The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches

by Louis M. Roth; Edwin R. Willis

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.