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1 December 2001 Trophobiosis between a blattellid cockroach (Macrophyllodromia spp.) and fulgorids (Enchophora and Copidocephala spp.) in Costa Rica
Louis M. Roth, Piotr Naskrecki
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Abstract

Three instances were observed in Costa Rica, of an adult cockroach feeding on or palpating the waxy material secreted on the tegmina of a fulgorid; in one instance, the cockroach was a female Macrophyllodromia sp. and the homopteran a fulgorid, Enchophora sanguinea. In another, the cockroach was Macrophyllodromia maximiliani and the fulgorid was Copidocephala guttata. These are the first observations of trophobiosis in a cockroach. Brief descriptions of known species of Macrophyllodromia, and the male genitalia of 2 species are given.

Louis M. Roth and Piotr Naskrecki "Trophobiosis between a blattellid cockroach (Macrophyllodromia spp.) and fulgorids (Enchophora and Copidocephala spp.) in Costa Rica," Journal of Orthoptera Research 10(2), 189-194, (1 December 2001). https://doi.org/10.1665/1082-6467(2001)010[0189:TBABCM]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 December 2001
KEYWORDS
cockroach
Copidocephala
Enchophora
Fulgoridae
Macrophyllodromia
trophobiosis
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