929). Lederer (1952) noted that in closed, dark, heated spaces under the aquarium at Frankfurt am Main, P. americana rested in groups of 20 to 30 individuals; he stated that it was remarkable that the "herd" divided itself into groups each of which usually contained insects of the same age or stage of development. Eads (1954) found P. americana in 40 percent of 762 sewer manholes in Tyler, Tex.; 13 percent of 670 of these manholes were heavily infested with 100 or more cockroaches in each. Other heavy sewer infestations have been reviewed in our 1957(a) paper.

Ehrlich (1943) has stated that Periplaneta americana exhibits social behavior. For instance, cockroaches of various ages inhabit a fairly large space jointly; the adults and older nymphs sense approaches with their antennae and warn and protect the young by a beating of wings and by body movements. There is complete utilization of the available living space; the imagos drive older nymphs from their resting places, and the older nymphs drive out the younger ones, until all cracks, depending on their size, are occupied by various age groups of different sizes. In his experiments Ehrlich observed that in cages with no hiding places the cockroaches would group together; when given a choice of small and large shelters, P. americana hid only under the larger ones that could shelter more insects. Finally, the cockroaches ceased to bite and fight each other when they crowded together in the face of danger.

Of Blatta orientalis Marlatt (1915) stated "This species is notably gregarious in habit, individuals living together in colonies in the most amicable way, the small ones being allowed by the larger ones to sit on them, run over them, and nestle beneath them without any resentment being shown." Haber (1919) also observed that this species is often noticed "huddled together, the younger ones crawling over, around, and beneath the older ones."

Wille (1920) observed that nymphs of Blattella germanica remained almost constantly in groups during the first and second instars, but less so during the third instar. He believed that the aggregations of young occurred because they could occupy narrow crevices where the larger insects could not penetrate. At usual room temperatures the older nymphs and adults lived completely isolated, but at certain temperatures they gathered together in large, tightly pressed groups.

Supella supellectilium is said to be gregarious (Gould and Deay, 1940). The smaller nymphs aggregate in small groups in rearing containers, but the older ones remain separate from one another (Hafez and Afifi, 1956). Leucophaea maderae is sociable and rarely found alone; in their favorite hiding places, hills of these cockroaches can be seen hanging together (Seín, 1923). Wolcott (1950) also stated that L. maderae is gregarious. Annandale (1900) observed that in the "Siamese Malay States" large colonies of Periplaneta australasiae conceal themselves in hollows of bamboo logs from which houses are built. Moulton (1912) stated that he was astonished at the large numbers of P. australasiae and Symploce cavernicola that he saw swarming on the sides of caves of Mt. Jibong, Borneo.

Rehn and Hebard (1905) stated that in Key West, Fla., Eurycotis floridana fairly swarmed under the coquina boulders in the woods, in groups of a dozen containing both young and adults; Pycnoscelus surinamensis was very abundant in the same type of habitat. Caudell (1905) also found the young of E. floridana with the mature individuals. Hebard (1917) in his discussion of Lattiblattella rehni again mentioned finding frequent colonies of E. floridana in Florida. He also found many specimens of Blaberus craniifer under boards on the ground at Key West. He found Parcoblatta lata numerous under bark of dead pine trees in Alabama. However, Dowdy (1955), in an ecological study of oak-hickory forest in Missouri, stated that "Parcoblatta [sp.] were never recorded as being gregarious, in fact they were mostly solitary. However, in some cases two were found together." Yet Blatchley (1895) stated of Parcoblatta pensylvanica that in the winter in Indiana "One cannot pull the loose bark from an old log without dislodging a colony of from ten to a hundred of the nymphs of various sizes." Males of Parcoblatta virginica were said to be often gregarious beneath loose bark and under chunks and rubbish (Blatchley, 1920).

Rehn and Hebard (1927) quoted observations made earlier by Hebard on Byrsotria fumigata in Cuba: "I found the specimens under flat stones, sometimes in colonies of 3 or 4 mature specimens and numbers of immature individuals in all stages of development." These observers also reported that Aspiduchus borinquen was found in Puerto Rico in a limestone cavern by thousands in the grass and on the walls. J. W. H. Rehn (1951a) stated that a related species, apparently Aspiduchus cavernicola, was seen in great numbers on the side walls and roof of a cave in Puerto Rico, but it was not possible to collect any of these and, we infer, confirm the species. Rehn and Hebard (1927) in their account of Simblerastes jamaicanus reported finding it in numbers in a termite nest. Pemberton and Williams (1938) stated that Diploptera punctata is of gregarious habits in Hawaii. Saupe (1928) observed a strong "herd instinct" in all age groups of Blaberus craniifer. Bunting (personal communication, 1956) stated that large nymphs and adults of Blaberus discoidalis "congregate in narrow cracks or on the underside of some low object. The younger nymphs keep in close communities of approximately the same age." Sonan (1924) stated that in Formosa(?) Salganea morio is usually found in groups of six or seven in decayed trees. Species of the genus Litopeltis may be found in small groups as they are somewhat gregarious (Rehn, 1928).

The physiological or psychological effects of gregariousness, or lack of it, are interesting aspects of the basic phenomenon. Landowski (1937) studied in Blatta orientalis the effect on development and growth of the transition from life in complete isolation to life in groups. He kept nymphs in groups of 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 in jars of identical size and shape. Landowski found that (1) mortality increased with the size of the group and with age, as each animal occupied more of the available space. [Presumably these factors are less detrimental in nature where the group is unconfined.] He further found that (2) life in complete isolation extended the time required to produce an adult insect; and (3) the mean weight of the adult insect was, generally, in inverse proportion to the number of nymphs raised together; isolated insects usually attained the greatest adult weight.

Similarly, Griffiths and Tauber (1942a) found that isolation extended the period of nymphal development in Periplaneta americana. As most of their isolates died before reaching maturity, these workers concluded that the American cockroach does not thrive when individually isolated and that several individuals must be together for optimum development to occur. Pettit (1940, 1940a) observed that isolated nymphs of Blattella germanica take longer to mature than those reared in groups. Wallick (1954) found indications in B. germanica that there is an inverse relationship between population density and individual weight; as the population decreased the weight increased. He also noted an inverse relationship between population density and life expectancy in this species.

We (Willis et al., 1958) have confirmed the above observations that Blattella germanica, Blatta orientalis, and Periplaneta americana complete nymphal development in less time when reared in groups rather than individually. We (loc. cit.) also found that nymphs of the following additional species matured more quickly when reared in groups: Eurycotis floridana, Periplaneta fuliginosa, Supella supellectilium, Nauphoeta cinerea, and Pycnoscelus surinamensis; only a very slight decrease in the average length of the developmental period was found in grouped nymphs of Leucophaea maderae.

Wharton et al. (1954) observed that virgin adult males of Periplaneta americana that had been individually isolated upon emergence were almost wholly unresponsive to the sexually stimulating, female odor for a test period of four weeks. Similar males of comparable age that were kept in groups reacted strongly from the sixth day on. Removal of reactive males from the group inhibited the reaction in these isolates, but the response returned when the insects were regrouped. We (1952) had similarly observed that no isolated male of Blattella germanica was ever seen to give a courting response without having received some form of external stimulation. Yet when numbers of males were kept together isolated from females, on several occasions the males became active and a few individuals gave a courting response. As the sexual stimulus is received by the male of B. germanica through contact rather than odor, as in P. americana, presumably it was mutual contact between the grouped males that released the courting activity.

Cloudsley-Thompson (1953a), in his studies of diurnal rhythms in Periplaneta americana, observed a steady decline in total activity in successive 24-hour cycles: "When two cockroaches, even of different species (P. americana and P. australasiae) were kept together, this depression did not appear to set in so readily." The associates apparently kept each other active.

Isolated females of Periplaneta americana can be conditioned to run a simple maze with less time and fewer errors per trial than when paired or when a member of a group of three (Gates and Allee, 1933). There was less activity, and accordingly fewer errors per minute, among cockroaches tested as pairs and groups of three than as isolated individuals. This observation should not be contrasted with that of Cloudsley-Thompson (1953a), cited above, because the intervals during which activity was observed were quite different.

In the above account we have presumed that aggregations of some species are indications of gregariousness. However, until gregariousness has been proved experimentally for each species, we concede that reactions to environmental stimuli might be sufficient to bring about some of the observed groupings without any interaction between individuals.

In concluding this section we note that Tepper (1893) stated that carnivorous cockroaches in Australia lead more or less solitary lives, and that one rarely meets several together in close proximity. Takahashi (1940) observed that in Formosa Blattella humbertiana does not have a tendency to throng together. Rau (1947) stated that the adults of Ischnoptera deropeltiformis showed no tendency toward gregariousness, but in the laboratory newly hatched young lived close together under bark and remained together throughout the nymphal stages. We wonder whether this gregariousness was not imposed by the restricted quarters of the cage. As mentioned above, Dowdy (1955) did not find Parcoblatta sp. to be gregarious in the field.

INTRASPECIES FIGHTING

Fighting occurs among cockroaches of the same species over food or shelter or between males. Saupe (1928) observed late-instar nymphs of Blaberus craniifer attack each other and even adults. Additional records cited in the section on intraspecies predation (p. 322) imply fighting within a species. Rau (1924) saw a male of Blatta orientalis attack another male in copula and bite away a large portion of its wing. Two other males in the container had their wings badly torn overnight, presumably as a result of fighting.

Ehrlich (1943) stated that individuals of Periplaneta americana that are feeding will ward off intruders by spreading their wings and pushing with their hind legs. However, the intruder will approach again and again biting the feeder in the legs and wings. Frequently the odor of approaching food was sufficient to cause the cockroaches to fight and bite each other. Biting and fighting also occurred when individuals of this species defended their daytime hiding places. A position of attack is assumed when two antagonistic individuals of P. americana meet (Ehrlich, 1943, fig. 14). The insects raise their bodies slightly above the ground, by extending their legs, and they stretch their heads forward horizontally so that their mouth parts protrude; when the insects jump at each other, they may wound each other severely in the soft parts of the body. Fighting between sexually excited males resulted in injury to their legs, wings, cerci, and other parts of the body. Frequently an insect that could no longer defend itself was killed. Lederer (1952) also made similar but less extensive observations on fighting in this species.

Pettit (1940) quoted Woodruff as stating that nymphs of Blattella germanica, apparently healthy and perfectly normal, would do battle for no apparent cause other than a chance meeting, and that occasionally the fight was to the finish, the loser being eaten. Pettit could not substantiate such voracious attacks, although he saw nymphs engage in fights lasting about two seconds during which one would be driven off by vigorous bites on legs or cerci. Small nymphs of B. germanica tended to ignore each other, but third-and later-instar nymphs would engage in "quarrels" of short duration when two met. Pettit noted that males of B. germanica that were crowded together quickly set upon, but did not always kill, other cockroaches introduced into their cage. When he isolated a dozen males in a small cage, they became quarrelsome and three of the group were killed and partly eaten. After several days the surviving males had taken positions so that each was equidistant from his neighbors. Some of these males attacked other males and a female that were introduced, by biting their legs and cerci. Females under similar conditions were much less aggressive, although Pettit saw some females that roved about biting all large members of the group that were within easy reach.

We have frequently observed aggressive behavior between males of Nauphoeta cinerea, which resulted in torn wings. The males would wrestle with each other rolling over and over.

INTERSPECIES COMPATIBILITY

We agree in essence with Chopard (1938) who stated that it is improper to speak of associations apropos of the ecological distribution of Orthoptera. He continued that it is clearly evident that different species of Orthoptera, which are found grouped on a territory more or less narrowly limited, have no interdependence among them. Their grouping results uniquely from almost similar reactions to the different factors which characterize this limited milieu. There is neither interdependence nor interaction; the grouping is a false biocoenose, born under the action of the environment, and does not survive a modification of this milieu.

However, as there are numerous examples of mutual toleration between different species as well as examples of incompatibility, the subject has more than academic interest even if no true ecological significance. On the other hand, further study may show that certain of these associations are definitely ecological, particularly among the feral species. As might be expected, most of the following examples pertain to domiciliary cockroaches.

Dozier (1920) occasionally found Periplaneta americana with Eurycotis floridana in decaying stumps, beneath loose bark of decayed trees, and beneath corded wood. Adair (1923) stated that in his house in Egypt Periplaneta americana, Blatta orientalis, and Blattella germanica were found together in a cupboard. Sambon (1925) found B. orientalis and B. germanica side by side but not fraternizing in a home in Italy. Gould and Deay (1938) observed that apartments over stores were infested with both B. germanica and P. americana, but did not indicate whether these occupied the same microhabitat. Gould and Deay (1940) observed that in the Purdue University greenhouse Periplaneta fuliginosa was found "under benches, boxes, pots and other objects in association with the American roach." Dr. L. A. Hetrick (personal communication, 1954) wrote us that several summers before he had had a mixed infestation of cockroaches, which included Periplaneta australasiae, Periplaneta fuliginosa, and Pycnoscelus surinamensis, in his chicken shed.

Eads (personal communication, 1955), in response to our inquiry about the mixed populations of cockroaches that he had reported infesting sewers in Texas (Eads et al., 1954), stated that "Each of the ten colonies of B. orientalis found in Tyler manholes were associated with larger colonies of P. americana. True breeding colonies of B. orientalis appeared to be present since all the developmental stages were taken. The same situation existed with the P. fuliginosa and the two species of Parcoblatta. Larger colonies of P. americana were associated with the other species in each case. From our limited observations the two species always appeared to be perfectly compatible." Eads et al. (1954) had found Periplaneta fuliginosa in three manholes, Parcoblatta bolliana in one manhole and Parcoblatta pensylvanica in one manhole. We assume that the groups of each species were spacially discrete so that they were recognizable as colonies. Dr. T. A. Olson (personal communication, 1958) has observed two or more species of cockroaches in a single structure but never in mixed colonies. Each species was separated physically from the others. Olson concluded that cockroaches of different species do not mingle freely unless forced to do so by some special environmental condition. Pettit (1940) found B. germanica and P. americana similarly separated in the same building or even in the same basement laboratory.

Perkins (1899) found Lobopterella dimidiatipes generally living in company with the young of Periplaneta australasiae in Hawaii. Rehn and Hebard (1914) in Florida found P. australasiae abundant with Periplaneta americana on a quarter-boat. They also noted that the forficulid Marava [= Prolabia] arachidis (Yersin) appeared in numbers in a kitchen after dark accompanied by swarms of P. americana. These workers also found Leurolestes pallidus in a fruit store in Key West "where the species was common in a pile of old burlap bags and in cracks under the stands which it shared with one fairly large colony of Blattella germanica, occasional specimens of Holocompsa nitidula, a few specimens of Periplaneta americana, and one specimen of Supella supellectilium." They also found H. nitidula with Blaberus craniifer "between old boards in a woodshed, where nymphs were more numerous than adults."

Rehn and Hebard (1914) stated of Supella supellectilium in Florida that "The females were all taken in cupboards where Blattella germanica was found in swarms." The association in human habitations of S. supellectilium and B. germanica has been reported also by Sein (1923), Puerto Rico; Shaw (1924), Australia; Mallis (1954): "German and brown-banded roaches were often found in the same crevice."; Anonymous (1958), Texas; and Anonymous (1958a), Georgia. Gould and Deay (1940) stated that other species of cockroaches, especially B. germanica, may be found with S. supellectilium in the same part of a building. Yet Shaw (1925) stated that "when Supella supellectilium Serv. invades places already occupied by Blattella germanica L., it tends to oust the latter."

Blaberus discoidalis has been found in homes or in fruit debris in Puerto Rico in company with the more common, domiciliary species Leucophaea maderae, but never in abundance (Sein, 1923; Wolcott, 1950). Illingworth (1915) in Hawaii found Symploce hospes associated with Nauphoeta cinerea, Graptoblatta notulata, and Diploptera punctata.

Hebard (1917) found Aglaopteryx diaphana in a bromeliad on a forest tree in Jamaica together with Nyctibora laevigata and numerous Cariblatta insularis. He also found numerous Aglaopteryx gemma under signs on longleaf pines in Alabama with occasional specimens of Parcoblatta lata. In Virginia he found Parcoblatta uhleriana in a decaying chestnut log with Cryptocercus punctulalus. In Florida he found Latiblattella rehni with Eurycotis floridana and, more rarely, with Periplaneta australasiae under bark of pine trees. In Key West he found Symploce hospes in the cupboard of a hotel with swarms of Blattella germanica and a few Supella supellectilium.

Rehn and Hebard (1927) in their study of West Indian blattids reported finding Neoblattella proserpina in epiphytic bromeliads in Jamaica in company with Neoblattella eurydice and Neoblattella dryas. They also list most of the associations cited by Hebard (1917).

Ramme (1923) reported that he found in Germany four species of Ectobius (lapponicus, lucidus, pallidus, and sylvester) living together in an area about 50 m. by 200 m. Although he had stated that his specimens of E. lucidus were a distinct species in 1923, Ramme (1951) later decided that they were a form of E. sylvester, E. sylvester f. lucidus.

Dow (1955) reported trapping Blattella germanica, Periplaneta americana, and Periplaneta brunnea in houses and privies in south Texas. At our request Dr. Dow (personal communication, 1958) analyzed his records to determine whether there were indications of associations between these species, with the following results:

As stated in my published note, the roaches were at first classified to genus only. The 83 Periplaneta subsequently identified to species represented 28 different collections, 11 from houses and 17 from privies, all in Pharr, Texas. Tabulation of the data shows first that P. americana was taken only once in a house and that P. brunnea was taken only 4 times in privies. Of course this distribution greatly reduces the probability that they would be caught together, and it is not surprising that P. americana was trapped alone in the single house collection. P. brunnea, however, was trapped with P. americana 2 of the 4 times it occurred in privy collections.

To investigate the occurrence of Periplaneta with and without Blattella, an analysis has been made of 560 trap collections taken in 40 houses and 40 associated privies in Pharr, Texas, in weekly intervals (from May 14 to June 23 [1948]). In the houses, Periplaneta and Blattella were caught in the same jar 26 times, Periplaneta alone 12 times, Blattella alone 83 times, and neither genus 159 times. In a fourfold table, the value of chi-square (14.7) is significant and indicates that the frequencies are not proportional. The number of times Periplaneta and Blattella actually occurred together (26) is, however, much larger than the expected number calculated from the row and column frequencies (14.8). In the privies, Periplaneta and Blattella were caught in the same jar 9 times, Periplaneta alone 50 times, Blattella alone 18 times, and neither genus 203 times. In a fourfold table, the value of chi-square (1.95) is not significant but the same type of disproportion is evident and the expected frequency of both genera in one trap is 5.7, lower than the actual frequency of 9. Both immature and adult roaches are included in this analysis.

The above evidence would be more satisfactory if based on more extensive data. There is also a possible objection in that the traps were operated for at least overnight, during which time one species could theoretically supplant another. Of course, it is doubtful that there is anything involved here like territory (in the ornithologists' sense). On the other hand, it is well to consider that Periplaneta and Blattella are both likely to be more abundant in the same type of favorable location and that this factor might offset in part some direct antagonism between the species.

The only known specimen of Ischnoptera podoces was captured in company with the type series of Cariblatta nebulicola, in dead leaf litter in Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927). In Florida Periplaneta australasiae was often taken in company with Pycnoscelus surinamensis and Eurycotis floridana (Blatchley, 1920).

INTERSPECIES ANTAGONISM

In contrast to the presumably amicable associations mentioned above, other observations in the literature seem to indicate that some species of cockroaches are incompatible when they attempt to occupy the same habitat niche. Marlatt (1915) stated "Rarely do two of the domestic species occur together in the same house. Often, also, of two neighboring districts one may be infested with one species, while in the other a distinct species is the commoner one. The different species are thus seemingly somewhat antagonistic, and it is even supposed that they may prey upon one another, the less numerous species being often driven out." Phelps (1924) stated "Roaches of different species are rarely found together, although roaches of the same species live together on very amicable terms."

In 1859 Darwin (1887) stated that "In Russia the small Asiatic cockroach [Blattella germanica?] has everywhere driven before it its great congener [Blatta orientalis?]." Yet in France Girard (1877) suggested that the oriental cockroach be introduced into a restaurant infested with the German cockroach as the best way to expel the latter, because the more robust species drives away cockroaches of smaller size. Wille (1920) in Germany found usually only one species of cockroach in a house. Yet when he placed B. orientalis and B. germanica together, there were no reciprocal attacks even by hungry individuals. Wille concluded that because of their greater speed, smaller size, greater number of eggs, and faster development, the German cockroaches eat the available food and so make the environment unfavorable for the oriental. However, he noted that cases may be seen in which the opposite is also possible. Laing (1946; British Museum [Natural History], 1951) observed that in the British Isles B. orientalis seems to have lost its dominant position to B. germanica in recent years; it was stated that these species are not as a rule found together and that the greater rapidity of breeding and ability to climb of B. germanica, as well as the layout of modern buildings, are some of the factors that favor the spread of B. germanica. Ledoux (1945) found that first-instar nymphs of B. germanica and fourth-instar nymphs of B. orientalis, adults of B. germanica and sixth-instar nymphs of B. orientalis, as well as adults of both species, did not form mixed groups. However, when he combined fifth-and sixth-instar nymphs of B. germanica with fourth-and fifth-instar nymphs of B. orientalis, which are all practically of equal size, sometimes he would find mixed groups, but generally the groups were distinct. Lucas (1912) stated that Burr had found B. germanica and B. orientalis swarming within a rubbish heap in England; presumably both colonies were breeding and multiplying and one species was not detrimental to the presence of the other.

Shaw (1925) claimed that Supella supellectilium tended to oust Blattella germanica, but Pope (1953) thought it doubtful in Queensland. Wolcott (1950) stated that "The larger and more powerful domestic cockroaches, Periplaneta americana (L.), P. australasiae (F.) and P. brunnea Burmeister have very definitely fallen behind in Puerto Rico in competition with the little German roach." Pessôa and Corêa (1928) observed that other species of cockroaches were rare in Brazil in houses that were infested with Leucophaea maderae. Lederer (1952) noticed that in the reptile house of the aquarium at Frankfort am Main Blatta orientalis was obviously kept down by Blattella germanica, even before the appearance of P. americana. However, B. germanica was not driven out of the reptile house by P. americana although the populations of each fluctuated for about 22 years after the American cockroach had settled there; both species occupied separate resting places. Lederer further observed that within four years of the introduction of P. americana into the crocodile house, none of the original infestation of B. orientalis could be found; a small colony of Pycnoscelus surinamensis in the reptile house was apparently also driven out by P. americana. Chopard (1932, 1938) stated that the oriental cockroach does not exist in company with P. americana which very probably destroys it. Pettit (1940) kept B. germanica and P. americana together in a cage for several weeks but neither species gave any indication of feeding on the other.

Froggatt (1906) stated that "It is probable that the advent of the larger and more formidable American cockroach into Australia has led to the retirement or destruction of our indigenous species" [presumably Periplaneta australasiae]. Tillyard (1926) noted that this statement is incorrect as neither species is native to Australia. Yet Shaw (1925) stated that in Australia "When both species live together in the same places, australasiae Fabr. will probably be found gradually to displace americana L." Local fluctuations in the relative abundance of these species could be a basis for such dissimilar observations. However, MacDougall (1925) observed that in the plant houses of the Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh, the Australian cockroach seemed to have overcome the American which had been more numerous in former years.

In conclusion, we emphasize that many of the above observations are merely tentative impressions gathered by workers who have watched many species of cockroaches in nature. Obviously, additional observations coupled with appropriate experimentation will be needed to disclose the true structure of each presumed association and to resolve apparent discrepancies. Although we are greatly indebted to the cited authors for their contributions to the known information, we anticipate that future results of cleverly designed laboratory experiments will do much to dispel the uncertainty that still surrounds our knowledge of the relations of the Blattaria to each other.

XVIII. DEFENSE OF COCKROACHES AGAINST PREDATORS

Irritating or repellent secretions provide many animals belonging to widely unrelated groups with a more or less potent means of defence....

It will be seen that this method of defence does not rest merely upon a passive unpalatable attribute, but upon an active emission of the unpalatable substance which, since it occurs when the animal is seized or threatened by an enemy, enforces its effectiveness. In its highest development we find different forms whose specialized habits and modified structure enables them to project secretion at the enemy, and thus to discourage attack.

Cott (1940)

There are very few records indicating that cockroaches are unaccepted as food by other animals. Hutson (1943) found that the duck, guinea fowl, and pigeon would not normally eat Pycnoscelus surinamensis, and in his experiments with the chicken eye worm he had to force-feed his birds with infected cockroaches. Lederer (1952) found that insectivorous birds in the Zoological Garden, Frankfurt am Main, either refused hardened (as opposed to teneral) American cockroaches or ate them unwillingly. Carpenter (1925) reported that a monkey (Cercopithecus) failed to feed on cockroaches and suggested that the insects' odor made them repugnant; however, there are a number of positive records of monkeys feeding on cockroaches (see pp. 284-286).

Cockroaches may escape capture by predators through evasive behavior, concealment, protective coloration, mimicry, or secretion of malodorous materials. Nocturnal cockroaches may avoid predators that are active during the day (Crawford, 1934), but nocturnal predators are apparently quite successful in capturing cockroaches. Some cockroaches may be protected by their swiftness, others by their resemblance to vegetation (Williams, 1928). The habit of squeezing into narrow cracks may afford cockroaches some protection.

Burrowing forms such as Pycnoscelus may spend much time in underground cells (Roeser, 1940). Polyphagids rapidly burrow into sand (Fausek, 1906), where they may be protected from predators. Tepper (1893) discovered that a very large Australian cockroach, Geoscapheus robustus, had its fore legs, especially the tibiae, adapted for digging. He observed this species in captivity and in 1894 reported that it appeared to sink into the soil without raising any considerable amount above the surface and that it did not form an unobstructed tunnel. Another large Australian cockroach, Macropanesthia rhinocerus, burrows about two feet below the surface of sandy soil; it also makes nests among pine roots and the nymphs rarely appear above ground (Henson in Day, 1950). Tepper (1893) observed that Australian cockroaches of the genera Epilampra and Oniscosoma buried themselves in loose soil and dust. Baker (in Rehn, 1930) observed that Styphon bakeri is found in humus and rubble in the Dutch West Indies where "It is sluggish in the open, but wedges into the humus quite quickly."

Therea nuptialis, found in India, conceals itself at the roots of fig trees, etc. The small hairs on its elytra retain sufficient dust to conceal it, or at any rate to render it inconspicuous, when not on the wing (Annandale, in Chopard, 1924c). Rehn and Hebard (1914) observed that the nymphs of Blaberus craniifer[13] at Key West, Fla., "were usually found half buried in loose damp earth under boards, where they remained motionless, looking much like lumps of earth (with which they were usually much dusted) until disturbed." Hebard (1917) reported of Monastria biguttata from Brazil that "All of the juveniles are heavily coated with foreign particles" which adhere "to a multitude of closely placed, minute and usually curved spines, which cover the dorsal surface and marginal portions of the ventral surface."

It is apparent from the numbers of predators reported herein that many animals are not deterred by the odorous secretions of cockroaches; these secretions, because they may seem repugnant to man, are often claimed to be repellent to predators. However, Cott (1940) points out that "There are many instances in which protective devices and associated warning colours are known to be ineffectual against certain enemies. But this does not necessarily imply that they are not on the whole beneficial to the species attacked." Certain cockroach secretions may well be repellent to many predators, but as this is a purely negative aspect of the predator-prey relationship little thus far has been observed or published. Potential prey that successfully defends itself against attack is never found in a predator's stomach.

Cockroaches have a variety of glands which secrete odorous materials. Certain secretions, produced by tergal or dorsal glands in males, are involved in sexual behavior; the females feed on the secretion from these glands prior to copulating (Roth and Willis, 1954). However, other secretions which are produced by both sexes are ejected or given off when the insect is disturbed; undoubtedly these are defensive weapons that are used against predators. Very few experiments or observations are on record to show how effective these secretions may be in protecting the cockroach. Although the morphology of some of the glands has been described, relatively little is known about the chemistry of their secretions.

Many species of Australian cockroaches have been reported to emit "disgusting" odors, though the glands producing these secretions have not been described, nor is the chemistry of the compounds known. Cosmozosteria lateralis exposed two orange-red spots on the abdomen while emitting a pungent odor which deterred a collector from capturing it (Shelford, 1912). Another Australian species, Platyzosteria castanea, when disturbed on barren ground tilts forward on the vertex and straddles out the posterior legs, supporting itself in a vertical position on the head and tarsi; in assuming this attitude it will squirt a foetid fluid as a fine spray for a distance of 6 or 7 inches (Shaw, 1914). Spencer (1892) mentions the pungent odor given off by a cockroach which had been accidentally cut in two. Rageau (1956) stated that in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia Cutilia nitida emits, when disturbed, a corrosive liquid with an extremely disagreeable odor.

The adults of Eurycotis floridana emit an odorous fluid when seized (Rehn and Hebard, 1905). The fluid, which may irritate sensitive skin areas, may be ejected as a spray for a distance of several inches. This secretion has been identified as 2-hexenal (Roth et al., 1956), and the ventral abdominal glands which produce it have been described (Stay, 1957). Eisner (personal communication, 1958) has found that the toad Bufo marinus and the frog Rana pipiens invariably spit out adults of E. floridana which they have seized. The odor of 2-hexenal was strongly apparent after these attacks, and the insect was never damaged. However, the lizard Anolis equestris seized and crushed E. floridana before releasing its hold and dropping the insect 5 to 10 minutes later. The blue jay Cyanocitta cristata readily attacked adults of E. floridana and killed them but did not eat the insects until after the odor had dissipated; however, the bird carried nymphs of E. floridana to its perch and ate them. Nymphs of this species do not secrete 2-hexenal (Roth et al., 1956). Recently, 2-hexenal has been tested for its antibacterial activity and has been found to be active against seven species of pathogenic bacteria (Valcurone and Baggini, 1957). Eurycotis decipiens from Trinidad also ejects a fluid which may produce toxic symptoms such as vertigo and nausea (Bunting in Roth and Willis, 1957a).

Large reservoirs of glands similar in appearance and position to those of Eurycotis floridana are present in the adults of both sexes of Neostylopyga rhombifolia and Platyzosteria novae seelandiae. Walker (1904) and Longstaff (in Shelford, 1912) noted that the latter species had a strong odor. Roth (unpublished data, 1957) found that the secretion of P. novae seelandiae when ejected is grayish or milky in color. In the reservoirs of the ventral gland of this insect the secretion is a milky liquid containing floating greenish globules. Both infrared and mass spectrographic analyses show that the secretion is a mixture containing 2-hexenal, the aldehyde that is found in E. floridana. Eisner (personal communication, 1958) observed that the lizard Anolis carolinensis immediately released Neostylopyga rhombifolia without injury, but that Bufo marinus, Anolis equistris, and Cyanocitta cristata ate the insect despite the secretion; several unidentified spiders and the ant Pogonomyrmex badius were not repelled by the secretion of N. rhombifolia.

Dorsal and ventral glands have been found in both sexes of Blatta orientalis and Periplaneta americana (Minchin, 1888, 1890; Kul'vets, 1898; Oettinger, 1906; Harrison, 1906; Liang, 1956). The ventral glands are found in the same general region as those of Eurycotis. We have also found similar ventrally located glands in both Periplaneta australasiae, and P. brunnea. The reservoirs which store the secretion of the ventral glands are smaller in Blatta and Periplaneta spp. than those found in Eurycotis, Neostylopyga, or Platyzosteria.

In Blatta orientalis the dorsal glands can be everted by pressure on the abdomen; the secretion in these glands, according to Haase (1889), has the typical oriental cockroach odor. Although the dorsal glands of the oriental cockroach are usually given a defensive role (Haase, 1889, 1889a; Kul'vets, 1898; Oettinger, 1906; Konček, 1924), the functions of secretions of these nonepigamic dorsal glands and the ventral glands are still open to question. It is possible that some of the odors produced by cockroaches have functions other than defense or sex attraction. For example, Ledoux (1945) showed that the species odor is largely responsible for the gregarious behavior shown by Blatta orientalis and Blattella germanica. The olfactory stimulus acts over a short distance only, and the source of this odor in the insect is unknown. By washing Blattella germanica in warm chloroform Dusham (1918) extracted a wax which had the odor of the German cockroach. However, there is no evidence to show that cockroaches respond to the same cockroach odors that are detected by man.

Certain cockroaches have recently been found to have odorous secretions which are produced in tracheal glands. In Diploptera punctata the tracheae leading to the second abdominal spiracles of nymphs and adults are modified into odoriferous glands which produce a mixture of 2-ethyl-1,4-benzoquinone; 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone; and para benzoquinone; this material is ejected as a means of defense. The offensive odor emitted by adults and nymphs of Leucophaea maderae also issues from the second abdominal spiracles (Roth and Stay, 1958).

Diploptera is capable of ejecting its quinones from either its right or left tracheal gland according to which side of the insect is attacked (pl. 36, A-B). Eisner (1958) found that the secretion repelled the ant Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille) (pl. 36, C) and the beetle Galerita janus Fabricius when they attacked the cockroach. The spider Lycosa helluo Walckenaer was repelled by large nymphs and adults of D. punctata but young nymphs were usually eaten promptly (Eisner, 1958).

Bordas (1901, 1908) believed that the "conglobate" gland (Miall and Denny, 1886), found in males of Periplaneta americana and Blatta orientalis, was an odoriferous gland used for defense, but Gupta (1947) has shown that in all probability this gland (the phallic gland) secretes the outermost covering of the spermatophore.

What appears to be mimicry occurs in some species of Blattaria. The nymphs of many Panchlorini and Blaberinae vaguely resemble sow bugs (Chopard, 1938). Certain members of the Perisphaerini (e.g., Perisphaerus glomeriformis) from the Malayan region which resemble sow bugs (Annandale, 1900; Hanitsch, 1915) can roll themselves up into a ball thus hiding their antennae and legs (Lucas, 1862). Although these cockroaches are found among dead leaves or under stones, in places in which sow bugs are also found, the benefit to either or both forms is questionable; Annandale (1900) believed that the crustacean and the cockroach, living under similar conditions, developed the same general body shape. Rolling up into a ball is nothing more than an exaggeration of a reflex common to many young cockroaches, that is, an arched position which these insects assume when they immobilize themselves in response to certain stimuli (Chopard, 1938).

There are cockroaches that resemble various Coleoptera and Hemiptera (Belt, 1874; Shelford, 1912; Hanitsch, 1915). Some look like cerambycids, lampyrids, coccinellids, pentatomids, etc. Perhaps the most striking examples are the resemblances of cockroaches in the genus Prosoplecta of the Epilamprinae to beetles of the family Coccinellidae; Shelford (1912) has figured a number of species of Prosoplecta together with the species of beetles which they seem to have taken for models. Williams (1928) mentioned diurnal cockroaches which by a combination of markings, shape, posture, and active flight about vegetation suggest certain wasps.

Unfortunately, practically nothing is known about the behavior of these so-called mimics and models or their relationships with predators in the field. For the most part, the examples are based on a comparison of pinned insects from museum collections (Burr, 1899); for this reason Chopard (1938) believed that not much value should be placed on superficial resemblances of this kind. However, we believe that a lack of knowledge of cockroach mimicry is not a valid reason for rejecting the idea that mimicry, if it occurs, may be of some benefit in the survival of mimetic species. Certainly Cott's (1940) voluminous compilation of the literature on adaptive coloration should make the most skeptic hesitate to conclude dogmatically that these instances of mimicry are merely accidental and meaningless.

XIX. THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF COCKROACHES

In the Navy [Japanese] a seaman who has captured 300 cockroaches will be granted one day special shore leave. They call it "shore leave for cockroaches." The purpose is to promote extermination of cockroaches in a warship because, on the one hand, any warship suffers from numerous cockroaches, and, on the other hand, any seaman likes shore leave.... The formalities for a shore leave for cockroaches are as follows. A seaman keeps cockroaches which he captured (mainly B. germanica, because P. americana and P. australasiae are seldom found in Japan) in a bottle or in a bag until the number reaches 300. Then he brings them to the deck officer to get the confirmation that he has actually captured more than 300 cockroaches. If the deck officer confirms it, the seaman goes to a cabin where a petty officer reports that the

deck officer confirmed the number of cockroaches. The petty officer signs the seaman's name, name of division, rank, and date to be on shore leave in the log book for cockroach shore leaves. The petty officer brings the log book again to the deck officer to get his approval and then goes to the commander for the final approval. In the Navy, they have another special shore leave for rats. In this system, a seaman gets one day shore leave for one rat. The formalities for the latter are the same as for the former, and there is a log book for the rat shore leave in the petty officer's quarters. The author took advantage of these systems frequently.

Sonan (1924)

Little is known of the effects of predatism and parasitism on natural populations of cockroaches. Many statements in the literature are very general; yet there are a few data on egg parasites (e.g., Tetrastichus hagenowii) which suggest that, in the absence of parasites, populations of domestic cockroaches might be much larger than they are in certain areas. We have summarized the literature on natural control and also that on the use by man of predators and parasites in the biological control of cockroaches. However, because of the paucity of information, we have been unable to evaluate the effectiveness of biological control in reducing the numbers of pest cockroaches. This is an area that might reward further investigation.

INVERTEBRATES

Scorpions.—In Puerto Rico, cockroaches are probably the principal food of the scorpions which live in old houses, on tree trunks, etc. (Seín, 1923). The staple diet of scorpions in Arizona is the small cockroach commonly known as the water bug (Stahnke, 1949); in the part of Arizona where he resides, Stahnke (personal communication, 1953) says that the "water-bug" is most generally Supella supellectilium although Blattella germanica is also found, but less abundantly.

Spiders.—Jefferys (1760) mentioned a large spider which was protected in the Antilles and especially on Guadeloupe because it hunted down and fed on cockroaches; the spider was reputed to be common in every house. Sir Hans Sloane (1725, in Cowan, 1865) reported that residents of Jamaica kept spiders in their houses to destroy cockroaches. Takahashi (1924) reported that, in the Taihoku area of Formosa, human habitations contained large numbers of spiders which caught and ate cockroaches. Smith (in Marlatt, 1915) reported that Brazilians encourage large house spiders because they tend to rid the house of "other insect pests." In British Guiana tarantulas were kept in a bungalow to control Periplaneta and Pycnoscelus (Beebe, 1925a).

Ants.—A Madam Merian noticed that ants cleared houses of cockroaches (Kirby and Spence, 1822). A small reddish-yellow ant, called Pucchuçiçi by Peruvian Indians, pursued and destroyed a cockroach called Chilicabra which was a pest in native huts (Tschudi, 1847). Schwabe (1950b) found swarms of ants attacking living Pycnoscelus surinamensis and stated that ants are probably the chief enemy of this cockroach in Hawaii. Wallace (1891) stated that in Africa a band of driver ants may enter a house and clear it of cockroaches and other arthropods. In British Guiana, Beebe, (1925) found that several times a year army ants cleared the laboratory of all cockroaches and tarantulas.

Wasp egg parasites.—Matsumura (1917, in Asano, 1937) proposed that parasitic wasps such as Evania and Brachygaster be protected in Japan as the natural enemies of cockroaches. In one area in France, 20 percent of the oöthecae of Loboptera decipiens were parasitized by Zeuxevania splendidula (Genieys, 1924). Edmunds (1952a) found that 12 percent of 459 oöthecae of Parcoblatta collected during December through April of 1950-51 in Ohio were parasitized; evaniids accounted for about 7 percent of the parasitization. Additional collection data in 1951-52 Edmunds (1953a) showed that 8.7 percent of 320 wood-cockroach oöthecae were parasitized; 2.8 percent of these parasites were evaniids; almost 13 percent of the egg capsules collected showed evidence of previous parasite emergence. Cameron (1957) reported that oöthecae of Periplaneta americana collected in Saudi Arabia were 29 percent parasitized in March and 25 percent parasitized in October by Evania appendigaster. Sonan (1924) found 1 of 65 oöthecae of P. americana and P. australasiae parasitized by E. appendigaster in Formosa.

Cottam (1922) stated that the increase of Supella supellectilium in Khartoum was checked by a wasp egg-parasite that was later identified as Anastatus tenuipes (see p. 246) (Ferrière, 1930, 1935). In this country, this wasp seemed to be effective in decreasing the numbers of Supella in certain areas in Arizona (Flock, 1941).

In Formosa, Tetrastichus hagenowii was an important parasite of cockroach eggs (Maki, 1937). Sonan (1924) reported 30 percent parasitization of 65 oöthecae of Periplaneta americana and P. australasiae collected in Formosa. In Bangalore, India, the natural parasitization of randomly collected oöthecae of P. americana varied from 21 percent (of 495 oöthecae), July 1947-June 1948, and 43 percent (of 288 oöthecae), July-December 1948, to 57 percent (of 178 oöthecae), July-October 1949 (Usman, 1949). Cameron (1955) obtained T. hagenowii from oöthecae collected in Trinidad, B.W.I., and Saudi Arabia; some 15 percent of the oöthecae of P. americana and P. australasiae collected in October in Trinidad were parasitized; a later collection (March) was 34 percent parasitized; a small sample of P. americana oöthecae was 65 percent parasitized. The oöthecae collected in Saudi Arabia in March were 20 percent parasitized. Plank (1947) found that the eggs of the American cockroach in Puerto Rico (probably in laboratory cultures) were so heavily parasitized by T. hagenowii that he had to use P. australasiae for experimental purposes; in 1950 Plank stated that more than 50 percent of American cockroach oöthecae were parasitized.

Fahringer (1922) stated that Prosevania punctata could be used to eradicate cockroaches, but he did not test his hypothesis. Marlatt (1902) felt that the usefulness of Evania appendigaster in biological control was impaired by Tetrastichus acting as a hyperparasite (see footnote 6, p. 236). However, Wolcott (1951) stated that in Puerto Rico E. appendigaster is quite abundant and is a factor of considerable importance in controlling cockroaches. Kadocsa (1921) stated that Brachygaster minutus and Evania appendigaster were not important in the biological control of cockroaches. These general statements are not supported by experimental evidence.

It is likely that the smaller wasp egg parasites are more effective than the evaniids in controlling cockroaches. Only one evaniid develops in a parasitized oötheca, but many individuals of the other wasps develop in one oötheca and the number of females that emerge is usually large. However, Cameron (1957) concluded that, with a parasitism rate of 25 to 29 percent and three to four generations a year, against one or less for the host, Evania appendigaster in the areas where it is established is a valuable control agent.

The use of specific egg parasites to control cockroaches has not been attempted extensively. Cros (1942) liberated a species of Tetrastichus (=Eulophus sp.; see p. 254) in his home in Algeria to control the oriental cockroach; as far as we know, he did not report the parasite's effectiveness in reducing the cockroach population. According to Zimmerman (1948) Comperia merceti, when accidentally imported, practically wiped out Supella supellectilium in parts of Hawaii; he claimed to have controlled the brown-banded cockroach in a store building with this parasite. In some parts of Honolulu, almost 100 percent of the oöthecae of this cockroach were parasitized (Zimmerman, 1944). We (1954b) ran some simulated field tests in which we liberated Tetrastichus hagenowii in rooms artificially seeded with oöthecae; from 28 to 83 percent of American cockroach oöthecae and 56 percent of oriental cockroach oöthecae were parasitized during these tests.

Evania appendigaster was introduced from Hawaii into Canton Island in 1940 against Periplaneta americana, and it has become established (Dumbleton, 1957). This parasite was also successfully introduced into Samoa (Dumbleton, 1957).

Cockroach-hunting wasps.—An earnest attempt has been made to establish in Hawaii wasps that prey on cockroaches. Just how effective these wasps are in controlling cockroaches is still unknown. Dolichurus stantoni was introduced from the Philippines in 1917 and spread to several of the Islands (Swezey, 1920, 1921; Williams, 1944). Bridwell (1920) stated that as a result of this introduction there was a great decrease in cockroaches of the genus "Phyllodromia." A number of Podium haematogastrum from Brazil were liberated in Honolulu (Williams, 1925) but did not become established (Williams, 1928). The effectiveness of Podium was questioned by Williams (1928) who observed that Podium "destroyed innumerable Blattidae, which nonetheless swarmed in their neighborhood, and I must confess from my observations on the various cockroach-hunting wasps that the blattid more than holds its own alongside its enemy."

Introductions of Ampulex have proved more successful. Ampulex canaliculata was introduced into Hawaii from the United States (Williams, 1928a, 1929). Williams also introduced A. compressa into Hawaii in 1940, and the species was reared in large numbers for distribution (Pemberton, 1942). A. compressa has since become established on most of the Islands (Pemberton, 1945a, 1947; Williams, 1946; Van Zwaluwenburg, 1950). The thousand of A. compressa now found in the Hawaiian Islands are all descendants of three wasps captured in Noumea, New Caledonia (Williams, 1944). According to Williams (1941), the number of cockroaches was noticeably reduced at the University of Hawaii poultry farm, where some A. compressa were released. Pemberton (1953) believed that this wasp has become sufficiently abundant to be of definite value. Simmonds (1941) recommended importing A. compressa into Fiji for cockroach control. A. compressa was introduced from Hawaii into Guam in 1954 against Periplaneta americana and into the Cook Islands in 1955 against Periplaneta spp.; it is not yet known whether the parasite became established in either place (Dumbleton, 1957).

VERTEBRATES

... on conserve avec soin les crapauds dans les maisons, et que les dames les tolèrent, même sous leurs robes, en raison de leurs continuels services, car ils se promènent sans cesse à la recherche des Kakerlacs.

Girard (1877)

Toads.—Bufo marinus was first introduced into Puerto Rico from Barbados in 1920 to reduce several major insect pests including cockroaches (Leonard, 1933). It was introduced from Puerto Rico into Hawaii by C. E. Pemberton in 1932 where it rapidly became established; it has since been distributed throughout the Pacific area. B. marinus is one of the world's largest toads; it attains a body length (exclusive of the hind legs) of 7 to 9 inches (Oliver, 1949) and has been kept alive for more than 11 years in captivity (Pemberton, 1945). Alicata (1938) placed giant toads in a fenced area in Hawaii containing an infestation of Pycnoscelus surinamensis; after 24 hours the toads were dissected and each was found to have eaten from 11 to 25 cockroaches. Illingworth (1941) found that 40 to 90 percent of 53 stools of this toad in Hawaii contained remains of P. surinamensis. Alicata (1947) recommended the maintenance of B. marinus in poultry yards to reduce the population of P. surinamensis, the vector of the chicken eye worm.

Toads have also been recommended for controlling cockroaches in houses (Meech, 1889; Sweetman, 1936). Girard (1877) cited a note in a French newspaper which stated that toads were kept in houses in Cuba to control the American cockroach.

Tree frogs.—Tree frogs enclosed in a room overnight were said to effectively clear it of cockroaches (Marlatt, 1915); on sugar plantations in Australia, these amphibians were encouraged in houses and kept as pets because they hunted and devoured large brown cockroaches (Froggatt, 1906).

Birds.—In Guadeloupe, Dutertre (1654) claimed that all the fowls of the country were fond of small cockroaches and lived on practically nothing else. In Hawaii (Zimmerman, 1948) and in the Lesser Antilles (Ballou, 1912) cockroaches are eaten by poultry whenever the birds can find them. In Puerto Rico, Wetmore (1916) stated that owls kept in houses feed extensively on cockroaches; the stomach of one owl which had been kept in a native house was filled entirely with cockroaches. In British Guiana, Beebe (1925) found that cockroaches were eaten by 27 species of birds.

Reptiles.—H. (1800) claimed that two lizards cleared his house of the "true brown cockroach" and suggested that lizards be used for cockroach control because the reptiles are docile and harmless. On Arno Atoll geckos and night-feeding skinks eat large numbers of cockroaches (Usinger and La Rivers, 1953). According to Wolcott (1924) the number of cockroaches eaten by lizards is surprisingly large considering the nocturnal habits of these insects. Beebe (1925a) kept geckos in a bungalow to help control Periplaneta and Pycnoscelus.

Mammalia.—Cowan (1865) stated that in England hedgehogs were often kept domesticated in kitchens to destroy cockroaches. This writer also stated that a lemur was kept on board ship to destroy cockroaches.

Large numbers of the American and Australian cockroaches were eaten by the mongoose in Hawaii (Perkins, 1913).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would have been unable to complete this review without the help of many people who have generously given us their time and the benefit of their special experience. We are exceedingly grateful to these individuals for they have contributed much to whatever merit this work possesses; we alone are responsible for the deficiencies and inaccuracies that remain in the text.

Dr. A. B. Gurney, Entomology Research Division, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and J. A. G. Rehn, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, have given us much help and advice throughout the preparation of this monograph. Both have patiently answered our many queries, and Mr. Rehn allowed us free access to his large collection of cockroach literature. We are especially pleased to thank them for their many favors.

Many persons have determined at our request the identity of specific organisms. These individuals are cited in the text and to them we extend our thanks. We thank our colleagues, cited in the text, who have made their unpublished observations available to us. We also thank the individuals and organizations for the use of photographs and/or drawings for which they are credited in the accompanying legends.

We thank the following individuals for supplying us with living specimens of the species indicated: T. Campbell, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, New South Wales (Panesthia australis); Dr. L. R. Cleveland, Harvard University (Cryptocercus punctulatus); Dr. N. T. Davis, University of Connecticut (Byrsotria fumigata); Dr. F. Englemann, Albert Einstein Medical School (Gromphadorhina portentosa); Dr. F. A. Lawson, Kansas State College (Comperia merceti); Dr. K. D. Roeder, Tufts University (Hierodula tenuidentata (?)); Dr. E. O. Wilson, Harvard University (Ischnoptera deropeltiformis).

We thank the following individuals for checking the taxonomy of the following organisms or for reading the indicated sections of the manuscript: Fungi.—Dr. R. K. Benjamin, University of California; Dr. E. G. Simmons, Quartermaster Research Laboratories. Protozoa.—Dr. R. R. Kudo, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois. Helminths.—Mrs. May Belle Chitwood and Dr. J. T. Lucker, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Centipedes and whipscorpions.—Dr. R. E. Crabill, Jr., U. S. National Museum. Scorpions.—Dr. J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson, University of London; Dr. R. E. Crabill, Jr. Spiders.—Dr. B. J. Kaston, University of Connecticut; Dr. R. E. Crabill, Jr. Mites.—Dr. J. H. Camin, Chicago Academy of Sciences; Dr. E. W. Baker, U. S. National Museum. Cockroaches.—Dr. A. B. Gurney and J. A. G. Rehn. Ants.—Dr. W. L. Brown, Jr., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. Hymenopterous parasites of cockroach eggs.—Dr. B. D. Burks, U. S. National Museum; Dr. H. K. Townes, University of Michigan. Cockroach-hunting wasps.—Dr. K. V. Krombein, U. S. National Museum. Lepidoptera.—Dr. J. F. G. Clarke, U. S. National Museum; Dr. E. L. Todd, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Miscellaneous insects.—Dr. R. S. Beal, Dr. A. B. Gurney, C. W. Sabrosky, Dr. R. I. Sailer, and J. T. Spilman, U. S. National Museum. Fishes.—Dr. L. P. Schultz, U. S. National Museum. Amphibians and reptiles.—Dr. Doris M. Cochran, U. S. National Museum. Birds.—Dr. Herbert Friedmann, U. S. National Museum. Mammals.—Dr. D. H. Johnson, U. S. National Museum.

We thank the following individuals for reading the entire manuscript: J. A. G. Rehn; Dr. A. B. Gurney; Maj. Gordon Field, U. S. Army; and Dr. H. L. Sweetman, University of Massachusetts. The monograph has profited by the friendly criticism of these entomologists.

We thank Dr. R. A. Howard, Harvard University, for checking lists of plant names; Mrs. Maria E. W. Torok, formerly of the Quartermaster Technical Library, for assistance in obtaining obscure literature; Miss Louise Bercaw, U. S. Department of Agriculture Library, for identifying the journal containing the paper by Vlasov and Miram; the individuals who translated foreign language articles, for which they are credited in the bibliography; and Miss G. Lillian Fede, Quartermaster Research Laboratories, for typing the manuscript.

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1952. The North American species of Syniomosphyrum (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 54, pp. 258-264.

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1941. Host-parasite relations of Moniliformis dubius (Acanthocephala) in albino rats, and the environmental nature of resistance to single and superimposed infections with this parasite. Amer. Journ. Hyg., vol. 33, sect. D, pp. 1-21.

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1898. Orthoptera collected in South-Eastern Europe. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 10, pp. 1-5.

1899. Mimicry in Orthoptera. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 11, pp. 48-50.

1899a. Parasites of Orthoptera. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 11, pp. 186-187.

1899b. Local Orthoptera in 1899. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 11, p. 333.

1900. On the British Orthoptera in the Hope Museum, Oxford. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 12, pp. 97-99.

1908. Orthoptera in east Kent. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 20, pp. 275-278.

1911. Orthoptera in the Canary Islands. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 23, pp. 92-95, 175-178, 193-195.

1913. Collecting Orthoptera in the Caucasus and Transcaucasus. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 25, pp. 12-15, 37-41.

1923. A contribution to our knowledge of the Orthoptera of Macedonia. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1923, pp. 110-130.

1926. In Northeast Siberia. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 38, pp. 97-101.

1937. Periplaneta orientalis L. in the open. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 49, p. 115.

1939. The insect legion. 321 pp. London.

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1871. Untersuchungen über die beiden Nematoden der Periplaneta (Blatta) orientalis L. Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool., vol. 21, pp. 252-293, 2 pls.

1878. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flagellaten und einiger verwandten Organismen. Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool., vol. 30, pp. 205-281, 5 pls.

1881. Kleine Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gregarinen. Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool., vol. 35, pp. 384-409, 2 pls.

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1914. British Blattidae. Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var., vol. 26, p. 185.

1955. The natural history of tse-tse flies. London School Hyg. Trop. Med., Mem. No. 10, 816 pp.

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1942. A note on Timulla (Timulla) eriphyla Mickel (Hym., Mutillidae), a parasite of Tachysphex blatticidus F. X. Williams (Hym., Larridae), from Trinidad, B. W. I. Proc. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, ser. A, vol. 17, p. 18.

1950. Observations on tropical wasps in Trinidad. Proc. 8th Internat. Congr. Ent., Stockholm, 1948, pp. 204-206.

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1917. A year of Costa Rican natural history. 577 pp. New York.

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1910. Zoological researches in Costa Rica. Old Penn Weekly Rev., Univ. Pennsylvania, vol. 9, pp. 165-170.

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1893. Sur quelques gordiens nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 18, pp. 213-216.

1897. Monografia dei Gordii. Mem. Reale Accad. Sci., Torino, ser. 2, vol. 47, pp. 339-419.

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1955. On the parasites and predators of the cockroach. I.—Tetrastichus hagenowii (Ratz.). Bull. Ent. Res., vol. 46, pp. 137-147.

1957. On the parasites and predators of the cockroach. II.—Evania apppendigaster (L.). Bull. Ent. Res., vol. 48, pp. 199-209.

Campos R., F.

1926. Catalogo preliminar de los blatidos (cucarachas) del Ecuador. Rev. Col. Nac. Vicente Rocafuerte, vol. 8, pp. 41-57.

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1916. Note de M. le Professeur P. Canalis, relative à quelques expériences sur l'action insecticide du gaz Clayton. Bull. Mens. Off. Internat. Hyg., Paris, vol. 8, pp. 457-463.

Cantrall, I. J.

1941. Notes on collecting and preserving Orthoptera. Part 2 of Compendium of entomological methods. 28 pp. Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, N. Y.

1943. The ecology of the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of the George Reserve, Michigan. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan, No. 54, 182 pp., 10 pls.

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1898. Sul passagio dei microrganismi attraverso l'intestino di alcuni insetti. L'Uff. San. Riv. Igiene Med. Prat., Naples, vol. II, pp. 337-348, 385-397.

1906. Nuove osservazioni sul passaggio dei microrganismi a traverso l'intestino di alcuni insetti. Ann. Igiene Sper., vol. 16, pp. 339-368.

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1947. Insects and other arthropods captured by the Brazilian Sanitary Service on landplanes or seaplanes arriving in Brazil between January 1942 and December 1945. Bol. Ofic. Sanataria Panamer., vol. 26, pp. 22-30.

Carpenter, G. D. H.

1920. A naturalist on Lake Victoria with an account of sleeping sickness and the tse-tse fly. 333 pp. London.

1921. Experiments on the relative edibility of insects, with special reference to their coloration. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1921, pp. 1-105.

1925. A naturalist in East Africa. 187 pp., 8 pls., 1 map. Oxford, England.

Castellani, A., and Chalmers, A. J.

1919. Manual of tropical medicine. 3d ed., 2,436 pp. New York.

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1905. Notes on some Florida Orthoptera. Ent. News, vol. 16, pp. 216-219.

1914. Some bromeliadicolous Blattidae from Mexico and Central America. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, vol. 2, pp. 76-80.

1923. Phorticolea boliviae, a new myrmecophilous cockroach from South America. Psyche, vol. 30, pp. 28-30.

1924. Some insects from the Chilibrillo bat caves of Panama. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, vol. 12, pp. 133-135.

1925. Pycnoscelus surinamensis Linnaeus (Orthoptera); on its nymphs and the damage it does to rose bushes. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 27, pp. 154-157.

1931. Notes on Blattidae, adventive to the United States (Orthop.). Ent. News, vol. 42, p. 204.

Chabaud, A. G., and Larivière, M.

1955. Cycle évolutif d'un ascaride: Subulura jacchi (Marcel 1857) parasite de primates, chez la blatte Blabera fusca. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, vol. 149, pp. 1416-1419.

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1942. Notes diverses sur Leucophaea surinamensis (L.) et Nauphoeta cinerea (Oliv.). Bull. Soc. Ent. Fouad 1er Ent., vol. 26, pp. 21-23.

Chamberlin, J. C.

1949. Insects of agricultural and household importance in Alaska with suggestions for their control. U. S. Dept. Agr., Alaska Agr. Exp. Sta., Circ. No. 9, 59 pp.

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1829. Ein Zweifel und zwei Algen. Verhandl. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, vol. 1, pp. 173-180.

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1921. Notes on the occurrence of Moniliformis sp. in rats in Texas. Journ. Parasitol., vol. 7, pp. 179-183.

1922. Species of Hymenolepis as human parasites. Journ. Amer. Med. Assoc., vol. 78, pp. 636-639.

1926. Some factors affecting the propagation of hookworm infections in the Asansol Mining Settlement with special reference to the part played by cockroaches in mines. Indian Med. Gaz., vol. 61, pp. 209-212.

1941. The specific status of Moniliformis (Acanthocephala) of Texas rats, and a review of the species of this genus in the Western Hemisphere. Journ. Parasitol., vol. 27, pp. 241-244.

1949. Introduction to parasitology. 756 pp. New York.

Charles, Vera K.

1941. A preliminary check list of the entomogenous fungi of North America. Insect Pest Survey Bull., vol. 21, Suppl. to No. 9, pp. 707-785.

Chatton, E., and Pérard, C.

1913. Schizophytes du caecum du cobaye. I. Oscillospira Guilliermondi n. g., n. sp. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, vol. 74, pp. 1159-1162.

Cheesman, L. E. [Miss].

1927. A contribution towards the insect fauna of French Oceania. Part I. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, vol. 75, pp. 147-161.

1928. A contribution towards the insect fauna of French Oceania. Part II. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, vol. 1, pp. 169-194.

Chen, L.

1933. Züchtungsversuche an parasitischen Protozoen von Periplaneta orientalis. (Endamoeba blattae, Nyctotherus ovalis, Lophomonas blattarum.) Zeitschr. Parasitenk., vol. 6, pp. 207-219. [Translated by Medical Literature Service.]

Chitwood, B. G.

1930. A recharacterization of the nematode genus Blatticola Schwenk, 1926. Trans. Amer. Micr. Soc., vol. 49, pp. 178-183, 1 pl.

1932. A synopsis of the nematodes parasitic in insects of the family Blattidae. Zeitschr. Parasitenk., vol. 5, pp. 14-50.

1933. A note on the genera Protrellus Cobb, 1920, and Protrellina Chitwood, 1932. Journ. Parasitol., vol. 19, p. 253.

Chitwood, B. G., and Chitwood, May B.

1934. Nematodes parasitic in Philippine cockroaches. Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 52, pp. 381-393.

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1892. Un nouveau "Rhipidius" du Mont-Ventoux. Mem. Acad. Vaucluse, vol. II, pp. 213-221. [Translated by Ruth V. Judson.]

1919. Description des deux sexes, de l'oeuf et de la larve primaire d'un nouveau Rhipidius de Provence (Col. Rhipiphoridae). Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1919, No. 11, pp. 200-206.

Chopard, L.

1919. Zoological results of a tour in the far east. Les Orthoptères cavernicoles de Birmanie et de la Peninsule Malaise. Mem. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 6, pp. 341-396, 3 pls.

1921. On some cavernicolous Dermaptera and Orthoptera from Assam. Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta, vol. 22, pp. 511-527.

1924. Description d'un blattide myrmécophile nouveau (Orth.) Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1924, Nos. 11-12, pp. 131-132.

1924a. Rectification à propos d'un blattide myrmécophile (Orth.). Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1924, No. 17, p. 186.

1924b. On some cavernicolous Orthoptera and Dermaptera from Assam. Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta, vol. 26, pp. 81-92.

1924c. The fauna of an island in the Chilka Lake. The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Barkuda Island. Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta, vol. 26, pp. 165-191.

1927. Description d'une blatte cavernicole du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Afrique, vol. 15, pp. 123-126.

1929. Fauna of the Batu caves, Selangor. XII. Orthoptera and Dermaptera. Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus., vol. 14, pp. 366-371.

1929a. Note sur les Orthoptères cavernicoles du Tonkin. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 54, pp. 424-438.

1929b. Orthoptera palearctica critica. VII. Les polyphagièns de la faune paléarctique (Orth., Blatt.). Eos, vol. 5, pp. 223-358, pls. 8-9.

1932. Voyage de MM. L. Chopard et A. Méquignon aux Açores (Aout-Septembre 1930). I. Orthoptères. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 101, pp. 55-68, pls. 5-6.

1932a. Un cas de microphthalmie liée à l'atrophie des ailes chez une blatte cavernicole. Soc. Ent. France, Livre Centenaire, pp. 485-496, pl. 26.

1936. Biospeleologica. LXIII. Orthoptères et Dermaptères. Premiere série. Arch. Zool. Exp. et. Gén., vol. 78, pp. 195-214.

1938. La biologie des Orthoptères. Encyl. Ent., Paris, sér. A, vol. 20, 541 pp.

1945. Note sur quelques Orthoptères cavernicoles de Madagascar. Rev. Franç. Ent., vol. 12, pp. 146-155.

1947. Atlas des aptérygotes et orthoptèroides de France. 111 pp. Paris.

1949. Ordre des Dictyoptère Leach, 1818. In Grassé, P. P., Traite de zoologie, Paris, vol. 9, pp. 355-407.

1949a. Les orthoptèroides cavernicoles de Madagascar. Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, sér. A, vol. 3, pp. 41-56.

1950. Sur l'anatomie et le développement d'une blatte vivipare. Eighth Internat. Congr. Ent., Stockholm, 1948, pp. 218-222.

1950a. Orthoptèroides cavernicoles du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africa, vol. 43, pp. 244-250.

1950b. Les blattes cavernicoles de genre Nocticola Bol. Eos, spec. No., pp. 301-310. [Translated by Ruth V. Judson.]

Chopard, L., and Chatterjee, N. C.

1937. Entomological investigations on the spike disease of sandal. (31) Dermaptera and Orthoptera. Indian Forest Rec., vol. 3, pp. 1-30.

Christie, J. R.

1933. The generic names Cephalobellus Cobb, 1920 and Scarabanema Christie, 1931 (Nematoda). Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 23, P. 358.

Christie, J. R., and Crossman, L.

1933. On the dissemination of a diplogasterid. Journ. Parasitol., vol. 20, pp. 69-70.

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1940. Entomophagous insects. 688 pp. New York.

Cleveland, L. R.

1925. Toxicity of oxygen for protozoa in vivo and in vitro: Animals defaunated without injury. Biol. Bull., vol. 48, pp. 455-468.

1927. Natural and experimental ingestion of Paramoecium by cockroaches. Science, vol. 66, p. 222.

1930. The symbiosis between the wood-feeding roach, Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, and its intestinal flagellates. Anat. Rec., vol. 47, pp. 293-294. (Abstract.)

1931. The effects of molting on the protozoa of Cryptocercus. Anat. Rec., vol. 51, Suppl., p. 84. (Abstract.)

1947. Sex produced in the protozoa of Cryptocercus by molting. Science, vol. 105, pp. 16-17.

1947a. The origin and evolution of meiosis. Science, vol. 105, pp. 287-289.

1948. An ideal partnership. Sci. Month., vol. 67, pp. 173-177.

1949. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. I. Gametogenesis, fertilization, and meiosis in Trichonympha. Journ. Morph., vol. 85, pp. 197-296.

1950. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. II. Gametogenesis, fertilization, and one-division meiosis in Oxymonas. Journ. Morph., vol. 86, pp. 185-214.

1950a. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. III. Gametogenesis, fertilization, and one-division meiosis in Saccinobaculus. Journ. Morph., vol. 86, pp. 215-228.

1950b. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. IV. Meiosis after syngamy and before nuclear fusion in Notila. Journ. Morph., vol. 87, pp. 317-348.

1950c. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. V. Fertilization in Eucomonympha. Journ. Morph., vol. 87, pp. 349-368.

1951. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. VI. Gametogenesis, fertilization, meiosis, oöcysts, and gametocysts in Leptospironympha. Journ. Morph., vol. 88, pp. 199-244.

1951a. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. VII. One-division meiosis and autogamy without cell division in Urinympha. Journ. Morph., vol. 88, pp. 385-440.

1952. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. VIII. Meiosis in Rhynchonympha in one cytoplasmic and two nuclear divisions followed by autogamy. Journ. Morph., vol. 91, pp. 269-323.

1953. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. IX. Haploid gametogenesis and fertilization in Barbulanympha. Journ. Morph., vol. 93, pp. 371-403.

1954. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. X. Autogamy and endomitosis in Barbulanympha resulting from interruption of haploid gametogenesis. Journ. Morph., vol. 95, pp. 189-211.

1954a. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. XI. Reorganization in the zygote of Barbulanympha without nuclear or cytoplasmic division. Journ. Morph., vol. 95, pp. 213-236.

1954b. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. XII. Meiosis in Barbulanympha following fertilization, autogamy, and endomitosis. Journ. Morph., vol. 95, pp. 557-619.

1956. Hormone-induced sexual cycles of flagellates. XIV. Gametic meiosis and fertilization in Macrospironympha. Arch. Protistenk., vol. 101, pp. 99-169.

1956a. Brief accounts of the sexual cycles of the flagellates of Cryptocercus. Journ. Protozool., vol. 3, pp. 161-180.

Cleveland, L. R.; Hall, S. R.; Sanders, E. P.; and Collier, J.

1934. The wood-feeding roach Cryptocercus, its protozoa, and the symbiosis between protozoa and roach. Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 17, pp. 185-342, 60 pls.

Cleveland, L. R., and Nutting, W. L.

1954. Protozoa as indicators of developmental stages in molting of the roach Cryptocercus. Anat. Rec., vol. 120, pp. 785-786. (Abstract.)

1955. Suppression of sexual cycles and death of the protozoa of Cryptocercus resulting from change of hosts during molting period. Journ. Exp. Zool., vol. 130, pp. 485-513.

Cleveland, L. R.; Sanders, E. P.; and Hall, S. R.

1931. The relation of the protozoa of Cryptocercus to the protozoa of termites and the bearing of this relationship on the evolution of termites from roaches. Anat. Rec., vol. 51, Suppl., p. 92. (Abstract.)

Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L.

1951. Notes on Arachnida. 16. The behavior of a scorpion. Ent. Month. Mag., vol. 87, p. 105.

1953. Notes on Arachnida. 19. Biological observations, etc. Ent. Month. Mag., vol. 89, pp. 88-89.

1953a. Studies in diurnal rhythms. III. Photoperiodism in the cockroach Periplaneta americana (L.). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 12, vol. 6, pp. 705-712.

1955. On the function of the pectines of scorpions. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 12, vol. 8, pp. 556-560.

1955a. Some aspects of the biology of centipedes and scorpions. Naturalist, 1955, pp. 147-153.

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1920. One hundred new nemas. (Type species of 100 new genera.) Contributions to a science of nematology, IX, pp. 217-343. Baltimore.

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1956. Parasites animaux des plantes cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie et dépendances. Inst. Franç. Océanie, Nouméa, 92 pp.

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1952. Grottes du Tonkin. Ann. de Spéléologie, vol. 7, pp. 143-146.

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1947. A la découverte des Laboulbéniales. Bull. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, vol. 83, pp. 21-35.

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1938. A report on some miscellaneous African Encyrtidae in the British Museum. Bull. Ent. Res., vol. 29, pp. 315-337.

1946. Identity of the new immigrant parasite of cockroach eggs. Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc., vol. 12, pp. 464-465.

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1912. The spider book. 721 pp. Garden City, New York.

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1954. Manual of clinical mycology. 2d ed. 456 pp. Philadelphia.

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1951. Contributo alla conoscenza della speleofauna della Venezia Tridentina. Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital., vol. 30, pp. 5-76.

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1918. Panchlora exoleta. Entomologist, London, vol. 51, p. 188.

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1899. The propagation of diseases by means of insects, with special consideration of the common domestic types. Philadelphia Med. Journ., vol. 3, pp. 1303-1307.

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1853. Beiträge zur nähern Kenntniss von Periplaneta (Blatta) orientalis Linné. (Morgenländische Küchenschabe, auch Schwabe genannt.) 40 pp., 2 pls., Elberfeld, R. L. Friderichs. [Translated by K. Gingold.]

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1916. A contribution to the study of kala-azar (II). Indian Journ. Med. Res., vol. 4, pp. 105-119.

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1940. Adaptive coloration in animals. 508 pp. London.

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1922. Observations on the phyllodromine cockroach, Blattella supellectilium Serv., in Khartoum. Ent. Month. Mag., vol. 58, pp. 156-158.

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1865. Curious facts in the history of insects; including spiders and scorpions. 396 pp. Philadelphia.

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1952. The centipedes of northeastern North America. Ph.D. thesis, Cornell University, 450 pp., 9 pls.

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1926. A new nematode from the rat, and its life history. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 68, art. 15, pp. 1-7.

1929. [Note on life history of the gizzard worm of ruffed grouse and bobwhite quail.] Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Washington, Journ. Parasitol., vol. 15, pp. 285-286.

1931. Internal parasites and parasitic diseases of the bobwhite. Methods and general findings. In Stoddard, H. L., The bobwhite quail: its habits, preservation and increase. pp. 229-296. New York.

1931a. Developmental stages of some nematodes of the Spiruroidea parasitic in poultry and game birds. U. S. Dept. Agr. Techn. Bull. No. 227, pp. 1-28.

1931b. The cockroach, Blattella germanica, as an intermediate host of Tetrameres americana of poultry. Journ. Parasitol., vol. 18, p. 52.

1933. Observations on the life history of Tetrameres pattersoni. Journ. Parasitol., vol. 20, pp. 97-98.

1933a. Observations on the life history of Seurocyrnea colini. Journ. Parasitol., vol. 20, p. 98.

1934. Orthopterans and pigeons as secondary and primary hosts, respectively, for the crow stomach-worm, Microtetrameres helix (Nematoda: Spiruridae). Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Washington, vol. 1, p. 50.

1935. New avian and insect hosts for Gongylonema ingluvicola (Nematoda: Spiruridae). Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Washington, vol. 2, p. 59.

1937. A species of Orthoptera serving as intermediate host of Tetrameres americana of poultry in Puerto Rico. Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Washington, vol. 4, p. 24.

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1910. Two new species of African parasitic Hymenoptera. Canadian Ent., vol. 42, pp. 222-223.

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1903. List of the polycystid gregarines of the United States. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 55, pp. 41-58. 3 pls.

1905. Coelosporidium blattellae, a new sporozoan parasite of Blattella germanica. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 57, pp. 158-161.

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1951. Part II. The taxonomy and biology of the British Evanioidea. Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, vol. 102, pp. 282-301.

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1946. Notes on an amphibious cockroach from the Republic of Panama. Ent. News, vol. 57, pp. 171-172.

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1901. Recherches sur l'evolution et la conjugaison des grégarines. Arch. Biol., vol. 17, pp. 581-652, 5 pls.

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1952. Biology of the cockroach parasite, Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus Trägårdh, with a discussion of the genera Pimeliaphilus and Hirstiella. (Acarina, Pterygosomidae.) Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 54, pp. 153-169.

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1920. Some insect prey of birds in the central provinces. Proc. 3d Ent. Meeting, Pusa, 1919, vol. 3, pp. 859-871.

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1929. The agricultural zoology of the Malay Archipelago. 473 pp. Amsterdam.

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1938. Experiments on mimicry in Cuba, with suggestions for future study. Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, vol. 87, pp. 681-695.

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1918. The honeydew of aphids very attractive to moths and roaches. Journ. New York Ent. Soc., vol. 26, p. 227.

1926. An annotated list of the Dermaptera and Orthoptera collected in mid-summer at Wingina, Virginia, and vicinity. Journ. New York Ent. Soc., vol. 34, pp. 27-41.

1927. [Periplaneta americana outdoors.] In Proceedings of the Society, Meeting of December 16, 1926. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., n.s., vol. 22, p. 179.

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1956. Some protozoan organisms in cockroaches in the Cairo, Egypt area, with special reference to Endamoeba histolytica. U. S. Nav. Med. Res. Unit No. 3, Res. Rep. NM 005 050.60.01, 7 pp. 2 pls.

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PLATES

Plate 2
Blaberus craniifer, nymph. (Photograph by Jack Salmon.)

Plate 3
Blaberus giganteus, c. X 2.2. (Photograph by Jack Salmon.)

Plate 4
Blatta orientalis, c. X 3.8. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.)

Plate 5
A-B, Blattella germanica, c. X 5.2. A, Male. B, Female.
C-D, Blattella vaga, c. X 5.2. C, Male. D, Female with oötheca.

Plate 6
Byrsotria fumigata, c. X 2. A, Brachypterous male. B, Macropterous male. C, Female.

Plate 7
A and B, Cariblatta lutea minima, X 10. A, Male. B, Female with partly formed oötheca. C, Ectobius pallidus, female with completely formed oötheca, X 8. (C, From Roth and Willis [1957].)

Plate 8
A, Cryptocercus punctulatus, c. X 4.6. (Photograph by Jack Salmon.) B, Panesthia australis, X 2.8.

Plate 9
Cutilia sp. near sedilloti, c. X 5. A, Male. B, Female.

Plate 10
Diploptera punctata, c. X 5. A, Male. B, Female.

Plate 11
Eurycotis floridana, c. X 2.8. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.)

Plate 12
A-B, Gromphadorhina portentosa, c. X 1.5. A, Male nymph. B, Adult female. C, Coleolaelaps (?) sp., a mite from G. portentosa, c. X 32. (Glycerine jelly preparation and photograph of C by Dr. Barbara Stay.)

Plate 12A
Ischnoptera deropeltiformis, c. X 5.3. A, Male. B, Female.

Plate 13
Leucophaea maderae, c. X 2.2. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.)

Plate 14
Nauphoeta cinerea, c. X 3.4. A, Male. B, Female.

Plate 15
Neostylopyga rhombifolia, c. X 3.4. A, Male. B, Female with partially formed oötheca.

Plate 16
Panchlora nivea, X 4.5. A, Dead individual showing normal, pale green coloration. B, Dead individual showing the bright red coloration (very dark areas) characteristic of infection with Serratia marcescens. C, Living male. D, Living female.

Plate 17
A, Parcoblatta pensylvanica, female with completely formed oötheca, X 4. B, Parcoblatta virginica, female with partly formed oötheca, X 7.3.

Plate 18
Parcoblatta uhleriana, c. X 5.5. A, Male. B, Female with oötheca.

Plate 19
Periplaneta americana, c. X 3. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.)

Plate 20
Periplaneta australasiae, c. X 3.2. A, Male. B, Female. (Photographs by Jack Salmon.)

Plate 21
Periplaneta brunnea, c. X 2.9. A, Male. B, Female.

Plate 22
Periplaneta fuliginosa, c. X 2.9. A. Male. B. Female.

Plate 23
Platyzosteria novae seelandiae, c. X 2.9. A. Male. B, Female with oötheca.

Plate 24
Pycnoscelus surinamensis, c. X 3.7. A, Male from Hawaii. B, Macropterous parthenogenetic female from Florida. C, Brachypterous nonparthenogenetic female from Hawaii. D, Late instar nymph. (Photograph of nymph D, by Jack Salmon.)

Plate 25
Supella supellectilium, c. X 6.3. A, Male. B, Female.

Plate 26
Bacteroids from Blattella germanica. A, Part of abdomen showing mycetocytes in fat body, X 225. B, Lobe of fat body showing 3 mycetocytes, X 750. C, Single mycetocyte; bacteroids appear hollow as result of fixation in Carnoy's fluid, X 1725. D, Smear of fat body showing bacteroids in various stages, X 1800. (All preparations and photographs through the courtesy of Dr. Marion A. Brooks.)

Plate 27
Fungi parasitic on cockroaches. A, Herpomyces arietinus growing on antennae, legs, body, and cerci of a nymph of Parcoblatta virginica, X 7. B, Herpomyces stylopygae on antenna of Blatta orientalis, X 35. (Reproduced from Richards and Smith [1955, 1956].) C, Herpomyces sp. [probably H. stylopygae] on antenna of B. orientalis, X 132. (Photographs B and C through the courtesy of Dr. A. G. Richards.)

Plate 28
A-B, Gregarines (Diplocystis sp.?) from Blaberus craniifer. A, Organisms removed from intestine, X 50. B, Organisms removed from hemocoele, X 32. C, Gregarine cysts in feces of Leucophaea maderae, X 12.

Plate 29
A, Undetermined mermithid that parasitizes Ectobius pallidus. X 9. The worm has partly emerged from the neck region of the cockroach. (Reproduced from Roth and Willis [1957].) B, Undetermined gordian worm that parasitized Eurycotis floridana shown beside its host, X 1.8. (Specimen courtesy of Dr. T. Eisner.)

Plate 30
A, Heteropoda venatoria, a cockroach-hunting spider, slightly less than natural size, on bananas. (Reproduced from a Kodachrome transparency through the courtesy of Dr. B. J. Kaston.) B to E, Lycosa sp. (avida?) capturing and feeding on a nymph of Supella supellectilium in the laboratory, X 1.4.

Plate 31
The centipede Scutigera coleoptrata capturing and feeding on cockroaches in the laboratory. A to E, Pursuit, capture, and eating of a nymph of Supella supellectilium, c. X 1.2. F, Centipede feeding on adult of Blattella germanica, X 1.8.

Plate 32
The mantid Hierodula tenuidentata (?) devouring a nymph of Periplaneta australasiae, c. X 1.5.

Plate 33
A, Prosevania punctata ♂ beside an oötheca of Periplaneta americana, X 5. B, Hyptia harpyoides with oötheca of Parcoblatta uhleriana from which it had emerged, X 5. C, Larva of a lampyrid beetle feeding on Parcoblatta virginica in the laboratory, X 4.

Plate 34
Chalcid parasites of cockroach eggs. A, Anastatus floridanus ovipositing into an oötheca which is still being carried by Eurycotis floridana, c. X 4. B, Comperia merceti ovipositing into an oötheca of Supella supellectilium, c. X 13. C, Tetrastichus hagenowii ovipositing into an oötheca of Periplaneta americana, c. X 10. (C from Roth and Willis [1954b].)

Plate 35
Ampulex compressa attacking Periplaneta sp. (presumably americana), about natural size
A, The wasp finds a cockroach. B, She stings the prey in the thorax. C, She then leads the disabled cockroach (antennae clipped) to her nest. D, The wasp's egg was placed on the coxa of the cockroach's right mesothoracic leg where it hatched. E, Portion of the host's abdomen removed to show feeding larva. F, New adult wasp emerging from dead host. (Reproduced from F. X. Williams [1942] from the color paintings of the late W. Twigg-Smith, through the courtesy of F. A. Bianchi.)

Plate 36
Chemical defense of Diploptera punctata against predators; the spray pattern is displayed on KI-starch indicator paper. A, Spray pattern after right mesothoracic leg was pinched. B, Cumulative spray pattern after left mesothoracic leg of the same insect was pinched. C, The defensive glands of the cockroach on the left had been excised, and it is under persistent attack by ants from a laboratory colony of Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille). The intact cockroach on the right was also attacked by the ants, but it discharged a spray of quinones and repelled the attackers. (From Eisner [1958], through the courtesy of Dr. T. Eisner.)

INDEX

Plate and page numbers in boldface type indicate illustrations. In general, entries are placed in the index as unmodified substantives except where a modifier contributes significantly to the identification of the item (e.g., blue heads, prairie dog). This index should be used in conjunction with the indexed check list of natural associations (pages 290 to 310) because these are not repeated here. All experimental associations are indexed below except those involving Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and Periplaneta americana that are cited on pages that also contain references to the natural associations of these three species.

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A
Abies sp., 257

Acacia, 56, 69

Acacia farnesiana, 155, 164
harpophylla, 55
sp., 155

Acanthinevania princeps, 235

Acanthocephala, 203

Acanthogyna deplanata, 7

Acaridae, 217

Acarina, 210, 216

Acheta domestica, 320

Achromobacter hyalinum, 110
sp., 110

Achromobacteriaceae, 110

Acridotheres tristis, 281

Acrocomia aculeata, 142

Acromyrmex lobicornis, 312, 313
lundi, 312
niger, 312
octospinosus, 312
silvestrii, 312

Acropyga acutinventris, 317

Actinocephalidae, 184

Actinomycetaceae, 124

Actinomycetales, 123

Adeleidae, 184

Adelina cryptocerci, 184-185

Aechmaea porteoides, 144

Aerobacter aerogenes, 111
cloacae, 112
sp., 112

Aeschnidae, 224

Agamerion metallica, 243

Agamidae, 275

Agamospirura parahormeticae, 205

Agaricus, 164

Agave, 43, 57

Agelaius xanthomus, 282

Agis orientalis, 7, 27

Aglaopteryx absimilis, 7, 35, 156, 317
devia, 7
diaphana, 7, 35, 36, 145, 146, 290, 339
facies, 7, 35, 156, 290, 317, 318
gemma, 7, 36, 140, 143, 144, 153, 158, 159, 339
vegeta, 7, 146
ypsilon, 7, 75

Aircraft, 87-90

Alcaligenes faecalis, 111
recti, 111
viscosus, 111

Algaroba, 45, 156, 164

Allacta similis, 7, 36, 75, 276, 290

Allothereua maculata, 223

Alluaudellina cavernicola, 7, 17

Alluaudella cavernicola, 7

Alpinia, 163

Alsophila sp., 139

Alsophilas, 164

Amazonina emarginata, 7, 36, 146, 158

Ameiva exsul, 275
sp., 275

Amitermes, 102

Amoeba blattae, 177
coli, 178
undetermined sp., 181

Amoebidae, 177

Amoebina, 177

Amphibia, 269-272

Amphibians, 3, 353

Amphibolurus barbatus, 275

Amphoromorpha blattina, 139
sp., 139

Ampulex, 2, 256
amoena, 256-257
assimilis, 257
canaliculata, 94, 257-258, 352
compressa, 258-259, 352; pl. 35
compressiventris, 260
fasciata, 259
novarae, 256
ruficornis, 259
siberica, 260
sibirica, 259
sonnerati, 260

Ampulicidae, 256

Anacardiaceae, 157

Ananas comosus, 144

Anaphothrips sp., 317

Anaplecta asema, 7, 36
azteca, 7, 145
decipiens, 7, 36
fallax, 7, 36
hemiscotia, 7 36
lateralis, 7, 36
mexicana, 7, 145
spp., 88, 145, 290

Anastatus blattidarum, 246
blattidifurax, 245
floridanus, 94, 245, 255, 319; pl. 34
tenuipes, 94, 246, 255, 350

Anatidae, 277

Anax strenuus, 224

Ancylostoma caninum, 209
ceylanicum, 209
duodenale, 209

Ancylostomidae, 209

Androctonus australis, 211

Aneurina tahuata, 7, 160
viridis, 7, 155, 160, 161

Anguillula macrura, 195

Anisogamia, 26

Annato, 159

Annetta, Steamship, 149

Anoetidae, 217

Anolis carolinensis, 273, 346
cristatellus, 273
equestris, 273, 345, 346
grahami, 274
leachi, 274
pulchellus, 273
sagrei, 274
sp., 274
stratulus, 274

Anseriformes, 277

Antagonism, interspecies, 341-343

Antbird, 280

Antibiotics, 97-98, 346

Ants, 57, 266-268, 316, 317, 350
Argentine, 268, 319
army, 228, 267, 268, 280, 350
big-headed, 268
carpenter, 267
hosts of cockroaches, 311-314
predaceous, 266
safari, 267
wood, 317

Aorurus (Thelastoma) appendiculatus, 196
diesingi, 195
philippinensis, 193
sphaerolaima, 194

Aotes zonalis, 284

Aotus, 284

Aphaenogaster picea, 267

Aphelocoma coerulesens, 280

Aphids, 62

Aphlebia maculata, 10
punctata, 10

Apocynaceae, 161

Apolyta, 9

Apotrogia angolensis, 7, 17

Apple, 166

Aptera cingulata, 7
fusca, 7, 290, 329

Apteroblatta perplexa, 7, 18

Aquifoliaceae, 158

Arachnida, 211

Arachnids, 34

Araceae, 143

Aranea, 214

Araneida, 214

Arbor vitae, 44

Archiacanthocephala, 203

Archiblatta hoevenii, 7, 329

Archimandrita marmorata, 7, 147
tessellata, 7, 147

Arenivaga apacha, 7, 23, 26, 27
bolliana, 7, 23, 26, 27, 37, 290
erratica, 7, 23, 26, 27
floridensis, 7, 24, 37
grata, 7, 17, 18, 37
roseni, 7, 24, 26, 27, 291
tonkawa, 7, 24

Aristida pennata, 65, 141

Aristiger histrio, 7, 37, 159, 316

Armadillo, 287

Army transports, 84

Arthroleptis variabilis, 270

Arthromitaceae, 124

Arthromitus intestinalis, 124

Arthropoda, 210-268

Arum sp., 143

Ascalaphidae, 227

Ascaridae, 209

Ascaris lumbricoides, 209
sp., 209
suum, 209

Ascaroidea, 209

Aschelminthes, 192, 204, 209

Ascomycetes, 133

Asmorrhiza longistylis, 240

Asparagus officinalis, 235

Aspen, 46, 152, 164

Aspergillaceae, 129

Aspergillus flavus, 130
fumigatus, 130
niger, 130
sp., 130, 131
sydowi, 130
tamarii, 130

Aspiduchus borinquen, 7, 18, 37, 333-334
cavernicola, 8, 18, 334
deplanatus, 7, 8, 37

Asplenium nidus, 44

Assembling of cockroaches, 331-334

Associations, 6, 15, 91-96
among cockroaches, 324-343
biotic, 2, 91, 94-96
classification of, 91, 95-96
ecological, 14-90, 324-343
facultative, 95-96
familial, 325-330
gregarious, 330-336
interspecies, 337-343
intraspecies, 336-337
mutualism, 96-102
number of, 3, 5
obligate, 95
obscure, 96, 316-319
with man, 70-90

Astata, 255

Ateles dariensis, 284

Athel, 39

Atta cephalotes, 313
fervens, 313
lundi, 312
nigra, 312
octospinosa, 313
sexdens, 313
texana, 313

Attacus atlas, 320

Attaphila aptera, 8, 313
bergi, 8, 312, 313
flava, 8, 314
fungicola, 8, 313
schuppi, 8, 312
sexdentis, 8, 313
sp., 313

Atticola mortoni, 8, 312

Attraction, intraspecies, 328-334
to decaying material, 53, 59-63
to honeydew, 62
to lights, 52, 61, 64, 66, 79, 81

Audreia bromeliadarum, 8, 31, 37, 145
jamaicana, 8, 37
marginata, 11

Aves, 276-282

Avicularia avicularia, 214
sp., 214

B

"B. aerobia del pseudoedema maligno," 125

B. alcaligenes beckeri, 125
faecalis, 111
recti, 111

"B. del pseudoedema maligno," 125

B. violaceus, 106

Baboon, 286

Bacillaceae, 120

Bacilli, colon, 126
paracolon, 113

"Bacillo del barbone dei bufali," 126
"proteisimile," 126
"similcarbonchio," 126

"similtifo," 126
"tifosimile," 126

"Bacillus," 126
"subtilis group," 122

Bacillus acidi lactici, 112
albolactis, 120
alcaligenes faecalis, 111
anthracis, 120
bütschlii, 120
cereus, 120
circulans, 120
cloacae, 112
faecalis alkaligenes, 111
flacheriae, 121
lactis aerogenes, 111
megaterium, 121
monachae, 121
periplanetae, 121
prodigiosus, 117
radiciformis, 121
stellatus, 121
subtilis, 121
tritus, 122

Bacteria, 2-3, 100-101, 104-127, 346
"spirochaetoid," 127

Bacteriaceae, 119

"Bacterium," 126

Bacterium alkaligenes, 119
delendae-muscae, 120
haemophosphoreum, 120
monache, 121
prodigiosum, 117

Bacteroides uncatus, 119

Bacteroids, 96-100; pl. 26

Badger, 289

Balantidium, 101
blattarum, 187
coli, 187
ovatum, 187
praenucleatum, 187
sp., 187

Ballota nigra, 38

Balta godeffroyi, 8, 37
patula, 8, 291
platysoma, 8, 317
quadricaudata, 8, 37, 141
scripta, 8, 37, 141, 326
torresiana, 8, 38, 141
verticalis, 8, 38, 141

Bamboo, 44, 141

Bambusicola thoracica, 277

Banana, 36, 40, 53, 54, 58, 66, 82, 146-151, 163, 165, 215
blossoms, 36, 41, 56, 57, 146-148

Bantua stigmosa, 8, 99

"Barata selvagem," 194, 199, 200
"sylvestre," 188, 189

"Baratas de pau podre," 200

Barbulanympha, 102
coahoma, 173
estaboga, 173
laurabuda, 174
sp., 175
ufalula, 174
wenyoni, 174

Bark, 36-38, 42, 43, 45-65, 141, 152, 153, 160, 164, 165

Bass, large-mouth black, 269

Bassariscus astutus, 288

Bat, 77, 283
caves, 17-18, 21-23

Batrachians, unidentified, 272

Bayberry, 43, 44, 152

Beauveria bassiana, 131

Bedbug, 321-322

Beech, 47, 61, 62

Bees, 314, 318

Beetles, 26, 34, 57, 63, 91, 229-234, 318, 347, 348
black (see Blatta orientalis)
black larder, 234
rhinocerus, 317

Bertramia blatellae, 185

Beta maritima, 47, 153
vulgaris cicla, 153

Binema mirsaia, 193

Birds, 3, 4, 276-282, 353
nests, 35, 318

Bites, cockroach, 83, 322, 336-337
mite, 220
spider, 215

Bixa sp., 159

Bixaceae, 159

Blabera fusca, 8, 322

Blaberus atropos, 8, 18, 38, 125, 147, 203, 204, 291, 322, 344
boliviensis, 8, 147

clarazianus, 8
craniifer 8, 18, 75, 97, 99, 116-118, 132, 138, 291, 322, 330, 333, 336, 339, 344; pls. 1, 2, 28
cubensis, 8
discoidalis, 8, 38, 75, 85, 147, 151, 163, 291, 318, 330, 334, 339
giganteus, 8, 18, 38, 99, 291; pl. 3
"maderae," 11, 248
spp., 38, 290, 291

Blackbird, 282
Puerto Rican, 282
yellow-shouldered, 282

Blaptica dubia, 8, 292

Blastocystidaceae, 133

Blastocystis hominis, 133
sp., 133

"Blatella americana," 108, 110, 119, 121, 122

Blatta aegyptiaca, 13
aethiopica, 13
americana, 12
caraibea, 79
concinna, 10
humbertiana, 8
(Shelfordella) lateralis, 8, 18, 38, 71, 75, 292
melanocephala, 13
notulata, 10
orientalis, 8, 18, 38, 70-72, 75-76, 84, 85, 88, 96, 99, 100, 118, 123, 128, 129, 131, 151, 153, 162, 163, 190, 204, 205, 212, 219, 222, 224-226, 232, 235, 237, 245, 255, 269, 275, 276, 292-293, 320-323, 325-327, 331, 332, 334-336, 338, 341, 342, 346, 347, 352; pls. 4, 27
sp., 292

Blattaria, 3, 224

Blattarum alatarum, 83

Blattelicola blattelicola, 193

Blattella bisignata, 8
brunneriana, 11
chichimeca, 10
delicatula, 8
germanica, 8, 17, 18, 39, 70-72, 76 83-85, 87, 88, 96-101, 103-105, 114, 118, 119, 124, 126, 131, 143, 171, 192, 204, 205, 211, 212, 219, 222,  225-227, 234-236,  240, 241, 255,  272,  276, 277,  283,  293-294, 320,  321,  323, 324,  328,  331, 332, 334,  335,  337-342,  347-349; pls. 5, 26, 31
humbertiana, 8, 39, 142, 144, 294, 336
lituricollis, 8, 263, 295
nahua, 11
schubotzi, 8, 76
spp. 88, 145, 295
vaga, 8, 27, 39, 77, 135, 141, 166, 255, 293, 320, 328; pl. 5

Blatticida ashmeadi, 243
pulchra, 243

Blatticidella ashmeadi, 243

Blatticola, 199
aegyptiaca, 195
blattae, 193-194
blatticola, 193

"Blattidae sylvestres," 200

Blattilaelaps nauphoetae, 216

Blattina concinna, 10

Blattisocius tineivorus, 216
triodons, 216

Blattophila sphaerolaima, 194
sphaerolaima var. javanica, 194
supellaima, 194

Blattotetrastichus hagenowii, 249

Bluegills, 269

Blue heads, 269

Blue jay, 280, 346

Bobolink, 282

Bodo Blattae, 167
sp., 167

Bodonidae, 167

Bog, peat, 46

Boraginaceae, 161

Bounty, H. M. S., 83

Brachygaster, 350
minutus, 235-236, 351

Bracken, 45, 47

Brambles, 51, 155

Breadfruit, 162

Bream, 269

Bromeliaceae, 144

Bromeliads, 31, 36, 37, 41, 42, 45, 49, 50, 54 56, 57, 68, 144-146, 320

Brucella abortus, 119

Buboblatta armata, 8, 145

Bucerotidae, 279

Bufo funereus, 270
ictericus, 270
marinus, 270, 345, 346, 353
valliceps, 270

Bufonidae, 270

Bulhõesia bulhõesi, 200
icemi, 200
magalhãesi, 194
severianoi, 200

Bullfrog, 271

Burrows, 27
cockroach, 55, 58, 67, 68, 328, 344
relative humidity in, 26
vertebrate, 23-24, 26, 27, 29

Bursera simaruba, 157

Burseraceae, 157

Busaria blattarum, 188

Busariidae, 187

Buthidae, 211

Buthus australis, 211-212

Butterfly nests, 66, 156, 317

Byrsotria cabrerae, 8, 40
fumigata, 8, 19, 40, 225, 333, 354; pl. 6

C

Cacao, 43, 52, 53, 55

Cacomistle, 288

Cafards, 207

Cahita borero, 8, 40
nahua, 8, 40

Caladium, 66, 143

Callithricidae, 285

Callithrix chrysoleucos, 285
chrysolevea, 285
jacchus, 285

Callitris sp., 55

Calluna vulgaris, 160

Calodexia venteris, 228
spp., 228

Caloglyphus spinitarsus, 217
sp., 218

Calyptracordia alba, 161

Camouflage, 344

Camponotus femoratus, 311, 314
maccooki, 316
maculatus, 312
pennsylvanicus, 267
rufipes, 312

Candida zeylanoides, 129

Canidae, 288

Canis familiaris, 288
latrans, 288

Canna, 151, 163

Cannaceae, 151

Cannibalism, 322-324

Cantao ocellatus, 320

Canthium barbatum, 161

Capá blanco, 66

Capillaria hepatica, 210

Capucinella delicatula, 147

Carabidae, 229

Carboniferous, 14

Care, maternal, 325-330

Cariblatta antiguensis, 8, 40, 158, 161
cuprea, 8, 40
delicatula, 8, 40, 143, 147, 295
hylaea, 8, 40, 147, 153
imitans, 8, 41
insularis, 8, 41, 145, 147, 339
landalei, 8, 41, 147
lutea, 23
lutea lutea, 8, 41, 153, 158, 295
lutea minima, 8, 42, 143; pl. 7
nebulicola, 8, 42, 145, 340
orestera, 8, 151
punctipennis, 8, 147
punctulata, 8, 143
reticulosa, 8, 42
spp., 42, 88
stenophrys, 8, 42 142, 156

Cariblattoides instigator, 8, 43
suave, 8, 43

Carica papaya, 159

Caricaceae, 159

Carnations, 163

Carnivora, 288

Carpinus orientalis, 38

Caryophanales, 124

Casuarina, 152, 164

Casuarinaceae, 152

Cat, 4, 289
ring-tailed, 288

Caterpillars, 319

Catopsis fulgens, 144

Cattleya, 151, 162-163

Caudata, 269

Caves, 16-17

Cavia sp., 288

Caviidae, 288

Cebidae, 284

Cebus apella, 284
capucinus, 284

Cecropia sp., 40, 153

Cedar, Japanese, 164

Centipedes, 3, 222-224, 319
house, 222

Centruroides gracilis, 212
hentzi, 212
vitattus, 212

Cephalobellus brevicaudatum, 194
magalhãesi, 194

Cephalosporium sp., 131

Ceratinoptera diaphana, 7
picta, 8, 43, 159

Ceratonia siliqua, 156

Cercopithecidae, 286

Cercopithecus sp., 286, 343

Cestoda, 208

Chactidae, 212

Chaetochloa verticillata, 142

Chaetodactylus sp., 218

Chalceus macrolepidotos, 269

Challenger, H. M. S., 83

Chamaeleon chamaeleon, 275
oustaleti, 275

Chamaeleontidae, 275

Chameleon, 275

Channel cat, 269

Characidae, 269

Cheiloneurus viridiscutum, 244

Chelonia, 272

Chemotaxis, 331

Chenopodiaceae, 153

Chestnut, 44, 60-61

Chicken, 68, 82, 276, 278

Chilicabra, 281

Chilomastigidae, 169

Chilomastix mesnili, 169

Chilopoda, 222

Chimpanzee, 286

Chiroptera, 283

Chlamydosaurus kingii, 275

Chlorion compressum, 258

Chloris gayana, 141

Chordodes morgani, 201
pilosus, 202
puerilis, 201

Chordodidae, 201

"Chordotes" puerilis, 201

Chorisoneura barbadensis, 8, 147
flavipennis, 8, 43
formosella, 8, 43, 160
parishi, 8, 43
plocea, 8
sp., 295
specilliger, 8, 43
texensis, 8, 43, 152, 153, 157, 161, 316
translucida, 8, 44

Choristima sp., 9, 295

Choristimodes sp., 9, 295

Chromatonotus infuscatus, 9, 44
notatus, 9, 44, 77

Chromobacterium violaceum, 106

Chrysanthemums, 165

Chrysemys picta, 272

Cicadas, 257

Ciliata, 186

Ciliate, unidentified, 190

Cimex lectularius, 321

Cinchona pubescens, 162, 163

Ciniflo, 214

Citharexylum villosum, 43, 161

Citrus aurantifolia, 157
maxima, 157
sinensis, 157
sp., 157, 164

Cleonymidae, 243

Clepsidrina blattarum, 181

Clerada apicicornis, 226

Clerodendron trichotomum, 256-257

Clevelandella constricta, 189
contorta, 189
elongata, 189
hastula, 189
nipponensis, 189
panesthiae, 189
parapanesthiae, 189

Clevelandellidae, 102, 189

Clevelandia, 189

Clevelandiidae, 189

Clostridium feseri, 122
lentoputrescens, 122

novyi, 122
perfringens, 122
sporogenes, 122
spp., 122
tetani, 122

Clubiona, 214

Cnemidophorus sp., 275

Coati, 288

Coccidia, 184

Coccidioides periplanetae, 133

Coccinellidae, 348

"Coccobacillus," 126

Coccobacillus cajae, 120

Cockroach, American (see Periplaneta americana)
amphibious, 30-33, 48
aposymbiotic, 97-99
Australian (see Periplaneta australasiae)
beetle (see Diploptera punctata)
brown (see Periplaneta brunnea)
brown-banded (see Supella supellectilium)
burrowing, 27, 29, 30, 55, 58, 67, 68, 328, 344
carnivorous, 6, 14, 319-324, 336
cavernicolous, 16-25, 37
checklists of, 290-310, 315
cinereous (see Nauphoeta cinerea)
colonies, 75, 327-334
commensal, 310-315
control, 1, 6, 84, 162, 331, 348
Cuban (see Panchlora nivea)
cypress (see Diploptera punctata)
dendricolous, 51
defenses, 343-348
desert, 25-30
disease relations, 1, 3, 74
domiciliary, 51, 70-90, 322, 331, 338, 349
enemies, 2-4, 91, 95-96
field (see Blattella vaga)
Florida (see Eurycotis floridana)
German (see Blattella germanica)
harlequin (see Neostylopyga rhombifolia)
Key West (see Blaberus craniifer)
Madeira (see Leucophaea maderae)
myrmecophilous, 310, 311-314
odor, 6, 84, 280, 344-347
oriental (see Blatta orientalis)
oviparous, 325-327
phytophagous, 68, 162-166
predaceous, 319-324
predators, escape from, 343
ship, 82-87
smoky brown (see Periplanet fuliginosa)
species, list of, 7-14
number of known, iii, 5
spotted Mediterranean (see Ectobius pallidus)
structural habitats of, 70-90
Surinam (see Pycnoscelus surinamensis)
undetermined, 308-310
viviparous, 31, 326, 328-330
"wood" (except here, usually Parcoblatta spp.), 214, 266, 274

Coconut, 35, 38, 49, 143

Cocos nucifera, 143

Coelosporidium blattellae, 185
periplanetae, 168, 176, 177, 185

Coenosia basalis, 229

Coffea sp., 162

Coffee, 66, 67

Coleolaelaps sp., 216; pl. 12

Coleoptera, 229-234, 348

"Colon bacilli," 126

Colonies, cockroach, 75, 327-334

Colubridae, 276

Columbidae, 278

Columbiformes, 278

Combretaceae, 159

Commensalism, 92

Commensals, 2-3, 95, 173, 310-314
cockroach, check list of, 315

Compatibility, interspecies, 337-341

Comperia merceti, 244, 255, 351, 355; pl. 34
merceti var. falsicornis, 244

Compositae, 162

Compsodes schwarzi, 9, 27, 316

Compsolampra, 9

Comptolampra liturata, 9, 44, 140, 141

Conocarpus erectus, 159

Conopidae, 228

Control, biological, 1, 6, 348-354

Convolvulaceae, 161

Coptotermes ceylonicus, 310

Coraciformes, 279

Cordaites, 14

Cordia dentata, 161

Cordyceps amazonica, 134
blattae, 134

Corn, 42, 48, 57, 58

Cornus mas, 38

Corvidae, 280

Corydia nuptialis, 14

Corynebacteriaceae, 110

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, 110

Cosmozosteria lateralis, 9, 345

Costus sp., 316

Cotton, 66, 67, 158, 163

Coturnix coturnix japonica, 277

Coxsackie viruses, 103-104

Coyote, 288

Crappies, 269

Crataegus sp., 155

Crickets, 320-321
stone, 226

Crinum, 163

Cristatithorax, 244

Cryptocercus punctulatus, 9, 44, 62, 67, 100-103, 175-229, 295, 317, 326, 328, 339, 354; pl. 8
relictus, 9, 44
spp., 6, 34

Cryptomeria, 45, 140 164

Cucarachero, 281

Cucumber, 164

Cunoniaceae, 155

Cupressaceae, 141

Cupressus, 164
macrocarpa, 141, 164

Cutilia nitida, 9, 345
soror, 9, 45, 77, 296
sp. near sedilloti, 9; pl. 9
spp., 45, 296, 319

Cyanocitta cristata, 280, 346

Cyatheaceae, 139

Cycads, 166

Cynopotamus essequibensis, 269

Cyperaceae, 142

Cyperus sp., 142

Cypress, 45, 63, 164

Cypress pine, 55

Cyrilla, 42

Cyrtandra sp., 161

Cyrtocharax magdalenae essequibensis, 269

Cyrtotria capucina, 9, 27

D

Dasypodidae, 287

Dasypus novemcinctus, 287

Dates, 39

DDT, 278

Defenses, cockroach, 343-348

Dematiaceae, 132

Dendroblatta sobrina, 9, 45, 316, 330

Dendrocopus mahrattensis, 279

Dermaptera, 226

Dermestes ater, 234
sp., 234

Dermestidae, 234

Dermestids, 320

Derocalymma cruralis, 9, 100
lampyrina, 9, 27
porcellio, 9, 28
stigmosa, 8

Deropeltis autraniana, 9, 28
erythropeza, 9, 19
melanophila, 9, 28
nigrita, 9, 28

Deserts, 25-30

Dicarnosis alfierii, 245

Dictamnus fraxinella, 38

Didelphidae, 283

Diestrammena apicalis, 226
japonica, 226

Digenea, 208

Dinenymphidae, 170

"Diphtheroid I and II," 127

"Diplococci," 127

Diplococcus pneumoniae, 109

Diplocystidae, 181

Diplocystis schneideri, 168, 181
sp., 181; pl. 28

Diplogaster, 192

Diplogasteridae, 192

Diplogyniidae, 217

Diplogyniid, undetermined, 217

Diploptera dytiscoides, 9
punctata, 9, 45, 140-142, 152, 155-157, 159, 164, 216, 224-226, 259, 273, 280, 287, 296, 324, 334, 339, 347; pls. 10, 36

Dipodomys spectabilis spectabilis, 23

Diptera, 227

Disease organisms transmitted by cockroaches, 3

Dobellina, 177

Dog, 288

Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 282

Dolichurus bicolor, 260
corniculus, 260-261
gilberti, 261
greenei, 261
haemorrhous, 260
ignitus, 261-262
stantoni, 262, 263, 352
sp., 262

Dorylaea rhombifolia, 11

Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans subsp. sjostedi, 267
sp., 267
wilverthi, 267

Dove, Chinese, 278

Dragonfly, giant Hawaiian, 224

Drake (Francis), 83

Drassodes, 214

Drassus sp., 318

Dryadoblatta scotti, 9, 31, 45, 144, 145

Drymaplaneta, 319

Ducks, domestic, 277, 343

Duguay-Trouin, Cruiser, 232

Dyscologamia capensis, 9
chopardi, 10
pilosa, 9
wollastoni, 9

Dytiscidae, 230

E

Earthworms, 319

Earwigs, undetermined, 226

Eberthella oedematiens, 112

Echinococcus granulosis, 208

Eciton burchelli, 268, 280 sp., 228

Ecology, 14-96, 324-343

"Ectobia" spp., 135

Ectobia livida, 232

Ectobius africanus, 9, 45
albicinctus, 9, 46
duskei, 9, 46, 77
ericetorum, 9
germanicus, 8
lapponicus, 9, 46, 83, 100, 152, 160, 164, 296, 340
livens, 9
lividus, 9
lucidus, 9, 340
nicaeensis, 9, 46
nigripes, 256
pallidus, 9, 19, 47, 77, 100, 140, 153, 161, 296, 340; pls. 7, 29
panzeri, 9, 47, 153, 160, 296
panzeri var. nigripes, 9
perspicillaris, 9
semenovi, 9, 47, 152
spp., 19 214, 297
sylvester, 9, 47, 326, 340
sylvestris, 9
tadzihicus, 9, 48
vittiventer, 9, 19, 48
vittiventris, 9

Edentata, 287

Eleagnus, 48

Eleutheroda dytiscoides, 9

Ellipsidion affine, 9, 48, 297, 327
aurantium, 9
australe, 9, 48, 155, 160, 297, 327
bicolor, 9, 48, 142
pellucidum, 9
simulans, 9, 48, 141
spp., 35, 48
variegatum, 9, 329

Elm, 38

Embadomonas blattae, 167

Embryophyta siphonogama, 140

Emydidae, 272

Encephalomyelitis virus, mouse, 104

Encyrtidae, 94, 243, 245

Endamoeba blattae, 101, 102, 168, 177-178
coli, 178
javanica, 178
philippinensis, 178
thomsoni, 179
versus Entamoeba, 177

Endamoebidae, 177
Endolimax blattae, 101, 180
nana, 180
sp., 180

Endomycetales, 133

Entamoeba blattae, 177
blattarum, 177
coli, 178, 179
histolytica, 179
nana, 180
pitheci, 179
sp., 179-180
thomsoni, 179

Entedon hagenowii, 236, 249

Enterobacteriaceae, 111

Enterobius vermicularis, 209

Enterococcus, 109

Entomophthorales, 133

Ephestia kühniella, 99

Epilampra abdomen-nigrum, 9, 31, 48, 77, 141, 147, 160, 164, 297
annandalei, 9, 31-32
azteca, 9, 48
conferta, 9, 297
conspersa, 9, 145
grisea, 9, 100
maya, 9, 85, 145, 147
mexicana, 9, 147
mona, 9, 48, 144
notabilis, 9, 319
sodalis, 9, 145
spp., 9, 32, 85, 89, 145-147, 263, 297, 326, 344
tainana, 9, 49
wheeleri, 9, 49, 297

Epilamprinae, 30, 326, 348
unidentified, 33

Epimys norvegicus, 287

Epiphytes, 34, 44 (see also Bromeliads)

Epomphaloides ischnopterae, 249

Eremoblatta subdiaphana, 9, 28, 316

Ergaula capensis, 9, 49, 77, 311
scarabaeoides, 9, 19

Ericaceae, 160

Erinaceidae, 283

Erinaceus europaeus, 283
sp., 283

Erythrina glauca, 35, 156

Erythrocebus patas patas, 180

Escala circumducta, 13
longiuscula, 13
sp., 10, 297

Escherichia coli, 112
coli var. acidilactici, 112
coli var. communior, 113
freundii, 113
intermedium, 113

"Espino rubial," 66, 155

Estrildine sp., 318

Euandroblatta palpalis, 10, 28

Eubacteriales, 104

Eublaberus posticus, 10, 77, 89

Eucalyptus, 48, 231

Eucalyptus sp., 160

Eucharis, 163

Eucomonympha, 102
imla, 175, 176

Eucomonymphidae, 176

Eudromiella bicolorata, 10, 49
calcarata, 10, 147

Eugenia aromatica, 160

Euglena sp., 166

Euglenidae, 166

Euglenoidina, 166

Eulophidae, 94, 248

Eulophus, 250, 351

Eupelmidae, 94, 210, 245

Eupelmus atriflagellum, 247
sp., 247

Euphorbiaceae, 157

Euphyllodromia angustata, 10, 147
liturifera, 10, 49
decastigmata, 10

Euryconema paradisa, 194

Eurycotis bananae, 10, 47
biolleyi, 10, 49, 145, 158
caraibea, 10, 147
carbonaria, 10
decipiens, 10, 49, 346
dimidiata, 10, 49, 147
ferrum-equinum, 10, 49
floridana, 6, 10, 49-50, 77, 100, 140, 143, 144, 152, 162, 166, 171, 224, 255, 280, 297, 319, 326, 333, 334, 338, 339, 341, 345, 346; pls. 11, 29, 34
galeoides, 10, 50
improcera, 10, 297

kevani, 10, 50, 158
lixa, 10, 147
manni, 10, 298
opaca, 10, 50
sabalianus, 10

Euscorpius carpathicus, 212
germanus, 212
italicus italicus, 213

Euthlastoblatta abortiva, 10, 24, 50, 143

Euthyrrhapha nigra, 10, 19
pacifica, 10, 77

Eutrichomastix sp., 169

Eutrichosomella blattophaga, 245

Evania, 237, 350
abyssinica, 239
appendigaster, 235, 236-237, 238, 239, 350-352
desjardinsii, 236
dimidiata, 239
impressa, 242
laevigata, 236
minuta, 235
princeps, 235
punctata, 240
sericea, 242
sp., 237, 251
subspinosa, 239

Evaniidae, 93, 234-243

Exothea paniculata, 36, 158

Eyeworm, chicken, 68, 164, 204-205, 277, 278, 343

F

Fagaceae, 152

Felidae, 289

Felis catus, 289
pardalis mearnsi, 290

Fennel, 237

Fern, 44, 140, 164

Fig, 344

Fighting, intraspecies, 323, 336-337

Filarien, 202

Fir, Scotch, 140

Fish, 3, 268-269

Flacourtiaceae, 159

Flagellate, unidentified, 176

Flies, conopid, 228
ichneumon, 236
muscid, 229
phorid, 227
sand, 322
sarcophagid, 229
tachinid, 228

Foeniculum vulgare, 237

Fondia sp., 318

Food, cockroaches as human, 286-287
contamination of, 83
of cockroaches, 16, 21, 31, 32, 45, 68, 72, 77, 83, 87, 162-166, 314, 318, 319-324

Forficulid, 339

Forficulidae, 226

Formica, 267
omnivora, 268
rufa, 316
rufibarbis, 312
sp., 316
subcyanea, 312

Formicariidae, 280

Formicas, 316

Formicidae, 267, 311

Formicinae, 311

Fossils, 14

Fowl, guinea, 343
jungle, 277

Fox, 288

Freycinetia sp., 141

Fringillidae, 282

Frogs, 4, 270-272
tree, 270, 353

Fungi, 3, 127-139
hyperparasitic in protozoa, 178, 188
Imperfecti, 129

Fungus gardens, 313

Fusiformis lophomonadis, 119, 173

G

Galebia aegyptiaca, 195

Galerita janus, 347

Galliformes, 277

Gallus sp., 277

Gamocystis tenax, 168, 184

Geckos, 273, 354

Gekko gecko, 272

Gekkonidae, 272

Geomys sp., 24

Geoscapheus robustus, 10, 319, 344

Geotrichum candidum, 131

Geraniaceae, 156

Geraniums, 156, 164

Gesneriaceae, 161

Giardia intestinalis, 171
sp., 172

Ginger, wild, 151

Glands, secretory, 345-347

Glomeropitcairnia erectiflora, 31, 144

Glyciphagidae, 218

Goat, 319

Goldenrod, 162

Gongylonema ingluvicola, 205
neoplasticum, 191, 206, 287
pulchrum, 192, 206
sp., 206

Gopher, pocket, 24

Gordiaceo, 202

Gordian worms, undetermined, 202; pl. 29

Gordiidae, 201

Gordioidea, 201

Gordius, 192
aquaticus, 201-202
blattae orientalis, 202
orientalis, 202
pilosus, 202
raphaelis, 202
sp., 202

Gossypium spp., 158

"Gram positive rods," 127

Gramineae, 141

Grapefruit, 66, 67

Graptoblatta notulata, 10, 50-51, 141, 147, 151, 158-161, 163, 298, 339

Grass, 37, 40, 42-53, 55, 59-62, 64-66, 69, 141-142
bunch, 64
desert, 27-30
feather, 46
marram, 47
Rhodes, 39, 141
saw, 42, 50
wire, 41, 52

Grassquit, Carib, 282

Greenhouses, 68, 80, 81, 155, 157, 162-165, 342

Gregarina blaberae, 184
blattae orientalis, 181
blattarum, 168, 181-182
fastidiosa, 182
gibbsi, 182
illinensis, 183
impetuosa, 183
légeri, 183
neo-brasiliensis, 183
ohioensis, 183
panchlorae, 183
parcoblattae, 183
rhyparobiae, 168, 183
sandoni, 183
serpentula, 184
thomasi, 184

Gregarine, 181; pl. 28

Gregarinida, 181
unidentified, 184

Gregarinidae, 181

Gregariousness, 328, 330-336
physiological effects, 334-335

Grevisia, 144

Gromphadorhina laevigata, 10, 330
portentosa, 10, 298, 330, 354; pl. 12

Gru-gru, 142

Grubs, 317, 319

Gryllacrididae, 226

Guano, 16, 18-23

Guanobies, 16-17, 19

Guava, 54, 63, 67

Guêpe ichneumon, 258

Guinea pigs, 288

Gum tree, 36, 53, 59, 61, 63, 155

Gumbo limbo, 43, 44, 157

Gymnasio nudipes, 279

Gymnopithys leucaspis, 280

Gyna kazungulana, 10, 19
maculipennis, 10, 19
sp., 298
tristis, 10, 20
vetula, 10

H

Habitats, 15
aquatic, 30-33, 48
beach, 36, 42, 47, 52, 53, 58, 63, 69
cave, 16-17

cultivated areas, 38, 39, 53, 58
desert, 25-30, 39, 59, 65, 67, 69
dumps and rubbish, 38-40, 50, 53, 55, 67, 69
flatwoods, 37, 41, 42, 53, 60
forest, 36-38, 40-47, 49-57, 59-66
grassland, 41, 42, 52, 53, 64
hammock, 41-43, 50, 52, 53, 59, 60, 68
marsh, 42, 50
outdoor, 33-70
rotten wood, 34, 35, 38, 44, 45, 47, 49-52, 56-63
sand dune, 47, 61
sandhills, 36, 41, 42, 47, 50, 52, 60
scrub, 36, 37, 40-42, 48, 50, 52, 55, 57-60, 62, 66, 67
soil, 37, 39, 49, 53, 55 58, 60, 67, 68, 344
steppe, 46, 47
stones and rock, 29, 31-33, 36-40, 43, 45-57, 59, 60, 62, 64, 67-70
structures, 70-90
aircraft, 87-90, 232
land-based, 73-82
ships, 82-87, 232-233
swamp, 41, 42, 46, 51, 53, 58, 61, 63, 66, 68
winter, 38-39, 61, 71

Hackberry, 50

Hadrurus arizonensis, 213

Hamamelidaceae, 155

Hammerschmidtiella diesingi, 124, 190, 191, 195-196
neyrae, 196
neyrai, 196

Haplosporidia, 185

Haplosporidium periplanetae, 185

Harpalus pennsylvanicus, 229

Hartmannella blattae, 177

Heather, 46, 47, 160

Hebardina concinna, 10, 278

Hedgehog, 4, 283, 354

Hedychium, 163

Helianthus sp., 162

Heliconia, 40

Helminths, 2-3, 190-210
cockroaches as intermediate hosts, 203-207
cockroaches as primary hosts, 192-202
ova carried by cockroaches, 208-210

Hemiblabera brunneri, 10, 51, 156

Hemidactylus frenatus, 272

Hemiptera, 226, 348

Hemithyrsocera histrio, 7

Hemlock, 44

Henicotyle antillarum, 10, 51

Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus, 289
sp., 289

Herpetomonas periplanetae, 167

Herpomyces, 93, 127-129
amazonicus, 134
anaplectae, 134
appendiculatus, 134
arietinus, 128, 134-135; pl. 27
chaetophilus, 135
chilensis, 135
diplopterae, 135
ectobiae, 135
forficularis, 135
gracilis, 135
grenadinus, 136
leurolestis, 136
lobopterae, 136
macropus, 136
nyctoborae, 136
panchlorae, 136
panesthiae, 136
paranensis, 136
periplanetae, 137, 138
phyllodromiae, 137
platyzosteriae, 137
stylopygae, 128, 137-138; pl. 27
supellae, 138
tricuspidatus, 138
zanzibarinus, 138

Heterodon contortrix, 276
platyrhinos, 276

Heterogamia aegyptiaca, 13

Heterogamodes krügeri, 10, 20
roseni, 7
rugosa, 10, 28

Heterometrus longemanus, 211, 213

Heteropoda regia, 215
venatoria, 215; pl. 30

Heteroptera, 318

Hexamita, 102
cryptocerci, 171
periplanetae, 171
sp., 171

Hexamitidae, 171

2-hexenal, 6, 280, 345-346

Hibiscus, 36, 40, 68, 158

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, 68, 158

Hickory, 53, 60, 61, 63

Hierodula tenuidentata, 224-225, 355; pl. 32

Histiostoma feroniarum, 217

Holocompsa azteca, 10, 77
cyanea, 10, 78
fulva, 10, 298
metallica, 10, 51
nitidula, 10, 78, 148, 339
zapoteca, 10, 20

Hololampra bivittata, 10, 51
chavesi, 10, 51, 155
maculata, 10, 51
marginata, 10, 51
punctata, 10, 298
sp., 51

Hololeptoblatta sp., 51, 141

Holomastigotidae, 172

Holoquiscalus brachypterus, 282

Holotricha, 186

Homalodemas cruralis, 9

Homalopteryx laminata, 10, 52, 151
scotti, 9

Hominidae, 286

Homo sapiens, 286

Honeydew, 237, 242

Hookworm, ova, 210

Hoplonymphidae, 173

Hoplosphoropyga babaulti, 10, 20

Hormetica apolinari, 10, 51
laevigata, 10, 52, 143, 145, 148
spp., 148
ventralis, 10, 148

Hormurus caudicula, 213

Hornbill, gray, 279

Huckleberry, 43, 57

Humidity reactions, 35, 72, 129

Hygrocrocis intestinalis, 124

Hygroreceptors, 72

Hygrotaxis, 72, 331

Hyla cinerea, 270

Hylidae, 270

Hymenolepididae, 208

Hymenolepis diminuta, 203
sp., 208

Hymenoptera, 2, 234, 311
cockroach-hunting wasps, 255-266
host selection by egg parasites, 254-255
hosts of commensal cockroaches, 311-314
predators and parasites of cockroach eggs, 234-254

Hypermastigina, 172

Hyperolius picturatus, 271

Hypoaspis sp., 217

Hypocreaceae, 134

Hypocreales, 134

Hyporhicnoda, 146

Hyptia dorsalis, 239
harpyoides, 239; pl. 33
reticulata, 239, 240
sp., 240
thoracica, 239, 240

I

Icteridae, 282

Icterus portoricensis, 280

Idionympha perissa, 174

Ignabolivaria bilobata, 10, 52

Iguanidae, 273

Ilex cassine, 66, 158
coriacea, 41, 158
lucida, 41, 158
rotunda, 257

Incertae sedis, fungi, 139
protozoa, 176

Inermicapsifer madagascariensis, 203

Infestations of cockroaches, 331

Inga laurina, 35, 156
vera, 35, 66, 67, 156, 317

Insecta, 224-268

Insectivora, 283

Inuus sylvanus, 286

Invertebrates in biological control, 349-352

Iodamoeba sp., 180

Iolina nana, 219

Iolinidae, 219

Ipomoea tiliasea, 66, 161

Iridomyrmex humilis, 268, 319

Ironwood, 164

Ischnomyrmex sp., 316

Ischnoptera, 134-135, 319
borealis, 12
cavernicola, 14
couloniana, 12
deropeltiformis, 10, 52, 142, 164, 298, 316, 336, 355; pl. 12A
divisa, 12
insolita, 12
major, 12
panamae, 10, 53
pennsylvanica, 12
podoces, 10, 53, 340
remyi, 14
rufa occidentalis, 10, 78, 145
rufa rufa, 10, 53, 78, 89, 148, 161, 298
rufescens, 82
schenklingi, 10, 142
spp., 85, 89, 267, 298, 316
uhleriana, 12
uhleriana fulvescens, 12

Ischnuridae, 213

Isoptera, 310

Isotricha caulleryi, 187

Isotrichidae, 187

J

Jasmine, 45

Jasminum pubescens, 45

Jay, blue, 280
Florida, 280

Júcaro, 66

Juniper, 59

Juniperus sp., 65, 141

Jussiaea natans, 160, 164

K

Kakerlac schaefferi, 12

Kakkerlac, 260

Karnyia discoidalis, 10, 298

Kiawe tree, 164

Kingbird, grey, 35, 318

Klebsiella pneumoniae, 113

Kojukei, 277

Kuchinga hemerobina, 10, 298
remota, 10, 141, 148

Küchenschaben, 100, 169, 171-173, 188

L

Laboulbeniaceae, 127, 134

Laboulbeniales, 134

Lactobacillus fermenti, 109

Lactobacteriaceae, 109

Laelaptidae, 216

Lamproblatta albipalpus, 10, 53, 148
meridionalis, 10, 53

Lampyrid, undetermined, 230; pl. 33

Lampyridae, 230

Laniidae, 281

Lanius ludovicianus, 281

Larvaevoridae, 228

Lasius alienus, 268

Lastrea aristata, 163

Latiblattella chichimeca, 10, 54, 145
lucifrons, 11, 54, 146, 255
rehni, 11, 54, 140, 144, 339
spp., 85, 148
vitrea, 11, 143
zapoteca, 11, 54

Latindia armata, 8

Latrodectus indistinctus, 215-216
mactans, 216

Lauraceae, 153

Leafhoppers, 320

Legumes, 165

Leguminosae, 155

Leidynema appendiculata, 124, 190, 191, 196-198
appendiculata var. americana, 197
appendiculata var. hispana, 197
appendiculata var. indiana, 197
cranifera, 198
delatorrei, 198
nocalum, 198

Leidynemella fusiformis, 198
panesthiae, 198
paracranifera, 198

Leiolopisma laterale, 274

Lemur coronatus, 283
fulvus, 283
tardigradus, 284

Lemuridae, 283

Leontocebus oedipus, 285
rosalia, 285
ursulus, 285

Lepidoptera, 316-318

Lepomis pallidus, 269

Leptodactylus albilabris, 271
pentadactylus, 271

Leptomonas blaberae, 167
sp., 167

Leptopelis calcaratus, 271
rufus, 271

Leptospironympha, 102
eupora, 172
rudis, 172
wachula, 172

Lesser apple worm, 65

Leucophaea maderae, 11, 54, 70, 71, 78, 86, 89, 119, 148, 162, 168, 171, 203, 204, 213, 224, 236, 247, 299, 322, 329, 330, 333, 335, 339, 342, 347; pls. 13, 28
sp., 299
striata, 13
surinamensis, 13

Leurolestes circumvagans, 11, 78
pallidus, 11, 71, 78, 299, 339

Lice, plant, 320

Lichens, 47, 51, 56, 64, 153

Liliaceae, 146

Lily, Brig, 84

Lily, Easter, 146, 164

Lime, 45, 66, 157, 164

Liopicus mahrattensis, 279

Liquidambar styraciflua, 155

Lissoblatta fulgida, 13, 157

Litopeltis biolleyi, 11, 54, 145
bispinosa, 11, 54, 58, 145, 148
deianira, 11, 54
musarum, 11, 54, 148
spp., 334

Lizards, 272-276, 353-354

Lobogynioides, 217

Lobolampra subaptera, 11, 55

Loboptera decipiens, 11, 55, 100, 299, 326, 350
dimidiatipes, 11
extranea, 11
sakalava, 11
sp., 299
thaxteri, 11, 55

Lobopterella dimidiatipes, 11, 55, 299, 338

Locustacarus sp., 219

Lophoblatta arawaka, 11, 55, 142

Lophocerus birostris, 279

Lophomonadidae, 172

Lophomonas, 101
blattarum, 101, 168, 172-173
striata, 101, 119, 168, 173
sulcata, 173

Loris tardigradus, 284

Lorisidae, 284

Lycolaimus, 192

Lycosa avida, 216
helluo, 216, 347
sp., 216; pl. 30

Lycosidae, 216

Lygaeidae, 226

Lymantria monacha, 121

M

Macaca cyclopis, 179
mulatta, 286
rhesus, 286
sylvanus, 286

Macaque, 286

Macropanesthia rhinocerus, 11, 55, 344

Macrospironympha, 102
xylopletha, 172

Macrotermes barneyi, 311
bellicosus, 311
malaccensis, 311
natalensis, 311

Maize, 55, 64, 142

Malleomyces mallei, 119

Malojillo, 31, 48, 141

Malpighian tubules, parasites in, 177, 185, 186

Malvaceae, 158

Mamestra oleracea, 120

Mammalia, 283, 354

Mammals, 3, 283

Mangifera indica, 157

Mangoes, 45, 157, 164

Mangrove, 36, 42, 53, 66

Mantidae, 224

Mantis, Carolina, 225
Chinese, 226
European, 225

Mantis religiosa, 225

Maple, 61-63

Marava arachidis, 339

Mareta acutiventris, 11, 317

Maretina uahuka, 11, 142, 155

Margattea sp., 317

Marsupialia, 283

Mastigophora, 166

Mastigoproctus giganteus, 211
sp., 211

Maze, 335

Mediterranean fruitfly, 252

Megachilidae, 314

Megalixalus fornasinii, 271

Megaloblatta blaberoides, 11, 55
rufipes, 11

Megalopyge krugii, 35, 317

Megamareta verticalis, 11, 56, 141

Megaselia sp., 227

Melanerpes portoricensis, 280

Melanosilpha capensis, 11, 299

Meleagrididae, 278

Meleagris gallopavo, 278

Meles sp., 289

Melipona nigra, 314

Melittobia chalybii, 248

Memnoniella echinata, 132

Mermis, 192, 202

Mermithidae, 192

Mermithids, undetermined, 192; pl. 29

Mermithoidea, 192

Mesquite, 37, 58, 156

Mestocharomyia oophaga, 248

Metallyticus semiaeneus, 225

Metarrhizium anisopliae, 131

Metrosideros collina, 160

Methana canae, 11, 56, 326
curvigera, 11, 56, 155, 326
marginalis, 11, 56, 79, 326

Methionine, 101

Micrococcaceae, 106

Micrococcus aurantiacus, 106
citreus, 106
epidermidis, 106
nigrofaciens, 106
pyogenes var. albus, 106-107
pyogenes var. aureus, 107
spp., 107, 108
ureae, 107

Microhabitats, 16-17, 25-26, 30-31, 33-35, 70-74

Microsporidia, 185

Microtetrameres helix, 206

Midas rosalia, 285

Mimicry, 6, 347-348

Mimosa, 57

Mines, 16, 19-21, 23

Miroblatta silphoides, 10

Mirotermes, 102

Mites, 2, 3, 211, 216-222, 318, 320
cheese, 222
cockroach, 219, 221
control, 222
mushroom, 218
unidentified, 220

Molossidae, 283

Molossus sp., 283

Moluchia (?) dahli, 11, 56

Monadidae, 167

Monas sp., 167

Monastria biguttata, 11, 344
sp., 299

Mongoose, 289, 354

Monilaceae, 130

Moniliales, 129

Moniliformidae, 203

Moniliformis dubius, 203, 270, 271, 276
kalahariensis, 203
moniliformis, 191, 204

Monkey, 4, 284-286, 343
Canal Zone night, 284
Darien black spider, 284
white-faced, 284

Monocercomonas orthopterorum, 169

Monocercomonoides, 102
globus, 169
melolonthae, 168, 169
orthopterorum, 169-170
panesthiae, 170

Monodelphis sp., 283

Mononychoblatta, 26

Moraceae, 153

Mosquitoes, 322

Moss, 46, 47, 56, 64
Spanish, 54, 144

"Mouche bleue, La," 260

Mouse, 103-104
sand, 24
white-footed, 24 205

Mucor guilliermondii, 132
sp., 132

Mucoraceae, 132

Mucorales, 132

Muridae, 287

Murorinae, 129

Mus decumanus, 287
musculus, 287

Musa (see banana)

Musaceae, 146

Muscidae, 229

Mustelidae, 289

Mutant, white-eyed, 21

Mutualism, 92, 96-102

Mutuals, 95

Muzoa madida, 11, 56

Mycetozoa, 176

Mycobacteriaceae, 123

Mycobacterium avium, 123
friedmannii, 123
lacticola, 123
leprae, 123
lepraemurium, 123
phlei, 123
piscium, 124
spp., 124
tuberculosis, 124

Myna (mynah), 281

Myrica cerifera, 43, 152

Myricaceae, 152

Myrmeblattina longipes, 11, 314

Myrmecoblatta rehni, 11, 312
wheeleri, 11, 314

Myrmecophiles, 311-314, 316

Myrmicaria natalensis, 316

Myrmicinae, 312

Myrtaceae, 160

N

Namablatta bitaeniata, 11, 28

Nasua narica, 288
nasua, 288
sp., 289

Nasutitermes costalis, 317

Nauclidas nigra, 11, 56, 148, 326, 327

Nauphoeta bivittata, 11
brazzae, 11
cinerea, 11, 70, 79, 86, 89, 100, 115, 116,  123,  162,  163,  192,  224-226, 259,  299,  324,  330,  335,  337, 339; pl. 14
flexivitta, 11, 148, 163
punctipennis, 11, 28

Necator americanus, 210

Nectandra coriacea, 43, 153

Neisseria meningitidis, 109

Neisseriaceae, 109

Nelipophygus ramsdeni, 11, 56

Nematoda, 192, 204, 209

Nematodes, 2-3, 190-192, 204, 209
undetermined, 201

Nematomorpha, 201

Neoaplectana chresima, 192-193
sp., 192

Neoblattella brunneriana, 11, 145
carcinus, 11, 148
celeripes, 11, 148, 324
detersa, 11, 56, 148
dryas, 11, 56, 145, 160, 340
eurydice, 11, 57, 145, 340
fratercula, 11, 86, 145, 148
fraterna, 11, 86
grossbecki, 11, 57, 145
laodamia, 11, 148
nahua, 11, 86, 145
proserpina, 11, 57, 145, 160, 339
semota, 11, 57, 148
spp., 79, 86, 89, 148, 149, 324
tridens, 11, 148
vatia, 11, 148

Neonephrites partiniger, 230

Neorhipidius neoxenus, 230

Neostylopyga rhombifolia, 11, 70, 77, 79, 86, 138, 209, 210, 224, 255, 259, 272, 273, 280, 300, 346; pl. 15

Neotoma sp., 23-25, 37, 50

Nepenthaceae, 154

Nepenthes ampularia, 154
gracilis, 154
sp., 154

Nephrites australis, 231
nitidus Riek not Shuckard, 231
sp., 231

Nepidae, 227

Nesomylacris cubensis, 11, 57
relica, 11, 57, 145

Nests, ant, 27, 311-314, 316
bird, 35, 318
insect, 35, 43, 66, 67, 69, 156, 317, 318
rodent, 23-25, 37, 50
spider, 215-216, 317

Neuroptera, 227

Nicotiana sp., 161

Nocardia sp., 124

"Nocticola" azteca, 149

Nocticola, 17, 149
bolivari, 11, 17, 57
caeca, 11, 20
decaryi, 11, 20
simoni, 12, 20
sinensis, 12, 311
termitophila, 12, 311

Nosema periplanetae, 185, 186

Nosematidae, 185

Nothoblatta wasmanni, 12, 312

Notila proteus, 170

Notolampra antillarum, 12, 144, 159

Nucleophaga sp., 178

Nyctibora azteca, 12, 149
brunnea, 12, 145
holosericea, 12, 149
laevigata, 12, 57, 145, 149, 339
latipennis, 12
lutzi, 12, 57, 145, 317
mexicana, 12, 149
noctivaga, 12, 86, 100, 145, 149
obscura, 12, 57, 149, 300
sericea, 12, 149
spp., 86, 149, 300
stygia, 12, 58, 156
tomentosa, 12, 300

Nyctotherus, 92, 101, 102
buissoni, 188
ovalis, 101, 102, 168, 188
uichanci, 188
viannai, 189

Nymphytria, 26

O

Oak, 36-38, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 52, 53, 59-66, 152-153

Oats, wild, 52, 142

Ocelot, 290

Ocneria dispar, 126

Ocotea catesbyana, 43, 153

Octomitus periplanetae, 171

Odonata, 224

Odontomachus affinis, 314
clarus, 316
haematodes insularis var. pallens, 316

Odontotermes sp., 311

Oikomonadidae, 166

Oikomonas blattarum, 166
sp., 166, 167

Oligacanthorhynchidae, 203

Onagraceae, 160

Oniscosoma granicollis, 12, 300
spp., 58, 344

Oöthecae, concealment of, 47, 61, 63, 325-327

Ophion luteus, 261

Opisthoplatia maculata, 12, 30, 32-33
orientalis, 12, 33, 58

Orange, 45, 157, 164

Orangutan, 70

Orchidaceae, 151

Orchids, 151, 162-163, 164, 237

Origins of domiciliary cockroaches, 70-71

Oriole, Puerto Rican, 280

Oriolidae, 280

Orthoptera, 2, 15, 16, 25, 34, 85, 88, 224

Oulopteryx meliponarum, 12, 314

Ovipositor, cockroach, 15

Owls, 276, 353
bare-legged, 279

Oxyhaloa buprestoides, 12, 70, 79, 86
deusta, 12, 149

Oxymonadidae, 170

Oxymonas, 102
doroaxostylus, 170
nana, 170

Oxyspirura mansoni, 68, 191, 204-205, 278

Oxyuridae, 209

Oxyuris aegyptiaca, 195
australasiae, 199
blattae, 193, 196
blattae orientalis, 195, 196
blatticola, 193
bulhõesi, 200
diesingi, 195
(?) heterogamiae, 199
künckeli, 199
macrura, 195
panesthiae, 198

Oxyuroidea, 193, 204, 209

P

Palamnaeus, 211

Palissota, 34

Paliurus aculeatus, 38

Pallasiomys meridionalis pennicilliger, 24

Palmae, 141

Palmetto, 37, 49, 50, 57, 62, 64, 67, 166

Palms, 45, 50, 52, 58, 64, 143, 150, 164
coconut, 36, 40, 42, 50, 53, 56, 58, 64, 68, 143
date, 143
royal, 54, 143
sago, 166

Pan sp., 286

Panchlora antillarum, 12, 58, 143, 149
cubensis, 12
exoleta, 12, 150, 300
fraterna, 12, 150
maderae, 11
nivea, 12, 58, 79, 86, 89, 142, 150, 300; pl. 16
peruana, 12, 150
sagax, 12, 58, 150
spp., 150, 324
virescens, 12, 150

Panchlorinae, 231

Pandanaceae, 141

Pandanus, 51, 141, 150

Panesthia, 102
angustipennis, 12, 100, 300
australis, 12, 58, 301, 327, 354; pl. 8
"brevicollis," 194
javanica, 12
laevicollis, 12, 58, 301, 327
lobipennis, 12, 301
spp., 301, 328
spadica, 12, 301

Panicum barbinode, 141
purpurascens, 141

Papayas, 45, 159, 164

Papio papio, 286

Parabuthus capensis, 212

Parachordodes raphaelis, 202

Paraclevelandia brevis, 190
simplex, 190

Paracolobactrum aerogenoides, 113
coliforme, 113
spp., 113

Paradisea papuana, 280

Parahormetica bilobata, 12, 301

Parameciidae, 186

Paramecium sp., 186-187

Paranephrites xenus, 230

Parapolyphaga erectipilis, 9-10

Parasites, 91, 95-96; pls. 16, 27, 29, 35
cockroach egg, 2, 234-254, 350-352; pls. 33, 34
host selection by, 254-255

Parasitism, 91-94

Parcoblatta, 350
americana, 12, 267
bolliana, 12, 59, 338
caudelli, 12, 59
desertae, 12, 25, 29, 59, 316
divisa, 12, 59, 140, 152, 153, 155
fulvescens, 12, 24, 59-60, 79, 140
lata, 12, 60, 79, 100, 140, 152, 301, 333, 339
notha, 12, 80
pensylvanica, 12, 15, 61, 80, 100, 152, 153, 257, 302, 318, 319, 327, 333, 339; pl. 17
spp., 17, 20, 63, 144, 206, 302, 316, 333, 336
uhleriana, 12, 15, 61-62, 100, 302, 339; pls. 18, 33
virginica, 12, 15, 62-63, 100, 230, 255, 257, 258, 302, 316, 323, 333; pls. 17, 27, 33
zebra, 12, 63, 140, 155

Parinarium, 34

Parsley, 237

Parsnip, 240

Partridge, 278

Parvobacteriaceae, 119

Passer domesticus, 282

Passeriformes, 280

Passiflora sp., 37, 159

Passifloraceae, 159

Pasteurella multocida, 119
pestis, 119

Pastinaca sativa, 240

Paxylomma buccata, 255

p-benzoquinone, 216, 347

p-chlorophenyl, p-chlorobenzene sulfonate, 222

Pedipalpida, 211

Pelmatosilpha coriacea, 12, 63, 142, 150, 151, 160
kevani, 12, 63

marginalis, 12, 150, 326
purpurascens, 12, 63, 150, 326
rotundata, 12, 145
vagabunda, 12, 150

Peltomyces blattellae, 176
periplanetae, 176-177

Penicillium sp., 131

Periplaneta americana, 12, 17, 20, 63-64, 70, 71, 80, 83, 84, 87, 89, 98-101, 103, 104, 106, 126, 129, 143, 150, 151, 56, 162, 163, 166, 190, 191, 205, 211-213, 223, 225, 226, 229, 245, 255, 271, 272, 276, 280, 302-304, 318, 320, 321, 323-327, 332, 334-336, 338-340, 342, 346-348, 350-352, 354; pls. 19, 33, 34, 35
australasiae, 12, 21, 55, 64, 70, 71, 80, 87, 89, 100, 105, 115, 117, 123, 143, 150, 151, 153, 158, 159, 163, 209, 210, 214, 225, 304-305, 318-320, 323, 326, 327, 333, 335, 338, 339, 341, 342, 348, 350, 351, 354; pls. 20, 32
brunnea, 12, 64, 70, 80, 150, 153, 171, 305, 323, 325-326, 340, 346; pl. 21
cavernicola, 12, 16, 21
fortipes, 13
fuliginosa, 12, 64, 81, 158, 164, 251, 277, 305, 327, 335, 338; pl. 22
ignota, 12, 81, 115, 327
lata, 12, 21
orientalis, 8
picea, 12
spp., 21, 90, 305-306, 317, 352
tartara, 8

Periplaneticola mirzaia, 193

Perisphaerus armadillo, 12, 329
glomeriformis, 12, 329, 347
sp., 21, 329

Periwinkle, 47

Permian, 14

Perodicticus potto, 284

Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis, 205
polionotus rhoadsi, 24

Petitia domingensis, 66, 317

Petroselium crispum, 237

Phaetalia pallida, 12, 81

Phasianidae, 277

Phasianus calchicus karpowi, 277
sp., 277

Pheasants, 277

Pheidole megacephala, 268

Phidon (?) dubius, 13, 64

Phileciton longipes, 314

Philip, Ship, 83

Philodromus pernix, 318

Phlebonotus pallens, 13, 329

Phlebotomus papatasii, 322

Phoenix dactylifera, 143

Pholadoblatta inusitata, 13, 316

Phoraspidinae, 329

Phoraspis sp., 64, 142

Phoridae, 227

Phormictopus cancerides, 214

Phorticolea boliviae, 13, 311, 314
testacea, 13, 312

Phryganoporus, 317

Phycomycetes, 132

Phyllodromia germanica, 8
hemerobina, 10
hieroglyphica, 10
humbertiana, 8
nigrocincta, 14
obtusata, 7
parenthesis, 14
spp., 306, 352
supellectilium, 13-14
treitliana, 13, 245

Phyllodromica brevipennis, 13, 64
graeca, 13, 65
irinae, 13, 65
maculata, 13, 65
megerlei, 13, 65, 153
polita, 13, 65
pygmaea, 13, 65, 141
tartara, 13, 65
tartara nigrescens, 13, 65, 141, 162

Physaloptera hispida, 191, 207
maxillaris, 191, 207, 288, 289
praeputialis, 207
rara, 191, 207, 288, 289
turgida, 191, 207

Physalopteridae, 207

Physignathus lesueurii, 275

Phytoseiidae, 216

Picidae, 279

Piciformes, 279

Pigeon, 279, 343

Pileocephalus blaberae, 184

Pilocrocis secernalis, 66, 317

Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus, 219-221, 320

Pimelodidae, 268

Pinaceae, 140

Pine, 36, 41-44, 46, 47, 49-54, 57, 59-67, 140

Pineapple, 39, 45, 68 144, 165

Pinus australis, 140
caribaea, 50, 52, 53, 59, 64, 140
clausa, 53, 140
echinata, 140
spp., 40
sylvestris, 140

Pisces, 268

Plagiotoma blattarum, 188

Plants, carnivorous, 154
damage to, by cockroaches, 162-166
higher, 139-162
pitcher, 154

Platyhelminthes, 208

Platyzosteria analis, 13, 306
armata, 13, 100
bifida, 13, 151
castanea, 13, 65, 306, 345
ingens, 10
novae seelandiae, 13, 65, 306, 321, 346; pl. 23
novae-zealandiae, 13
sabalianus, 10
scabra, 13, 306
sp., 306

Plectoptera dominicae, 13, 66, 157
dorsalis, 13, 66, 67, 81, 142, 143, 151, 155-158, 160, 161, 317
floridana, 13
infulata, 13, 66, 142, 155, 156-158, 317
lacerna, 13, 66, 140, 153
perscita, 13, 66, 157
poeyi, 13, 66, 158, 159
porcellana, 13, 66, 157, 162
pygmaea, 13, 66
rhabdota, 13, 66, 67, 142, 155-158, 160, 317
sp., 306
vermiculata, 13, 67, 140

Pleistophora periplanetae, 186

Plethodon glutinosus, 269

Plethodontidae, 269

Plistophora kudoi, 185-186
periplanetae, 177, 185, 186
sp., 186

Ploceinae, 318

Ploceus sp., 318

Plumiger histrio, 7

Plumilla, 35

Pneumococcus, 109

Podapolipodidae, 219

Podium abdominale, 265
carolina, 265
dubium, 265
flavipenne, 265-266
haematogastrum, 263, 266, 352
luctuosum, 266
rufipes, 266
sp., 266

Podocarpus, 42

Pogonomyrmex badius, 346, 347; pl. 36

Poinsettia sp., 1575

Poinsettias, 164

Polecat, 4

Poliomyelitis viruses, 3, 103

Polistes, 318, 319

Polybia pygmaea, 314

"Polygamia" aegyptiaca, 13
roseni, 7

Polymastigidae, 169

Polymastigina, 169

Polymastix, 101

Polyphaga aegyptiaca, 13, 21, 24, 25 29, 67, 81, 100, 190, 306
indica, 13, 24, 29, 317
pellucida, 13
saussurei, 13, 24, 29, 67, 71, 81, 114, 115, 117-119, 306
sp., 21

Polyphagids, 344

Polyphaginae, 25

Polypodiaceae, 140

Polystichum aristatum, 163

Polyzosteria analis, 13
limbata, 13, 67
melanaria, 13, 306

Pomarrosa, 160

Pompilidae, 256

Pompilus bracatus, 256
sp., 256

Ponerinae, 314

Pongidae, 286

Ponies, pit (mine), 16, 23

Populus diversifolia, 152
euphratica, 47, 152
sp., 152

Poroblatta nigra, 11
spp., 67

Potamotrygon humboldti, 268
hystrix, 268

Potamotrygontidae, 268

Potato, 165

Potto, 284

Poultry, 276-278, 353

Prairie dog, 24

Predation, interspecies, 92, 319-322
intraspecies, 92, 322-324

Predatism, 91-95

Predators, 91, 96, 319
defense against, 343-348
of cockroach eggs, 234

Prey, experimental, 4
natural, 4

Primates, 283

Pritchardia, 64, 163

Privies (latrines), cockroaches in, 74, 80, 81, 178, 340

Procyonidae, 288

Prodenia litula, 320

Prolabia, 339

Prolophomonas tocopola, 173

Prosevania punctata, 240-242, 254-255, 351; pl. 33

Prosoplecta, 348

Prosthenorchis elegans, 203, 283, 285, 286, 288-290
spirula, 203, 283, 286, 288-290

Proteus mirabilis, 114
morganii, 114
rettgeri, 114
spp., 114
vulgaris, 114

Protomagalhaesia serpentula, 168, 184

Protomonadina, 166

Protospirura bonnei, 206
columbiana, 206
muricola, 191, 206, 284

Protozoa, 2, 92, 101-103, 166-190
cultured in vitro, 170, 178, 179, 188

Protrelleta floridana, 199

Protrellina, 199
aurifluus, 199
australasiae, 199
galebi, 199
künckeli, 199
manni, 200
phyllodromi, 200

Protrelloides paradoxa, 200

Protrellus aureus, 199
aurifluus, 199
australasiae, 199
galebi, 199
künckeli, 199
manni, 200
phyllodromi, 200

Pseudoderopeltis aethiopica, 13, 100

Pseudomonadaceae, 104

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 104
eisenbergii, 105
fluorescens, 105

Pseudomopinae, 60, 230, 231

Pseudomops cincta, 13, 319
laticornis, 13, 145
septentrionalis, 13, 67, 162

Pseudophoraspis nebulosa, 13, 81, 328

Pseudosaccharomycetaceae, 129

Psidium guajava, 67, 160

Psocoptera, 318

Pteridophyta, 139

Pteromalidae, 247

Pteromalus sp., 247, 248

Pterygosomidae, 219

Pycnosceloides aporus, 12, 58

Pycnoscelus niger, 13, 22
striatus, 13, 22
surinamensis, 2, 13, 22, 25, 67-68, 70, 71, 81, 87, 90, 100, 138, 139, 142-146, 151, 152, 155-157, 161-165, 191, 212, 229, 259, 279, 280, 282, 306-307, 324, 330, 333, 335, 338, 341-343, 350, 353; pl. 24

Pyrus sp., 62

Q

Quail, Japanese, 277

Quercus alba, 152
pubescens, 38
rubra, 152
spp., 153
virginiana, 152

Quinones, 347

R

Rana catesbeiana, 271
mascareniensis, 271
pipiens, 271, 345

Ranatra sp., 227

Ranidae, 270

Rats, 4, 287
kangaroo, 23, 26
Norway, 287
wood, 23, 26

Rattus norvegicus, 287
rattus, 287
spp., 287

Reduviidae, 227

Reduviids, undetermined, 227

Reduvius christophi, 227
fedtschenkianus, 227

Renealmia sp., 151

Repellents, 345-347

Reptiles, 3, 272-276, 353
eggs of, 320

Reptilia, 272-276

Reticulitermes sp., 317

Retortamonas blattae, 167, 168
orthopterorum, 169
sp., 167

Rhabditoidea, 192

Rhamdia sebae, 268

Rhantus pacificus, 230

Rhicnoda natatrix, 13, 33
sp., 146

Rhinopsis caniculatus, 257

Rhinotermitidae, 310

Rhipidioides ableptus, 230
adynatus, 230
fuscatus, 230
helenae, 230
mollis, 231
rubricatus, 231

Rhipidius, 230

Rhipiphoridae, 230

Rhizobiaceae, 106

Rhizoglyphus tarsalus, 218

Rhizophora mangle, 36, 159

Rhizophoracea, 159

Rhizopus nigricans, 133
sp., 133

Rhombomys opimus, 24

Rhynchonympha, 102
tarda, 174, 175

Rhyparobia maderae, 11

Rhythms, diurnal, 335

Rhytidometopum dissimile, 13, 68, 158

Riatia fulgida, 13, 157
orientis, 13, 68, 158

Riboflavin, 101

Rictularia coloradensis, 192, 205

Riekella australis, 231
nitidioides, 231
sp., 231

Ripidiini, biology of Australian, 231

Ripidius, 230
boissyi, 231-232
denisi, 232
pectinicornis, 84, 232-233
scutellaris, 233
sp., 232

Ripiphoridae, 230

Roach (see cockroach)

Robshelfordia circumducta, 13, 307
longiuscula, 13, 307

Rodentia, 287

Rosa sp., 155

Rosaceae, 155

Rose, 155, 163-165

Roundworms, 2 (see Helminths)

Roystonea regia, 143

Rubiaceae, 161

Rubus spp., 155

Rushes, 46

Rutaceae, 157

S

Sabal palmetto, 50

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 133
sp., 133

Saccharomycetaceae, 133

Saccharomycetes, 129

Saccharum officinarum, 141-142

Saccinobaculus, 102
ambloaxostylus, 170
doroaxostylus, 170

lata, 170
minor, 170
undescribed spp., 170

Saimiri sciurea, 285

Salamander, 269

Salganea morio, 13, 334

Salicaceae, 152

Salientia, 270

Salius verticalis, 256

Salix sp., 152

Salmonella anatis, 114
choleraesuis, 114
enteritidus, 114
morbificans, 115
paratyphi, 115
schottmuelleri, 115
typhimurium, 116
typhosa, 117

Salmonella sp.
(Type Adelaide), 115
(Type Bareilly), 115
(Type Bredeny), 115
(Type Derby), 115
(Type Kentucky), 115
(Type Kottbus), 115
(Type Meleagris), 116
(Type Montevideo), 116
(Type Newport), 116
(Type Oranienburg), 116
(Type Panama), 116
(Type Rubislaw), 116
(Type Tennessee), 116

Salsola kali, 65

Samanea saman, 35, 156

Samui, Steamship, 232

Sapindaceae, 158

Sapotaceae, 160

Sarcina alba, 108
aurantiaca, 108
lutea, 108
spp., 108-109
symbiotica, 108
ventriculi, 108

Sarcodina, 176

Sarcophaga lambens, 2, 229
omani, 229
sternodontis, 229
spp., 229

Sarcophagidae, 229

Sarracenia flava, 154
minor, 154
purpurea, 154
variolaris, 154

Sarraceniaceae, 154

Sauria, 272

Scale, diaspine, 237

Sceliphron caementarium, 248

Schistosoma haematobium, 208

Schistosomatidae, 208

Schizomycetes, 104

Schizophyta, 104

Schwenkiella icemi, 200

Scincidae, 274

Scolopendra, 222
cingulata, 223
morsitans, 223
subspinipes, 224
sp., 224

Scolopendridae, 223

Scolopendromorpha, 223

Scorpionida, 211

Scorpionidae, 213

Scorpions, 3, 211, 349

Scorzonera acanthoclada, 65, 162

Scutigera coleoptrata, 222-223; pl. 31
forceps, 222
maculata, 223

Scutigeridae, 222

Scutigeromorpha, 222

Sea grape, 43, 69

Seaweed, 47, 55

Secretions, repellent, 6, 216, 225
sexual, 235

Sedge, 66

Serpentes, 276

Serratia marcescens, 117-118; pl. 16

Setaria verticillata, 142

Seurocyrnea colini, 207

Severianoia magna, 200
severianoi, 200

Sewers, cockroaches in, 74, 332, 338

Shelfordella tartara, 8

Shigella alkalescens, 118
dysenteriae, 118
paradysenteriae, 119

Ships, 82-84
cockroaches on, 79, 82-87
slave, 79, 86, 87

Shrike, 281

Sibylloblatta panesthoides, 13, 151

Sida, 64, 159, 163

Sideroxylon foetidissimum, 63, 160

Silkworm, bacterium from, 126
"disease bacillus," 127

Simblerastes jamaicanus, 13, 69, 317, 334

Simia jacchus, 285

Sinanthropes, 71, 81

Skinks, 274, 354

Snakes, 276

Sodium fluoride, 278

Solanaceae, 161

Solanum tuberosum, 161

Solenopsis geminata, 314

Solindenia picticornis, 246, 247

Sound, cockroach, 330

Sow bugs, 347

Sparassidae, 215

Sparrow, 282
English, 282

Spartan, Ship, 84

Spartina marsh, 42

Spelaeoblatta caeca, 14
gestroi, 13, 22

Spermophilopsis leptodactylus, 24

Sphaerita, 189

Sphaerodactylus sp., 273

Sphagnum, 52

Sphecidae, 264

Sphecophila polybiarum, 13, 314
ravana, 13, 310-311
termitium, 13, 311

Sphodromantis bioculata, 225
viridis, 225

Spicaria prasina, 130

Spiders, 3, 211, 214-216, 317, 318, 347, 349; pl. 30
banana, 215
big, brown house, 215
bird-eating, 214
black widow, 216
button, 215
huntsman, 215
nests, 215-216

Spiniger domesticus, 227

Spirillochaeta blattae, 127

Spirillum α, β, and γ, 105
periplaneticum, 105, 127
sp., 105

Spirocerca sanguinolenta, 203

Spirochaeta blattae, 125
blattarum, 125
periplanetae, 125
stylopygae, 125

Spirochaetaceae, 125

Spirochaetales, 125

Spirochaetes, unidentified, 125

"Spirochaetoid bacteria," 127

Spirorbis pusillus, 14

Spirostomidae, 188

Spirotricha, 187

Spirura gastrophila, 207

Spiruridae, 205

Spiruroidea, 204

Spondias, 67
mombin, 158
purpurea, 158

Sporozoa, 181

Spruce, 44

Squirrel, ground, 23, 24, 26

Stagmomantis carolina, 225-226

Staphylococci, 107

Staphylococcus albus, 107

Staurojoeninidae, 174

Stegobium paniceum, 99

Steinernematidae, 192

Steleopyga sinensis, 13, 307

Stenamma andrei, 316

Stenobothrus vagans, 46

Stenophora sp., 181

Stenophoridae, 181

Sterculiaceae, 159

Stictolampra buqueti concinula, 14, 33

Stigmatomyces sp., 129, 138

Stilpnoblatta minuta, 316

Stipa lessingiana, 46

Strepsiptera, 234

Streptococcus faecalis, 109
liquefaciens, 110
microapoika, 110
non-hemolyticus, 110
pyogenes, 110
spp., 110

Streptomyces leidynematis, 124, 196, 197

Streptomycetaceae, 124

Streptopelia chinensis, 278

Streptostomum gracile, 195

Strigidae, 279

Strigiformes, 279

Strongyloidea, 209

Sturnidae, 281

Stylogaster spp., 228
stylata, 228

Stylopyga americana, 12

Styphon bakeri, 14, 69, 344

Subulura jacchi, 204

Subuluridae, 204

Sugarcane, 37-39, 45, 48, 51, 53-56, 58, 64, 66-69, 141-142

Suifunema caudelli, 200

Sulfur, flowers of, 222

Sunfish, 269

Sunflower, 67

Supella hottentotta, 14, 29
supellectilium, 14, 69, 70, 71, 76, 82, 87, 89, 100, 115, 117, 142, 161, 165, 205, 216, 223, 232, 255, 307, 327, 333, 335, 339, 342, 349-351; pls. 25, 30, 31, 34
sp., 90

Swift, edible-nest, 318

Swiss chard, 47, 153

Symbiosis, 25-26, 92

Symbius blattarum, 232

Symploce bicolor, 14, 82
bilabiata, 14
breviramis, 14, 22
cavernicola, 14, 21, 22, 318, 333
curta, 14, 22
flagellata, 14, 69, 307
hospes, 14, 82, 161, 339
jamaicana, 14, 69
kevani, 14, 29
lita, 14
parenthesis, 14, 307
remyi, 14, 22
ruficollis, 14, 69, 142, 161, 307
sp., 90

Syncephalastrum sp., 133

Synonyms, 5

Syntomosphyrum blattae, 248
glossinae, 250
ischnopterae, 249

Systellogaster ovivora, 248

Syzygium aromaticum, 160

Szepligetella sericea, 242

T

Tachinid, undetermined, 228

Tachysphex blatticidus, 264
coriaceus, 264
fanuiensis, 264
lativalvis, 264-265

Taenia echinococcus, 208
saginata, 208

Taeniidae, 208

Taenioidea, 208

Tamarind, 51

Tamarindus indica, 156

Tapeworm, undetermined, 208

Tarachodes maurus, 226

Tarantula, 214

Tarantula, 214

Tarsiidae, 284

Tarsius, 284

Tartaroblatta karatavica, 14, 70

Tatu novemcinctum, 287

Taxodiaceae, 140

Tegenaria, 214

Teiidae, 275

Temnopteryx, 134-135
deropeltiformis, 10
obliquetruncata, 14, 317
phalerata, 14, 307
platysoma, 8

Temperature preference, 25, 71

Tenadores, Steamship

Tenodera aridifolia sinensis, 226

Termes bellicosus, 311
flavipes, 316
malaccensis, 311
sp., 311

Termites, 57, 69, 102, 310-311, 317, 320
comején, 317

Termitidae, 311

Termopsis sp., 317

Testudo horsfieldi, 24

Tetragenous sp., 127

Tetralopha scabridella, 35, 66, 67, 317

Tetrameres americana, 207
pattersoni, 207

Tetrastichodes asthenogmus, 249

Tetrastichus australasiae, 249
hagenowii, 94, 249-253, 255, 349-351; pl. 34
periplanetae, 253
sp., 249, 254, 351

Tetratrichomastix blattidarum, 170

Tettix kraussi, 46

Thallophyta, 129

Thecadactylus sp., 273

Theganopteryx straminea, 14, 30

Thelastoma aligarhica, 200
brevicaudatum, 194
bulhõesi, 201
heterogamiae, 199
icemi, 200
indiana, 194
magalhãesi, 194
pachyjuli, 200-201
palmettum, 201
panesthiae, 198
riveroi, 201

Thelastomatidae, 190, 193

Thelaziidae, 204

Thelyphonidae, 211

Thelyphonus giganteus, 211

Theobroma cacao, 159

Theraphosidae, 214

Therea nuptialis, 14, 344

Theridiidae, 215

Thistle, 60
giant, 51

Thyrsocera cincta, 13

Tiaris bicolor omissa, 282

Tillandsia fasciculata, 144
usneoides, 144
uttriculata, 50, 144
sp., 31, 36, 144

Timulla eriphyla, 264

Tivia australica, 14, 316
brunnea, 14, 30
fulva, 14, 28, 30
macracantha, 14, 23
obscura, 14, 30
sp., 23

Toads, 270, 353

Tobacco, 165

Tockus birostris, 279

Todidae, 279

Todus mexicanus, 279

Tody, 279

Torula acidophila, 132
gropengiesseri, 132
rosea, 132

Torulopsis, 130

Toxoplasma gondii, 190

Trapping, 53, 59-63

Treeferns, 36, 42, 50, 56, 57, 139

Trees (see under common or scientific name)
in general, 35-68

Trematoda, 208

Treponema parvum, 125
stylopygae, 125

Treponemataceae, 125

Triatoma arthurneivai, 227

Tribulus sp., 63, 156, 163, 165

Trichomastic orthopterum, 169

Trichomastix, 169

Trichomonadidae, 171

Trichomonas hominis, 171
orthopterorum, 169
sp., 171

Trichonympha, 102
acuta, 174
algoa, 174, 175
chula, 176
grandis, 176
lata, 176
okolona, 175, 176
parva, 176

Trichonymphidae, 174

Trichostrongylidae, 210

Trichostrongylus sp., 210

Trichotarsus, 218

Trichuridae, 210

Trichuris trichiura, 210

Trichuroidea, 210

Trigonopsis abdominalis, 265

Trirhogma caerulea, 262
sp., 264

Troglobies, 17, 20

Troglodytes aedon, 281
audax, 281

Troglodytidae, 281

Troglophiles, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23

Trogloxenes, 16

Tropidophorus grayi, 274

Trypanosomatidae, 167

Tulip tree, 53

Turkey, 278

Turtle, desert, 24, 26
painted, 272

Typhloblatta caeca, 14, 23

Typhloblattodes madecassus, 14, 23

Tyrophagus lintneri, 218
noxius, 218

U

Urinympha, 102
talea, 174, 175

Urodacus novaehollandiae, 213

Uropoda sp., 217

Uropodidae, 217

V

Vaccinium meridionale, 43, 160

Vanda, 151, 163

Veillonella parvula, 109

Vejovidae, 213

Verbenaceae, 161

Veromessor andrei, 316

Vertebrata, 268-290

Vertebrates, 3, 268
in biological control, 353-354

Vespa maculata, 318

Vespidae, 314

Vespula maculata, 61, 318

Vibrio comma, 105
Deneke's, 105
metschnikovii, 105
sp., 106
types I and II, 106
tyrogenus, 105

Vinca minor, 161

Vireo latimeri, 281

Vireonidae, 281

Viruses, 103-104
Coxsackie, 103-104
encephalomyelitis, mouse, 104
poliomyelitis, 3, 103
Brunhilde type, 103
Columbia SK, 103
Lansing strain, 103
unspecified strains, 103
yellow-fever, 104

Viverridae, 289

Vulpes sp., 288

W

Wasps, 91, 94, 314, 318, 348
cockroach-egg parasites, 234-254, 350, 352
cockroach-hunting, 255-266, 352

Water, balance, 72
drinking, 72
need for, 71

Water bug, 349

Wattle, 49

Webworm, 316

Weinmannia sp., 155

Whipscorpion, 211

William Kieth, Steamship, 84

Willow, 47, 63, 152

Woodpeckers, 279-280

Wren, 281

X

Xerophiles, 25

Xestoblatta festae, 14, 87
immaculata, 14, 23

Xylosma suaveolens, 159

Xysticus, 214

Y

Yeasts, 3, 127, 129, 132

Yellow-fever virus, 104

Yucca elata, 54, 146

Z

Zanthoxylum caribaeum, 66, 157

Zea mays, 142, 165

Zelotes, 314

Zeuxevania splendidula, 93, 243, 249, 350

Zingiberaceae, 151

Zootermopsis, 103

Zygophyllaceae, 156

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Part of the cost of publication of this monograph was borne by the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy (through the American Institute of Biological Sciences), and by the Quartermaster Research and Engineering Center, Department of the Army.

[2] Present address of both authors, Central Research Laboratories, United Fruit Co., Upland Road, Norwood, Mass.

[3] Names of organisms preceded by an asterisk (*) are known or suspected pathogens of vertebrates. These records were presented with annotations in our 1957a paper on the medical and veterinary importance of cockroaches. For that reason the annotations have not been repeated herein, although the records have been included to make the listing of the biotic associates of cockroaches substantially complete.

[4] The following helminths also have been stated in the literature to pass their intermediate stages in cockroaches: Hymenolepis diminuta (Rudolphi, 1819) [Blanchard (1891)]; Inermicapsifer madagascariensis (Davaine in Grenet, 1870) [Baer (1956)]; Spirocerca sanguinolenta (Rudolphi, 1819) [Seurat (1913)]. These doubtful records are discussed in Roth and Willis (1957a).

[5] Barber (1939) has shown that the correct spelling of the name of the type genus is Ripidius and not Rhipidius, as it is frequently written, and that, consequently, the family should be Ripiphoridae and not Rhipiphoridae.

[6] Page 11 of Marlatt (1902) has been cited erroneously so many times in support of host records for T. hagenowii and Evania appendigaster that we are quoting the pertinent section below. In the section preceding the quoted material Marlatt discusses the American, Australian, oriental, and German cockroaches. There is nothing in the paper to connect any of these cockroaches specifically with the parasites mentioned below:

NATURAL ENEMIES AND PARASITES

"In Europe the egg capsules of the cockroach are often parasitized by an ichneumon fly (Evania appendigaster). This insect has become widely distributed over the world following its host insect, and has been redescribed under a great many different names. It was found in Cuba as early as 1829, and has been several times collected in the United States. Unfortunately, its usefulness as a means of keeping the roach in check by destroying the egg capsules is greatly impaired by the occurrence of another ichneumon fly (Entedon hagenowi), which is parasitic upon the first. This is also a European species which has been brought over with its host parasite. If the true egg capsule parasite of the roach could have been introduced into this country without this secondary parasite, its usefulness would doubtless have been very much greater. The secondary parasite, however, seems to have been introduced early, and has been found in Cuba and Florida, and probably occurs as widely as its host and prevents the latter from multiplying very greatly."

[7] Brues et al. (1954) include this family in the Encyrtidae.

[8] archy (Marquis, 1931) was living in a dream world when he typed:

"there is always
something to be thankful
for you would not
think that a cockroach
had much ground
for optimism
but as the fishing season
opens up i grow
more and more
cheerful at the thought
that nobody ever got
the notion of using
cockroaches for bait"

[9] Classification of Amphibia and Reptilia follows Hegner (1936).

[10] Classification of Amphibia and Reptilia follows Hegner (1936).

[11] Classification of Mammalia follows Simpson (1945).

[12] The West Indian "Blabera fusca Brunner" of Saupe (1928) is obviously Blaberus craniifer as can readily be seen from a comparison of Saupe's figures of the pronotal shields of his species with the descriptions by Hebard (1917) of B. craniifer and Blaberus atropos (Stoll). The Chilean B. fusca Brunner is a junior synonym of B. atropos (Stoll), a South American insect (Hebard, 1917).

[13] The species was recorded by these authors as Blaberus atropos. (Hebard, 1917 p. 204, footnote 327.)

Transcriber's notes:

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- List of Plates added.

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- List of Illustrations added.

- Page numbers for 'plate pages' added.

- Page numbers in 'table of contents' corrected (starting with chapter XV, page 310 !).

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THE BIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS OF COCKROACHES
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
LIST OF PLATES
LIST OF FIGURES
THE BIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS OF COCKROACHES[1]

I. INTRODUCTION

- HISTORICAL
- METHODS
- FUTURE WORK
- ILLUSTRATIONS

II. SPECIES OF COCKROACHES

III. ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS

CAVE HABITATS

CAVERNICOLOUS COCKROACHES

- Alluaudellina cavernicola
- Apotrogia angolensis
- Apteroblatta perplexa
- Arenivaga grata
- Aspiduchus borinquen
- Aspiduchus cavernicola
- Blaberus atropos
- Blaberus craniifer
- Blaberus giganteus
- Blatta lateralis
- Blatta orientalis
- Blattella germanica
- Byrsotria fumigata
- Deropeltis erythropeza
- Ectobius pallidus
- Ectobius vittiventer
- Ectobius sp.
- Ergaula scarabaeoides
- Euthyrrhapha nigra
- Gyna kazungulana
- Gyna maculipennis
- Gyna tristis
- Heterogamodes krügeri
- Holocompsa zapoteca
- Hoplosphoropyga babaulti
- Nocticola caeca
- Nocticola decaryi
- Nocticola simoni
- Parcoblatta sp.
- Periplaneta americana
- Periplaneta australasiae
- Periplaneta cavernicola
- Periplaneta lata
- Periplaneta sp.
- Perisphaerus sp.
- Polyphaga aegyptiaca
- Polyphaga sp.
- Pycnoscelus niger
- Pycnoscelus striatus
- Pycnoscelus surinamensis
- Spelaeoblatta gestroi
- Symploce breviramis
- Symploce cavernicola
- Symploce curta
- Symploce remyi
- Tivia macracantha
- Tivia sp.
- Typhloblatta caeca
- Typhloblattodes madecassus
- Xestoblatta immaculata
- Unidentified cockroaches

COCKROACHES FROM THE BURROWS OF VERTEBRATES

- Arenivaga apacha
- Arenivaga bolliana
- Arenivaga erratica
- Arenivaga floridensis
- Arenivaga roseni
- Arenivaga tonkawa
- Cariblatta lutea
- Euthlastoblatta abortiva
- Parcoblatta fulvescens
- Polyphaga aegyptiaca
- Polyphaga indica
- Polyphaga saussurei
- Pycnoscelus surinamensis

DESERT HABITATS

DESERT COCKROACHES

- Agis orientalis
- Arenivaga apacha
- Arenivaga bolliana
- Arenivaga erratica
- Arenivaga roseni
- Blattella vaga
- Compsodes schwarzi
- Cyrtotria capucina
- Derocalymma lampyrina
- Derocalymma porcellio
- Deropeltis autraniana
- Deropeltis melanophila
- Deropeltis nigrita
- Eremoblatta subdiaphana
- Euandroblatta palpalis
- Heterogamodes rugosa
- Namablatta bitaeniata
- Nauphoeta punctipennis
- Parcoblatta desertae
- Polyphaga aegyptiaca
- Polyphaga indica
- Polyphaga saussurei
- Supella hottentotta
- Symploce kevani
- Theganopteryx straminea
- Tivia brunnea
- Tivia fulva
- Tivia obscura

AQUATIC HABITATS

AMPHIBIOUS COCKROACHES

- Audreia bromeliadarum
- Dryadoblatta scotti
- Epilampra abdomen-nigrum
- Epilampra annandalei
- Epilampra sp.
- Opisthoplatia maculata
- Opisthoplatia orientalis
- Rhicnoda natatrix
- Stictolampra buqueti concinula
- Unidentified epilamprines

OUTDOOR HABITATS

COCKROACHES FROM OUTDOOR HABITATS

Aglaopteryx absimilis
Aglaopteryx facies
Aglaopteryx diaphana
Aglaopteryx gemma
Allacta similis
Amazonina emarginata
Anaplecta asema
Anaplecta decipiens
Anaplecta fallax
Anaplecta hemiscotia
Anaplecta lateralis
Arenivaga bolliana
Arenivaga floridensis
Arenivaga grata
Aristiger histrio
Aspiduchus boriquen
Audreia bromeliadarum
Audreia jamaicana
Balta godeffroyi
Balta quadricaudata
Balta scripta
Balta torresiana
Balta verticalis
Blaberus atropus
Blaberus discoidalis
Blaberus giganteus
Blaberus spp.
Blatta lateralis
Blatta orientalis
Blattella germanica
Blattella humbertiana
Blattella vaga
Byrsotria cabrerae
Byrsotria fumigata
Cahita borero
Cahita nahua
Cariblatta antiguensis
Cariblatta cuprea
Cariblatta delicatula
Cariblatta hylaea
Cariblatta imitans
Cariblatta insularis
Cariblatta jamaicensis
Cariblatta landalei
Cariblatta lutea lutea
Cariblatta lutea minima
Cariblatta nebulicola
Cariblatta reticulosa
Cariblatta stenophrys
Cariblatta spp.
Cariblattoides instigator
Cariblattoides suave
Ceratinoptera picta
Chorisoneura flavipennis
Chorisoneura formosella
Chorisoneura parishi
Chorisoneura specilliger
Chorisoneura texensis
Chorisoneura translucida
Chromatonotus infuscatus
Chromatonotus notatus
Comptolampra liturata
Cryptocercus punctulatus
Cryptocercus relictus
Cutilia soror
Cutilia spp.
Dendroblatta sobrina
Diploptera punctata
Dryadoblatta scotti
Ectobius africanus
Ectobius albicinctus
Ectobius duskei
Ectobius lapponicus
Ectobius nicaeensis
Ectobius pallidus
Ectobius panzeri
Ectobius semenovi
Ectobius sylvester
Ectobius tadzhicus
Ectobius vittiventer
Ellipsidion affine
Ellipsidion australe
Ellipsidion bicolor
Ellipsidion simulans
Ellipsidion spp.
Epilampra abdomen-nigrum
Epilampra azteca
Epilampra mona
Epilampra tainana
Epilampra wheeleri
Epilampra spp.
Ergaula capensis
Eudromiella bicolorata
Euphyllodromia liturifera
Eurycotis biolleyi
Eurycotis decipiens
Eurycotis dimidiata
Eurycotis ferrum-equinum
Eurycotis floridana
Eurycotis galeoides
Eurycotis kevani
Eurycotis opaca
Euthlastoblatta abortiva
Graptoblatta notulata
Hemiblabera brunneri
Henicotyle antillarum
Holocompsa metallica
Hololampra bivittata
Hololampra chavesi
Hololampra maculata
Hololampra marginata
Hololampra sp.
Hololeptoblatta sp.
Homalopteryx laminata
Hormetica laevigata
Ignabolivaria bilobata
Ischnoptera deropeltiformis
Ischnoptera panamae
Ischnoptera podoces
Ischnoptera rufa rufa
Lamproblatta albipalpus
Lamproblatta meridionalis
Latiblattella chichimeca
Latiblattella lucifrons
Latiblattella rehni
Latiblattella zapoteca
Leucophaea maderae
Litopeltis biolleyi
Litopeltis bispinosa
Litopeltis deianira
Litopeltis musarum
Lobolampra subaptera
Loboptera decipiens
Loboptera thaxteri
Lobopterella dimidiatipes
Lophoblatta arawaka
Macropanesthia rhinocerus
Megaloblatta blaberoides
Megamareta verticalis
Methana canae
Methana curvigera
Methana marginalis
Moluchia (?) dahli
Muzoa madida
Nauclidas nigra
Nelipophygus ramsdeni
Neoblattella detersa
Neoblattella dryas
Neoblattella eurydice
Neoblattella grossbecki
Neoblattella proserpina
Neoblattella semota
Nesomylacris cubensis
Nesomylacris relica
Nocticola bolivari
Nyctibora laevigata
Nyctibora lutzi
Nyctibora obscura
Nyctibora stygia
Oniscosoma spp.
Opisthoplatia orientalis
Panchlora antillarum
Panchlora nivea
Panchlora sagax
Panesthia australis
Panesthia laevicollis
Parcoblatta bolliana
Parcoblatta caudelli
Parcoblatta desertae
Parcoblatta divisa
Parcoblatta fulvescens
Parcoblatta lata
Parcoblatta pensylvanica
Parcoblatta uhleriana
Parcoblatta virginica
Parcoblatta zebra
Parcoblatta spp.
Pelmatosilpha coriacea
Pelmatosilpha kevani
Pelmatosilpha purpurascens
Periplaneta americana
Periplaneta australasiae
Periplaneta brunnea
Periplaneta fuliginosa
Phidon (?) dubius
Phoraspis spp.
Phyllodromica brevipennis
Phyllodromica graeca
Phyllodromica irinae
Phyllodromica maculata
Phyllodromica meglerei
Phyllodromica polita
Phyllodromica pygmaea
Phyllodromica tartara
Phyllodromica tartara nigrescens
Platyzosteria castanea
Platyzosteria novae seelandiae
Plectoptera dominicae
Plectoptera dorsalis
Plectoptera floridana
Plectoptera infulata
Plectoptera lacerna
Plectoptera perscita
Plectoptera porcellana
Plectoptera pygmaea
Plectoptera rhabdota
Plectoptera vermiculata
Polyphaga aegyptiaca
Polyphaga saussurei
Polyzosteria limbata
Poroblatta spp.
Pseudomops septentrionalis
Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Rhytidometopum dissimile
Riatia orientis
Simblerastes jamaicanus
Styphon bakeri
Supella supellectilium
Symploce flagellata
Symploce hospes
Symploce jamaicana
Symploce ruficollis
Tartaroblatta karatavica
STRUCTURAL HABITATS
LAND-BASED STRUCTURES

COCKROACHES ASSOCIATED WITH LAND-BASED STRUCTURES

- Aglaopteryx ypsilon
- Allacta similis
- Blaberus craniifer
- Blaberus discoidalis
- Blatta lateralis
- Blatta orientalis
- Blattella germanica
- Blattella schubotzi
- Blattella vaga
- Chromatonotus notatus
- Cutilia soror
- Ectobius duskei
- Ectobius pallidus
- Epilampra abdomen-nigrum
- Ergaula capensis
- Eublaberus posticus
- Eurycotis floridana
- Euthyrrhapha pacifica
- Holocompsa azteca
- Holocompsa cyanea
- Holocompsa nitidula
- Ischnoptera rufa occidentalis
- Ischnoptera rufa rufa
- Leucophaea maderae
- Leurolestes circumvagans
- Leurolestes pallidus
- Methana marginalis
- Nauphoeta cinerea
- Neoblattella sp.
- Neostylopyga rhombifolia
- Oxyhaloa buprestoides
- Panchlora nivea
- Parcoblatta fulvescens
- Parcoblatta lata
- Parcoblatta notha
- Parcoblatta pensylvanica
- Periplaneta americana
- Periplaneta australasiae
- Periplaneta brunnea
- Periplaneta fuliginosa
- Periplaneta ignota
- Phaetalia pallida
- Plectoptera dorsalis
- Polyphaga aegyptiaca
- Polyphaga saussurei
- Pseudophoraspis nebulosa
- Pycnoscelus surinamensis
- Supella supellectilium
- Symploce bicolor
- Symploce hospes

SHIPS

COCKROACHES ASSOCIATED WITH SHIPS

- Blaberus discoidalis
- Blatta orientalis
- Blattella germanica
- Epilampra maya
- Epilampra sp.
- Ischnoptera sp.
- Latiblattella sp.
- Leucophaea maderae
- Nauphoeta cinerea
- Neoblattella fratercula
- Neoblattella fraterna
- Neoblattella nahua
- Neoblattella sp.
- Neostylopyga rhombifolia
- Nyctibora noctivaga
- Nyctibora sp.
- Oxyhaloa buprestoides
- Panchlora nivea
- Periplaneta americana
- Periplaneta australasiae
- Pycnoscelus surinamensis
- Supella supellectilium
- Xestoblatta festae

AIRCRAFT

COCKROACHES ASSOCIATED WITH AIRCRAFT

- Anaplecta sp.
- Blatta orientalis
- Blattella germanica
- Blattella sp.
- Cariblatta ssp.
- Epilampra sp.
- Eublaberus posticus
- Ischnoptera rufa rufa
- Ischnoptera sp.
- Leucophaea maderae
- Nauphoeta cinerea
- Neoblattella sp.
- Panchlora nivea
- Periplaneta americana
- Periplaneta australasiae
- Periplaneta spp.
- Pycnoscelus surinamensis
- Supella supellectilium
- Supella sp.
- Symploce sp.
- Unidentified cockroaches

IV. CLASSIFICATION OF THE ASSOCIATIONS

V. MUTUALISM

- BACTEROIDS

- COCKROACHES IN WHICH BACTEROIDS HAVE BEEN FOUND

- BACTERIA

- PROTOZOA

VI. VIRUSES ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

- POLIOMYELITIS VIRUSES

- * Lansing strain

- * Brunhilde type, Minnesota and Mahoney strains

- * Columbia SK virus

- * Four unspecified strains

- OTHER VIRUSES

- * Coxsackie viruses
- * Mouse encephalomyelitis virus
- * Yellow-fever virus

VII. BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

* Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schroeter) Migula
* Pseudomonas eisenbergii Migula
* Pseudomonas fluorescens Migula

† Spirillum periplaneticum Kunstler and Gineste

† Spirillum α, β, and γ Dobell
Spirillum sp.
* Vibrio comma (Schroeter) Winslow et al.
* Vibrio metschnikovii Gamaléia
Vibrio tyrogenus (Flügge) Holland
† Vibrio Types I and II Heiberg
Vibrio sp.

Chromobacterium violaceum (Schroeter) Bergonzini

* Micrococcus aurantiacus (Schroeter) Cohn

* Micrococcus citreus Migula

* Micrococcus epidermidis (Winslow and Winslow) Hucker

† Micrococcus nigrofaciens Northrup

* Micrococcus pyogenes var. albus (Rosenbach) Schroeter

* Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus (Rosenbach) Zopf

Micrococcus ureae Cohn

* Micrococcus spp.

Micrococcus sp.

† Sarcina alba Zimmermann

Sarcina aurantiaca Flügge

Sarcina lutea Schroeter

† Sarcina symbiotica Pribram

Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir

Sarcina sp.

† Sarcina sp.

*† Sarcina sp.

*† Sarcina sp.

* Neisseria meningitidis (Albrecht and Ghon) Holland

* Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber) Prévot

* Diplococcus pneumoniae Weichselbaum
† Enterococcus sp.
Lactobacillus fermenti Beijerinck
† Pneumococcus Type I, No. 1231
* Streptococcus faecalis Andrewes and Horder

* Streptococcus liquefaciens Sternberg emend. Orla-Jensen

*† Streptococcus microapoika Cooper, Keller, and Johnson

*† Streptococcus non-hemolyticus II Holman
* Streptococcus pyogenes Rosenbach
* Streptococcus sp. (pyogenic group)
* Streptococcus sp. (viridans group)
* Streptococcus spp.

* Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Flügge) Lehmann and Neumann

† Achromobacter hyalinum (Jordan) Bergey et al.

Achromobacter sp.

Alcaligenes faecalis Castellani and Chalmers

Alcaligenes recti (Ford) Bergey et al.

Alcaligenes viscosus (Weldin and Levine) Weldin

Aerobacter aerogenes (Kruse) Beijerinck

Aerobacter cloacae (Jordan) Bergey et al.

Aerobacter sp.

† Eberthella oedematiens Assis

* Escherichia coli (Migula) Castellani and Chalmers

Escherichia coli var. acidilactici (Topley and Wilson) Yale

Escherichia coli var. communior (Topley and Wilson) Yale

Escherichia freundii (Braak) Yale

Escherichia intermedium (Werkman and Gillen) Vaughn and Levine

* Klebsiella pneumoniae (Schroeter) Trevisan

* Paracolobactrum aerogenoides Borman, Stuart and Wheeler

* Paracolobactrum coliforme Borman, Stuart and Wheeler

* Paracolobactrum spp.
* Paracolon bacilli
* Proteus mirabilis Hauser
* Proteus morganii (Winslow et al.) Rauss

* Proteus rettgeri (Hadley et al.) Rustigian and Stuart

* Proteus vulgaris Hauser

* Proteus spp.

* Salmonella anatis (Rettger and Scoville) Bergey et al.

* Salmonella choleraesuis (Smith) Weldin

* Salmonella enteritidis (Gaertner) Castellani and Chalmers

* Salmonella morbificans (Migula) Haupt

* Salmonella paratyphi (Kayser) Castellani and Chalmers

* Salmonella schottmuelleri (Winslow et al.) Bergey et al.

* Salmonella sp. (Type Adelaidae)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Bareilly)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Bredeny)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Derby)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Kentucky)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Kottbus)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Meleagris)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Montevideo)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Newport)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Oranienburg)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Panama)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Rubislaw)
* Salmonella sp. (Type Tennessee)

* Salmonella typhimurium (Loeffler) Castellani and Chalmers

* Salmonella typhosa (Zopf) White
Serratia marcescens Bizio
* Shigella alkalescens (Andrewes) Weldin

* Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga) Castellani and Chalmers

* Shigella paradysenteriae (Collins) Weldin

Bacteroides uncatus Eggerth and Gagnon

* Brucella abortus (Schmidt and Weis) Meyer and Shaw

Fusiformis lophomonadis Grassé

* Malleomyces mallei (Zopf) Pribram

* Pasteurella multocida (Lehmann and Neumann) Rosenbusch and Merchant

* Pasteurella pestis (Lehmann and Neumann) Holland

† Bacterium alkaligenes Nyberg

† Bacterium delendae-muscae Roubaud and Descazeaux

Bacterium haemophosphoreum Pfeiffer and Stammer

Coccobacillus cajae Picard and Blanc
* Bacillus anthracis Cohen emend. Koch
† Bacillus bütschlii Schaudinn
Bacillus cereus Frankland and Frankland
Bacillus circulans Jordan
† Bacillus flacheriae (Hoffman)
Bacillus megaterium De Bary
† Bacillus monachae (von Tubeuf) Eckstein
† Bacillus periplanetae Tichomiroff
† Bacillus stellatus Hollande
† Bacillus radiciformis
* Bacillus subtilis Cohn emend. Prazmowski
"Bacillus subtilis group"
† Bacillus tritus Batchelor
* Clostridium feseri Trevisan

Clostridium lentoputrescens Hartsell and Rettger

* Clostridium novyi (Migula) Bergey et al. or

* Clostridium sporogenes (Metchnikoff) Bergey et al.

* Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber) Holland

* Clostridium tetani (Flügge) Holland
* Clostridium spp.
* Mycobacterium avium Chester
Mycobacterium friedmannii Holland

* Mycobacterium lacticola Lehmann and Neumann?

* Mycobacterium leprae (Armauer-Hansen) Lehmann and Neumann

* Mycobacterium lepraemurium Marchoux and Sorel

* Mycobacterium phlei Lehmann and Neumann

* Mycobacterium piscium Bergey et al.

* Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Schroeter) Lehmann and Neumann

* Mycobacterium spp.
* Nocardia sp.?
Streptomyces leidynematis Hoffman
Arthromitus intestinalis (Valentin) Peshkoff
† Spirochaeta blattae Tejera

* † Spirochaeta periplanetae Laveran and Franchini

† Treponema parvum Dobell
† Treponema stylopygae Dobell
Unidentified spirochaetes

ADDITIONAL BACTERIA WHOSE TAXONOMIC POSITION IS UNKNOWN

- * "B. aerobio del pseudoedema maligno" of Cao

- B. alcaligenes beckeri
- * "B. del pseudoedema maligno" of Cao
- * "Bacillo proteisimile>" of Cao
- * "Bacillo del barbone dei bufali" of Cao
- * "Bacillo similcarbonchio" of Cao

- * "Bacillo similtifo" or "Bacillo tifosimile" of Cao

- ">Bacillus"
- "Bacterium"
- "Coccobacillus"
- "Colon bacilli"
- "Diplococci"
- "Diphtheroid I and II"
- "Gram positive rods"
- "Silkworm disease bacillus"
- † Spirillochaeta blattae Hollande
- "Spirochaetoid bacteria"
- † Tetragenous sp.

VIII. FUNGI AND YEASTS

- FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

- Candida zeylanoides (Castellani) Langeron and Guerra

- Torulopsis sp.
- Spicaria prasina (Maublanc) Sawada
- Aspergillus flavus Link
- * Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius
- * Aspergillus niger van Tieghem

- Aspergillus sydowi (Bainier and Sartory) Thom and Church

- Aspergillus tamarii Kita

- Aspergillus sp.?

- Aspergillus sp.

- Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin

- Cephalosporium sp.

- * Geotrichum candidum Link

- Penicillium sp.

- Metarrhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin

- Memnoniella echinata (Rivolta) Galloway
- Torula acidophila Owen and Mobley
- Torula gropengiesseri Lodder
- Torula rosea Preuss
- Mucor guilliermondii Nadson and Filippov
- Mucor sp.
- Rhizopus nigricans Ehrenberg
- Rhizopus sp.
- Syncephalastrum sp.
- Blastocystis hominis Brumpt
- Blastocystis sp.
- Coccidioides periplanetae Avrech
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hansen
- Saccharomyces sp.
- Cordyceps amazonica Hennings
- Cordyceps blattae Petch
- Herpomyces amazonicus Thaxter
- Herpomyces anaplectae Thaxter
- Herpomyces appendiculatus Thaxter
- Herpomyces arietinus Thaxter
- Herpomyces chaetophilus Thaxter
- Herpomyces chilensis Thaxter
- Herpomyces diplopterae Thaxter
- Herpomyces ectobiae Thaxter
- Herpomyces forficularis Thaxter
- Herpomyces gracilis Thaxter
- Herpomyces grenadinus Thaxter
- Herpomyces leurolestis Thaxter
- Herpomyces lobopterae Thaxter
- Herpomyces macropus Spegazzini
- Herpomyces nyctoborae Thaxter
- Herpomyces panchlorae Thaxter
- Herpomyces panesthiae Thaxter
- Herpomyces paranensis Thaxter
- Herpomyces periplanetae Thaxter
- Herpomyces phyllodromiae Thaxter
- Herpomyces platyzosteriae Thaxter
- Herpomyces stylopygae Spegazzini
- Herpomyces supellae (Thaxter)
- Herpomyces tricuspidatus Thaxter
- Herpomyces zanzibarinus Thaxter

- INCERTAE SEDIS

- Amphoromorpha blattina Thaxter

- Amphoromorpha sp.

IX. HIGHER PLANTS

Alsophila sp.

Asplenium nidus Linnaeus

Pinus australis Michaux

Pinus caribaea Morelet

Pinus clausa Vasey

Pinus echinata Mill.

Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus

Pinus spp.

Cryptomeria sp.

Cupressus macrocarpa Hartweg

Juniperus sp.

Freycinetia sp.

Pandanus sp.

Aristida pennata Trin.

Bamboo

Chloris gayana Kunth

Panicum purpurascens Raddi

Saccharum officinarum Linnaeus

Setaria verticillata (Linnaeus) Beauv.

Wild oats

Zea mays Linnaeus

Cyperus sp.

Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd.

Cocos nucifera Linnaeus

Phoenix dactylifera Linnaeus

Pritchardia sp.

Roystonea regia O. F. Cook

Sabal palmetto Lodd.

Undetermined palms

Arum sp.

Caladium sp.

Aechmaea porteoides Britton

Ananas comosus Merr.

Catopsis fulgens Griseb.

Glomeropitcairnia erectiflora Mez

Grevisia sp.

Tillandsia fasciculata Swartz

Tillandsia usneoides Linnaeus

Tillandsia uttriculata Linnaeus

Tillandsia sp.

Undetermined bromeliads

Yucca elata Engelman

Easter lilies

Bananas

Renealmia sp.

Canna sp.

Cattleya sp.

Vanda sp.

Undetermined orchids

Casuarina sp.

Populus euphratica Oliv.

Populus sp.

Salix sp.

Myrica cerifera Linnaeus

Quercus alba Linnaeus

Quercus rubra Linnaeus

Quercus virginiana Mill.

Quercus spp.

Cecropia sp.

Beta maritima Linnaeus

Beta vulgaris var. cicla Linnaeus

Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb.

Sarracenia flava Linnaeus

Sarracenia purpurea Linnaeus

Sarracenia minor Walter

Nepenthes ampularia Jack

Nepenthes gracilis Korth.

Nepenthes sp.

Weinmannia sp.

Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus

Crataegus sp.?

Rosa sp.

Rubus spp.?

Acacia farnesiana Willd.

Acacia sp.

Ceratonia siliqua Linnaeus

Erythrina glauca Willd.

Inga laurina Willd.

Inga vera Willd.

Mesquite

Samanea saman Merr.

Tamarindus indica Linnaeus

Geraniums

Tribulus sp.

Citrus aurantifolia Swingle

Citrus maxima Merr.

Citrus sinensis Osbeck

Citrus sp.

Zanthoxylum caribaeum Lam.

Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg.

Poinsettia sp.

Mangifera indica Linnaeus

Spondias mombin Linnaeus

Spondias purpurea Linnaeus

Ilex cassine Linnaeus

Ilex coriacea (Pursh) Chapm.

Exothea paniculata (Juss.) Radlk.

Gossypium spp.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linnaeus

Hibiscus sp.

Sida sp.

Theobroma cacao Linnaeus

Bixa sp.

Xylosma suaveolens Forst.

Passiflora sp.

Carica papaya Linnaeus

Rhizophora mangle Linnaeus

Conocarpus erectus Linnaeus

Eucalyptus sp.

Eugenia aromatica Baill.

Metrosideros collina Gray

Psidium guajava Linnaeus

Jussiaea natans Humb. and Bonpl.

Calluna vulgaris Salisb.

Vaccinium meridionale Sw.

Sideroxylon foetidissimum Jacq.

Vinca minor Linnaeus

Ipomoea tiliasea Choisy

Cordia dentata Poiret

Citharexylum villosum Jacq.

Nicotiana sp.

Solanum tuberosum Linnaeus

Cyrtandra sp.

Canthium barbatum (Forst.) Seem.

Cinchona pubescens Vahl.

Coffea sp.

Goldenrod

Helianthus sp.

Scorzonera acanthoclada Franch.

DAMAGE TO PLANTS BY COCKROACHES

X. PROTOZOA ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

Euglena sp.

Oikomonas blattarum Tejera

Oikomonas sp.

Leptomonas blaberae Tejera

Leptomonas sp.

* Herpetomonas periplanetae Laveran and Franchini

Monas sp.
Bodo blattae
Bodo sp.
Retortamonas blattae (Bishop)
Retortamonas sp.?
Chilomastix mesnili (Wenyon)
Eutrichomastix sp.
Monocercomonoides globus Cleveland et al.
Monocercomonoides melolonthae (Grassi)
Monocercomonoides orthopterorum (Parisi)
Monocercomonoides panesthiae Kidder
Tetratrichomastix blattidarum Young
Oxymonas doroaxostylus (Cleveland et al.)
Oxymonas nana Cleveland

Saccinobaculus ambloaxostylus Cleveland et al.

Saccinobaculus lata Cleveland

Notila proteus Cleveland

* Trichomonas hominis (Davaine)

Trichomonas sp.

Hexamita cryptocerci Cleveland et al.

Hexamita periplanetae (Bĕlăr)

Hexamita sp.?

* Giardia intestinalis (Lambl)

* Giardia sp.

Leptospironympha eupora Cleveland et al.

Leptospironympha rudis Cleveland et al.

Leptospironympha wachula Cleveland et al.

Macrospironympha xylopletha Cleveland et al.

Lophomonas blattarum Stein

Lophomonas striata Bütschli

Prolophomonas tocopola Cleveland et al.

Barbulanympha estaboga Cleveland et al.

Barbulanympha laurabuda Cleveland et al.

Barbulanympha ufalula Cleveland et al.

Barbulanympha wenyoni Cleveland

Rhynchonympha tarda Cleveland et al.

Urinympha talea Cleveland et al.

Idionympha perissa Cleveland et al.

Trichonympha acuta Cleveland et al.

Trichonympha algoa Cleveland et al.

Trichonympha chula Cleveland et al.

Trichonympha grandis Cleveland et al.

Trichonympha lata Cleveland et al.

Trichonympha okolona Cleveland et al.

Trichonympha parva Cleveland et al.

Eucomonympha imla Cleveland et al.

Unidentified flagellate

Peltomyces periplanetae (Léger)

Hartmannella blattae Ivanić

Dobellina sp.

Endamoeba blattae (Bütschli)

Endamoeba javanica Kidder

Endamoeba philippinensis Kidder

Entamoeba coli (Grassi)

* Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn

Entamoeba pitheci Prowazek?

Entamoeba thomsoni Lucas

Entamoeba sp.

Endolimax blattae Lucas

Endolimax nana (Wenyon and O'Connor)?

Endolimax sp.

Iodamoeba sp.

Undetermined species of Amoeba

Diplocystis schneideri Kunstler

Periplaneta americana, France (Kunstler, 1884, 1887); England (Jameson, 1920); Germany (Foerster, 1939).

Diplocystis sp.
Diplocystis sp.?
Stenophora sp.
Gregarina blattarum von Siebold
Gregarina fastidiosa Harrison
Gregarina gibbsi Harrison
Gregarina illinensis M. E. Watson
Gregarina impetuosa Harrison
Gregarina légeri Pinto
Gregarina neo-brasiliensis Al. Cunha
Gregarina ohioensis Semans
Gregarina panchlorae Frenzel
Gregarina parcoblattae Semans
Gregarina rhyparobiae J. M. Watson
Gregarina sandoni Harrison
Gregarina thomasi Semans
Protomagalhaesia serpentula (de Magalhães)
Gamocystis tenax Schneider
Pileocephalus blaberae (Frenzel)
Unidentified Gregarinida
Adelina cryptocerci Yarwood
Haplosporidium periplanetae Georgévitch

Coelosporidium periplanetae (Lutz and Splendore)

Plistophora kudoi Sprague and Ramsey
Plistophora periplanetae (Lutz and Splendore)
Plistophora sp.
Paramecium sp.
Isotricha caulleryi Weill
Balantidium blattarum Ghosh
* Balantidium coli (Malmsten)
Balantidium ovatum Ghosh
Balantidium praenucleatum Kudo and Meglitsch
Balantidium sp.?
Nyctotherus buissoni Pinto
Nyctotherus ovalis Leidy
Nyctotherus uichancoi Kidder
Nyctotherus viannai Pinto
Clevelandella constricta (Kidder)
Clevelandella contorta (Kidder)
Clevelandella elongata (Kidder)
Clevelandella hastula (Kidder)
Clevelandella nipponensis (Kidder)
Clevelandella panesthiae (Kidder)
Clevelandella parapanesthiae (Kidder)
Paraclevelandia brevis Kidder
Paraclevelandia simplex Kidder
Unidentified ciliate
NEGATIVE FINDINGS

XI. HELMINTHS

HELMINTHS FOR WHICH COCKROACHES SERVE AS PRIMARY HOSTS

- Undetermined mermithids

- Diplogaster sp.

- Neoaplectana sp.

- Aorurus philippinensis Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

- Binema mirzaia (Basir, 1940) Basir, 1956

- Blattelicola blattelicola Basir, 1940

- Blatticola blattae (Graeffe, 1860) Chitwood, 1932

- Blattophila sphaerolaima Cobb, 1920

- Blattophila sphaerolaima var. javanica Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

- Blattophila supellaima Basir, 1941

- Cephalobellus brevicaudatum (Leidy, 1851) Christie, 1933

- Cephalobellus magalhāesi (Schwenck, 1926) Basir, 1956

- Euryconema paradisa Chitwood, 1932

- Galebia aegyptiaca (Galeb, 1878) Chitwood, 1932

- Hammerschmidtiella diesingi (Hammerschmidt, 1838) Chitwood, 1932

- Hammerschmidtiella neyrai Serrano Sánchez, 1945

- Leidynema appendiculata (Leidy, 1850) Chitwood, 1932

- Leidynema appendiculata (Leidy, 1850) Chitwood, 1932?

- Leidynema cranifera Chitwood, 1932

- Leidynema delatorrei Chitwood, 1932

- Leidynema nocalum Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

- Leidynemella fusiformis Cobb, 1934

- Leidynemella panesthiae (Galeb, 1878) Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

- Leidynemella paracranifera Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

- Oxyuris (?) heterogamiae Galeb, 1878
- Protrelleta floridana Chitwood, 1932
- Protrellus aureus Cobb, 1920

- Protrellus aurifluus (Chitwood, 1932) Chitwood, 1933

- Protrellus australasiae (Pessôa and Corrêa, 1926) Travassos, 1929

- Protrellus galebi Schwenck, 1926

- Protrellus künckeli (Galeb, 1878) Travassos, 1929

- Protrellus manni (Chitwood, 1932) Chitwood, 1933

- Protrellus phyllodromi (Basir, 1942) Basir, 1956

- Protrelloides paradoxa Chitwood, 1932

- Schwenkiella icemi (Schwenck, 1926) Basir, 1956

- Severianoia magna Pereira, 1935

- Severianoia severianoi (Schwenck, 1926) Travassos, 1929

- Suifunema caudelli Chitwood 1932

- Thelastoma pachyjuli (Parona, 1896) Travassos, 1929

- Thelastoma palmettum Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934

- Thelastoma riveroi Chitwood, 1932
- Undetermined nematodes
- Chordodes morgani Montgomery, 1898
- Gordius aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
- Gordius blattae orientalis Diesing, 1851

- Gordius pilosus (Möbius, 1855) Diesing, 1861

- Gordius sp.

- Parachordodes raphaelis (Camerano, 1893) Camerano, 1897

- Undetermined gordian worms

HELMINTHS[4] FOR WHICH COCKROACHES SERVE AS INTERMEDIATE HOSTS

- * Prosthenorchis elegans (Diesing, 1851) Travassos, 1915

- * Prosthenorchis spirula (Olfers in Rudolphi, 1819) Travassos, 1917

- * Moniliformis dubius Meyer, 1932

- * Moniliformis kalahariensis Meyer, 1931

- * Moniliformis moniliformis (Bremser in Rudolphi, 1819) Travassos, 1915

- * Subulura jacchi (Diesing, 1861) Railliet and Henry, 1914

- * Oxyspirura mansoni (Cobbold, 1879) Ransom, 1904

- Rictularia coloradensis Hall, 1916

- * Agamospirura parahormeticae Pessôa and Corrêa, 1929

- * Gongylonema ingluvicola Ransom, 1904

- * Gongylonema neoplasticum (Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914) Ransom and Hall, 1916

- * Gongylonema pulchrum Molin, 1857
- * Gongylonema sp.
- * Microtetrameres helix Cram, 1927
- * Protospirura bonnei Ortlepp, 1924
- * Protospirura columbiana Cram, 1926
- * Protospirura muricola Geodoelst, 1916

- * Seurocyrnea colini (Cram, 1927) Cram, 1931

- * Spirura gastrophila (Müller, 1894) Seurat, 1913

- * Tetrameres americana Cram, 1927
- * Tetrameres pattersoni Cram, 1933
- * Physaloptera hispida Schell, 1950
- * Physaloptera maxillaris Molin, 1860

- * Physaloptera praeputialis von Linstow, 1889

- * Physaloptera rara Hall and Wigdor, 1918

- * Physaloptera turgida Rudolphi, 1819

HELMINTHS WHOSE EGGS HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY COCKROACHES

- * Schistosoma haematobium (Bilharz, 1852) Weinland, 1858

- * Hymenolepis sp.

- * Taenia saginata Goeze, 1782

- Echinococcus granulosis (Batsch, 1786) Rudolphi, 1805

- * Undetermined tapeworm ova

- * Enterobius vermicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Leach in Baird, 1853

- * Ascaris lumbricoides Linnaeus, 1758

- * Ascaris sp.

- * Ancylostoma caninum (Ercolani, 1859) Hall, 1913

- * Ancylostoma ceylanicum (Looss, 1911) Leiper, 1915

- * Ancylostoma duodenale (Dubini, 1843) Creplin, 1845

- * Necator americanus (Stiles, 1902) Stiles, 1906

- * Hookworm ova

- * Trichostrongylus sp.

- * Capillaria hepatica (Bancroft, 1893) Travassos, 1915

- * Trichuris trichiura (Linnaeus, 1771) Stiles, 1901

XII. ARTHROPODA

Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas)
Mastigoproctus sp.
Buthus australis (Linnaeus)
Centruroides gracilis (Latreille)
Centruroides hentzi (Banks)
Centruroides vitattus (Say)
Parabuthus capensis (Hemprich and Ehrenberg)
Euscorpius germanus (Koch)
Euscorpius italicus italicus (Herbst)
Hadrurus arizonensis Ewing
Hormurus caudicula (Koch)
Heterometrus longimanus (Herbst)
Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters

Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus) and Avicularia sp.?

Phormictopus cancerides (Latreille)
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus)
Latrodectus indistinctus Pickard-Cambridge
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius)
Lycosa helluo Walckenaer
Lycosa sp.
Blattisocius tineivorus (Oudemans)
Blattilaelaps nauphoetae Womersley
Coleolaelaps (?) sp.
Hypoaspis sp.
Uropoda sp.
Undetermined diplogyniid
Histiostoma feroniarum (Dufour)
Caloglyphus spinitarsus (Hermann)
Caloglyphus sp.
Tyrophagus lintneri (Osborne)
Tyrophagus noxius A. Z.
Rhizoglyphus tarsalus Banks
Chaetodactylus sp.
Locustacarus sp.
Iolina nana Pritchard
Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus Trägårdh
RECORDS OF UNIDENTIFIED MITES

CONTROL OF MITES IN COCKROACH COLONIES

- Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus)
- Allothereua maculata (Newport)
- Scolopendra cingulata (Latreille)
- Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus
- Scolopendra subspinipes Leach
- Scolopendra sp.
- Anax strenuus Hagen

- Hierodula tenuidentata (Saussure) (?) (Serville)

- Mantis religiosa Linnaeus
- Metallyticus semiaeneus Westwood
- Sphodromantis viridus (Forskål)
- Stagmomantis carolina (Johansson)
- Tarachodes maurus (Stal)
- Tenodera aridifolia sinensis Saussure
- Diestrammena apicalis Br. v. Wattenwyl
- Diestrammena japanica Blatchley
- Undetermined earwigs
- Clerada apicicornis Signoret
- Spiniger domesticus Pinto
- Triatoma arthurneivai Lent and Martins
- Undetermined reduviids
- Ranatra sp.
- Undetermined larva
- Megaselia sp.
- Stylogaster stylata (Fabricius)
- Stylogaster spp.
- Calodexia (?) venteris Curran
- Calodexia spp.
- Undetermined tachinids
- Coenosia basalis Stein
- Sarcophaga omani Hall
- Sarcophaga lambens Wied.
- Sarcophaga spp.
- Harpalus pennsylvanicus De Geer
- Rhantus pacificus Boisduval
- Undetermined larva
- Neonephrites partiniger Riek
- Neorhipidius neoxenus Riek
- Paranephrites xenus Riek
- Rhipidioides ableptus Riek
- Rhipidioides adynatus Riek
- Rhipidioides fuscatus Riek
- Rhipidioides helenae Riek
- Rhipidioides mollis Riek
- Rhipidioides rubricatus Riek
- Riekella australis (Riek)
- Riekella nitidioides Selander
- Riekella sp.
- Ripidius[5] boissyi Abeille
- Ripidius denisi Chobaut
- Ripidius pectinicornis Thunberg
- Ripidius scutellaris Heller
- Dermestes ater De Geer
- Dermestes sp.

PREDATORS AND PARASITES OF COCKROACH EGGS

- Acanthinevania princeps (Westwood)
- Brachygaster minutus (Olivier)
- Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus)
- Evania dimidiata Fabricius
- Evania subspinosa Kieffer
- Hyptia dorsalis of Ashmead
- Hyptia harpyoides Bradley
- Hyptia reticulata Say
- Hyptia thoracica (Blanchard)
- Hyptia sp.
- Hyptia sp. (undescribed)
- Prosevania punctata (Brullé)
- Szepligetella sericea (Cameron)
- Zeuxevania splendidula Costa
- Agamerion metallica Girault
- Blatticida pulchra Ashmead
- Blatticidella ashmeadi (Girault)
- Cheiloneurus viridiscutum (Girault)
- Comperia merceti (Compere)
- Dicarnosis alfierii Mercet
- Eutrichosomella blattophaga Girault
- Anastatus blattidifurax Girault
- Anastatus floridanus Roth and Willis
- Anastatus tenuipes Bolívar y Pieltain
- Eupelmus atriflagellum Girault
- Eupelmus sp.
- Solindenia picticornis Cameron
- Pteromalus sp.?
- Systellogaster ovivora Gahan
- Melittobia chalybii Ashmead
- Mestocharomyia oophaga Dodd
- Syntomosphyrum blattae Burks
- Syntomosphyrum ischnopterae (Girault)
- Tetrastichus australasiae Gahan
- Tetrastichus hagenowii (Ratzeburg)
- Tetrastichus periplanetae Crawford
- Tetrastichus sp. I
- Tetrastichus sp. II

HOST SELECTION BY EGG PARASITES

COCKROACH-HUNTING WASPS

WASPS THAT PROVISION THEIR NESTS WITH COCKROACHES

- Pompilus bracatus Bingham
- Pompilus sp.
- Salius verticalis Smith
- Ampulex amoena Stål
- Ampulex assimilis Kohl
- Ampulex canaliculata (Say)
- Ampulex compressa (Fabricius)
- Ampulex fasciata Jurine
- Ampulex ruficornis (Cameron)
- Ampulex sibirica Fabricius
- Ampulex sonnerati Kohl
- Dolichurus bicolor Lepeletier
- Dolichurus corniculus (Spinola)
- Dolichurus gilberti Turner
- Dolichurus greenei Rohwer
- Dolichurus ignitus Sm.
- Dolichurus stantoni (Ashmead)
- Dolichurus sp.
- Trirhogma caerulea Westwood
- Trirhogma sp.
- Tachysphex blatticidus Williams
- Tachysphex coriaceus Costa
- Tachysphex fanuiensis Cheesman
- Tachysphex lativalvis (Thomson)
- Podium abdominale (Perty)
- Podium carolina Rohwer
- Podium dubium Taschenberg
- Podium flavipenne Lepeletier
- Podium haematogastrum Spinola
- Podium luctuosum Smith
- Podium rufipes Fabricius
- Podium sp.

ANTS PREDACEOUS ON COCKROACHES

- Aphaenogaster picea Emery

- Camponotus pennsylvanicus (De Geer)

- Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans subsp. sjöstedi Emery

- Dorylus (Anomma) wilverthi Emery
- Dorylus sp.
- Eciton burchelli (Westwood)
- Formica omnivora
- Iridomyrmex humilis Mayr
- Lasius alienus (Förster)
- Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius)

XIII. VERTEBRATA

Potamotrygon humboldti (Duméril)

Rhamdia sebae Cuvier and Valenciennes

Cyrtocharax magdalenae essequibensis (Eigenmann)

Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier and Valenciennes

Plethodon glutinosus (Green)
Bufo funereus Bocage
Bufo ictericus Spix
Bufo marinus (Linnaeus)
Bufo valliceps Wiegmann
Hyla cinerea (Schneider)
Arthroleptis variabilis Matschie
Hyperolius picturatus Peters
Leptodactylus albilabris (Günther)
Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Laurenti)
Leptopelis calcaratus (Boulenger)
Leptopelis rufus Reichenow
Megalixalus fornasinii (Bianconi)
Rana catesbeiana Shaw
Rana mascareniensis Duméril and Bibron
Rana pipiens Schreber
Frogs
Unidentified batrachians
Chrysemys picta (Schneider)
Gekko gecko (Linnaeus)
Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril and Bibron
Sphaerodactylus sp.
Thecadactylus sp.
Undetermined geckos
Anolis carolinensis Voigt
Anolis cristatellus Duméril and Bibron
Anolis pulchellus Duméril and Bibron
Anolis equestris Merrem
Anolis grahami Garman
Anolis leachi Duméril and Bibron
Anolis sagrei Cocteau
Anolis stratulus Cope
Anolis sp.
Leiolopisma laterale Say
Tropidophorus grayi Günther
Unidentified skinks

Chamaeleon chamaeleon (Linnaeus) and Chamaeleon oustaleti Mocquard

Ameiva exsul Cope
Ameiva sp.
Cnemidophorus sp.
Unidentified lizards
Heterodon platyrhinos Latreille
Garter Snake
Domestic duck
Bambusicola thoracica Temminck
Gallus sp.
Phasianus calchicus karpowi Buturlin
Phasianus sp.

Coturnix coturnix japonica (Temminck and Schlegel)

Domestic chicken
Partridge
Meleagris gallopavo (Linnaeus)
Streptopelia chinensis (Scopoli)
Pigeon
Gymnasio nudipes (Daudin)
Todus mexicanus Lesson
Tockus birostris (Scopoli)
Dendrocopus mahrattensis (Latham)
Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin)
Gymnopithys leucaspis (Sclater)
Icterus portoricensis (Bryant)
Aphelocoma coerulesens (Bosc)
Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus)
Paradisea papuana Bechstein
Troglodytes aedon Vieillot
Troglodytes audax Tschudi
Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus
Acridotheres tristis Bonnaterre and Vieillot
Vireo latimeri Baird
Agelaius xanthomus (Sclater)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus)
Holoquiscalus brachypterus (Cassin)
Black bird
Passer domesticus (Linnaeus)
Sparrow
Tiaris bicolor omissa (Jardine)
Monodelphis sp.
Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus
Erinaceus sp.
Molossus sp.
Lemur coronatus Gray
Lemur fulvus E. Geoffroy
Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus)
Perodicticus potto (P. L. S. Müller)
Tarsius sp.
Aotes zonalis Goldman
Ateles dariensis Goldman
Cebus apella (Linnaeus)
Cebus capucinus (Linnaeus)
Saimiri sciurea Linnaeus
Callithrix chrysoleucos (Natterer)
Callithrix jacchus (Linnaeus)
Leontocebus oedipus (Linnaeus)
Leontocebus rosalia (Linnaeus)
Leontocebus ursulus (E. Geoffroy)
Cercopithecus sp.
Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann)
Macaca sylvanus (Linnaeus)
Papio papio (Desmarest)
Pan sp.
Homo sapiens Linnaeus
Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus
Mus musculus Linnaeus
Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout)
Rattus rattus (Linnaeus)
Rattus spp.
Cavia sp.
Canis familiaris Linnaeus
Canis latrans Say
Vulpes sp.
Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein)
Nasua narica (Linnaeus)
Nasua nasua (Linnaeus)
Nasua sp.
Meles sp.
Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus Hodgson
Herpestes sp.
Felis catus Linnaeus
Felis pardalis mearnsi J. A. Allen

XIV. CHECKLIST OF COCKROACHES AND SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATES

XV. COCKROACHES AS COMMENSALS

- Coptotermes ceylonicus Holmgren
- Macrotermes barneyi Light
- Macrotermes bellicosus (Smeathman)
- Macrotermes natalensis (Haviland)
- Macrotermes malaccensis (Haviland)
- Odontotermes sp.
- Termes sp.
- Termites
- Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius)
- Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius)?
- Camponotus rufipes (Fabricius)
- Formica rufibarbis Fabricius
- Formica subcyanea Wheeler
- Acromyrmex lobicornis Emery
- Acromyrmex lundi (Guérin)
- Acromyrmex niger (F. Smith)
- Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich)
- Acromyrmex silvestrii Emery
- Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus)
- Atta sexdens (Linnaeus)
- Atta texana (Buckley)
- Crematogaster limata parabiotica Forel
- Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius)
- Unknown host
- Odontomachus affinis (Guérin)
- Polybia pygmaea Fabricius
- Melipona nigra Lepeletier

- CHECKLIST OF COMMENSAL COCKROACHES WITH THEIR HOSTS

- OBSCURE ASSOCIATIONS

XVI. COCKROACHES AS PREDATORS

- INTERSPECIES PREDATION

- INTRASPECIES PREDATION

XVII. ASSOCIATIONS AMONG COCKROACHES

- FAMILIAL ASSOCIATIONS
- GREGARIOUSNESS
- INTRASPECIES FIGHTING
- INTERSPECIES COMPATIBILITY
- INTERSPECIES ANTAGONISM

XVIII. DEFENSE OF COCKROACHES AGAINST PREDATORS

XIX. THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF COCKROACHES

- INVERTEBRATES

- VERTEBRATES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
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