Cockroaches in French Guiana Icteridae birds nests

Joan van Baaren (1) , Pierre Deleporte (1) , Philippe Grandcolas (2)

1 EVE - Ethologie, éVolution, Ecologie
2 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

We present here the cockroaches found in 55 nests of Icteridae birds in French Guiana in July 1998. Five species of cockroaches were found, Schultesia nitor (Zetoborinae), Phoetalia pallida (Blaberinae), Pelmatosilpha guianae (Blattinae), Chorisoneura n.sp. aff. gatunae (Pseudophyllodromiidae) and Epilampra grisea (Epilamprinae). The two dominant species, S. nitor and P. pallida, were found together in the same nests, and seem to be scavengers. The ecology of S. nitor was compared with those of S. lampyridformis, a sister species found in the same type of habitat in Brazil.

Mots clés: Bird nest; cockroach; Schultesia; Zetoborinae; Phoetalia; Blaberinae

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Biologie animale; Zoologie des invertébrés; Sciences de l'environnement; Sciences cognitives

Joan van Baaren, Pierre Deleporte, Philippe Grandcolas. Cockroaches in French Guiana Icteridae birds nests. Amazoniana, 2002, 17 (1-2), pp.243-248. ⟨hal-01320194⟩