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