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).