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