BIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS OF COCKROACHES — ROTH & WILLIS I99 



Oxyuris (?) heterogamiae Caleb, 1878 



Synonymy. — Thelastoma heterogamiae (Caleb, 1878) Travassos, 



1929. The taxonomic position of this species is questionable; it 



might possibly belong in Blattkola or Protrellina (Chitwood, 1932). 



Basir (1956) placed it in an appendix to the family Thelastomatidae. 



Natural host. — Polyphaga acgyptiaca, Egypt? (Caleb, 1878). 



Protrelleta floridana Chitwood, 1932 



Natural host.—Blaberiis craniifcr, U.S.A., Florida (Chitwood, 



1932). 



Protrellus aureus Cobb, 1920 



Synonymy. — The taxonomic position of this nematode is question- 

 able (Chitwood, 1932). 



Natural host. — Polyzosteria melanariaf, Australia, New South 

 Wales (Cobb, 1920). [Caudell {in Chitwood, 1932) stated that this 

 host was probably Platyzosteria analis.] 



Protrellus aurifluus (Chitwood, 1932) Chitwood, I933 



Snyonymy. — Protrellina aurifluus Chitwood, 1932. 

 Natural hosts.— Parcoblatta lata, U.S.A., North Carolina, Maryland 

 (Chitwood, 1932). 

 Parcoblatta uhleriana, North Carolina (Hatcher, 1939). 



Protrellus australasiae (Pessoa and Coriea, 1926) Travassos, 1929 

 Synonymy. — Oxyuris australasiae Pessoa and Correa, 1926; Pro- 

 trellina australasiae (Pessoa and Correa, 1926) Chitwood, 1932 [Chit- 

 wood, 1933]. ^ , n - 

 Natural host. — Periplaneta australasiae, Brazil (Pessoa and Correa, 



1926, 1927). 



Protrellus galebi Schwenck, 1926 



Synonymy. — Protrellina galebi (Schwenck, 1926) Chitwood, 1932 

 [Chitwood, 1933]. 



Natural host. — "Barata selvagem," Brazil (Schwenck, 1926). 



Protrellus kiinckeli (Caleb, 1878) Travassos, 1929 

 Synonymy. — Oxyuris kiinckeli Caleb, 1878; Protrellina kiinckeli 



(Caleb, 1878) Chitwood, 1932 [Chitwood, 1933]. 

 Natural hosts. — Periplaneta americana, Egypt? (Caleb, 1877, 



1878. [Chitwood (1932) questioned the determination of this host 



