New species of Eublaberus Hebard, 1920, new records for the genus and description of the male of E. variegatus R. S. Albuquerque, 1972 (Blaberidae, Blaberinae)

Lopes, Sonia Maria; Oliveira, Edivar Heeren de; Khouri, Andréa

doi:10.1590/1676-06032015005113

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“…The genus Eublaberus is under taxonomic discussion because some authors consider the ivory cockroach as a variant of the six-spotted cockroach (E.distanti), others as the true E.distanti with the current E.distanti being a separate species called E.bioyelli [30]. For these reasons, the species used in this work is referred to as Eublaberus sp.…”

Section: Cockroach Species Usedmentioning

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Blatticomposting of Food Waste, Production Estimates, Chemical Composition and CO2 Emissions Savings: A Case Study

Domínguez

García‐Gómez

2023

Waste Biomass Valor

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Half of the organic waste generated by mankind is compostable. Many of the traditional methods of food waste treatment generate pernicious effects on ecosystems, such as leachates, greenhouse gases, pathogenic microorganisms or odors. Three cockroach species that are widespread as live food for feeding exotic animals (mainly reptiles) due to their high growth rates, waste consumption, production and quality of blatticompost: the Madagascar hissing cockroach (Aeluropoda insignis Butler), the Guyana spotted cockroach (Blaptica dubia Serville) and the ivory cockroach (Eublaberus sp.) has been evaluated. Neither the weight–length ratios (W–L) nor the body condition index (Krel) of the three species studied were statistically different between the control and organic waste treatment groups. Average intakes per animal per day were 0.93 g in Aeluropoda, 2.22 g in Blaptica and 2.58 g in Eublaberus. Blatticompost production rates were 0.11, 0.75 and 0.52 g / animal*day, respectively. Taking into account the differences in size and density of individuals, this implies an average waste consumption of 1015.9 g/m2*day, of which 26.7% would be transformed into blatticompost considering the three species together. This is equivalent to 304.8 mt/ha*month of food waste recycled, a blatticompost production of 81.4 mt/ha*month and an estimated greenhouse gas emission savings of 817.2 mt/ha*month. Results indicate that any of the three species studied would be a viable alternative, although the ivory cockroach (Eublaberus sp.) presents ideal characteristics. The massive use of this species in the large-scale treatment of organic waste is proposed. Given the enormous advantages of this treatment and the zero environmental costs (absence of invasive character) could be necessary to adapt the legislation of the European Community to include blatticomposting as a suitable waste treatment as it is done in other parts of the world. Graphical Abstract

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Section: Cockroach Species Usedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blatticomposting of Food Waste, Production Estimates, Chemical Composition and CO2 Emissions Savings: A Case Study

Domínguez

García‐Gómez

2023

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Validation of the names of eight species of Blattaria according to the Rules of Zoological Nomenclature

Lopes

Oliveira

2018

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According to information provided by Krell Pape (2015), in articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) after the 2012 Amendment (ICZN 2012a, b, c), the publication methods are expanded and improved. One of the requirements for electronic publication to be available for Nomenclatural Actions is that publications have to be registered in the Official Register of Zoological Nomenclature (ZooBank.org), by enabling the work to be potentially compatible with the code in its final version, in which the correct date of publication must be provided, guaranteeing the nomenclatural priority of the electronic version. Failure to follow these measures will keep the information recorded from being known to the scientific community.

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New species of Eublaberus Hebard, 1920, new records for the genus and description of the male of E. variegatus R. S. Albuquerque, 1972 (Blaberidae, Blaberinae)

Cited by 2 publications

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Blatticomposting of Food Waste, Production Estimates, Chemical Composition and CO2 Emissions Savings: A Case Study

Blatticomposting of Food Waste, Production Estimates, Chemical Composition and CO2 Emissions Savings: A Case Study

Validation of the names of eight species of Blattaria according to the Rules of Zoological Nomenclature

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