| local climate aridity influences the distribution of thelastomatoid nematodes of the australian giant burrowing cockroach. | in this study, we examined the effects of local climate aridity on the richness and composition of the thelastomatoid (nematoda: oxyurida) guild parasitizing the australian giant burrowing cockroach, macropanesthia rhinoceros (blattodea: geoscapheinae). in total, 9 thelastomatoid species parasitized this cockroach in north-eastern australia (queensland). local observed richness ranged from 3 species (in cooktown, magnetic island, maiden springs and whitsunday island) to 7 species (in rochford sc ... | 2007 | 17445327 |