The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches

by Louis M. Roth; Edwin R. Willis

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).