88 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I4I 



COCKROACHES ASSOCIATED WITH AIRCRAFT 



In the following list we include some previously unpublished data 

 on cockroaches that were recovered from aircraft in Miami, Fla., 

 International Airport from i July 1956 through 30 June 1957 (Porter, 

 personal communication, 1958). These data were lumped under the 

 entry Orthoptera without breakdown to species in Porter (1958). 



Species reported by Hughes (1949), and cited below as from south- 

 ern United States, were recovered from aircraft that arrived at 

 Brownsville, Fort Worth, Miami, New Orleans, and San Juan. There 

 was no way of linking a specific record with any particular city. 



The comments we made above about species that are infrequently 

 encountered on ships apply with equal validity to similar species found 

 on aircraft. 



Anaplecta sp. 



U.S.A. — One live and 15 dead specimens recovered from 16 air- 

 aft at Miami (Denning et al., 1947). 



Blatta orientalis 



U.S.A. — Six live and four dead specimens recovered from six air- 

 craft at Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 

 1949). 



Blattella germanica 



Hawaii. — Williams ( 1946a) . 



Khartoum. — Whitfield ( 1940) . 



Nezv Zealand. — Laird (1951, 1952, 1956a). 



U.S.A. — At Miami 193 live and 184 dead specimens were recovered 

 from 141 aircraft (Denning et al., 1947). Recovered at airports in 

 southern U.S. (Hughes, 1949). Recovered at Miami, 51 live and 24 

 dead specimens (Porter, personal communication, 1958). Exposed 

 experimentally in jet aircraft (Sullivan et al., 1958). 



Blattella sp. 



Khartoum. — Whitfield ( 1940) . 

 Southern U.S. — Hughes (1949). 



Cariblatta spp. 



U.S.A. — One live and three dead specimens recovered from three 

 aircraft at Miami (Denning et al., 1947). Southern U.S. (Hughes, 

 1949). 



