Primer registro de Malacomyia sciomyzina (Haliday, 1833) (Diptera, Coelopidae) en Portugal continental, con notas sobre su ciclo de vida

Autor: Felipe Lourenço, Catarina Prado e Castro, Olga M. C. C. Ameixa‍

Publikováno v: Graellsia, Vol 79, Iss 1 (2023)

Este artículo reporta el primer registro de una población establecida de la mosca de las algas Malacomyia sciomyzina (Haliday, 1833) (Diptera, Coelopidae) en la playa de Barra, Aveiro, Portugal. Un total de 17 especímenes fueron capturados con red

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The Influence of Non-Optimal Rearing Conditions and Substrates on the Performance of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens)

Autor: Nuno Ribeiro, Rui Costa, Olga M. C. C. Ameixa

Publikováno v: Insects, Vol 13, Iss 7, p 639 (2022)

Among the insect species reared as alternative protein sources, Hermetia illucens (black soldier Fly, BSF) has shown a huge potential mostly due to its high protein content, its bioconversion rates, and versatility in using different feeding substrat

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Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) promising candidates as animal feed ingredients

Autor: C. Prado e Castro, Olga M. C. C. Ameixa

Publikováno v: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 7:1065-1076

Insects are efficient converters of different types of low-quality organic matter into biomass rich in good quality protein. Flies are particularly well suited for the biodegradation of organic waste and larval stages can be used as animal feed. Curr

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https://doi.org/10.3920/jiff2021.0020

An annotated checklist of ladybeetle species (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira Archipelagos

Autor: Alexandra Magro, Hugo Renato Calado, António O. Soares, José Carlos Franco, Vera Zina, Miguel M. Andrade, António Franquinho Aguiar, Isabel Borges, Olga M. C. C. Ameixa

Publikováno v: ZooKeys
ZooKeys, Vol 1053, Iss, Pp 107-144 (2021)
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
instacron:RCAAP
ZooKeys 1053: 107-144

A comprehensive annotated checklist of the ladybeetle species of Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira archipelagos, is presented. The Coccinellidae fauna comprises a total of 101 species: 83 from the Mainland, 39 from Madeira, and 32 from the A

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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1053.64268

A roadmap for ladybird conservation and recovery

Autor: António O. Soares, Danny Haelewaters, Olga M. C. C. Ameixa, Isabel Borges, Peter M. J. Brown, Pedro Cardoso, Michiel D. de Groot, Edward W. Evans, Audrey A. Grez, Axel Hochkirch, Milada Holecová, Alois Honěk, Ján Kulfan, Ana I. Lillebø, Zdenka Martinková, J. P. Michaud, Oldřich Nedvěd, null Omkar, Helen E. Roy, Swati Saxena, Apoorva Shandilya, Arnaud Sentis, Jiri Skuhrovec, Sandra Viglášová, Peter Zach, Tania Zaviezo, John E. Losey

Publikováno v: CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Conservation Biology
Conservation Biology, 2023, 37 (1), ⟨10.1111/cobi.13965⟩

Ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) provide services that are critical to food production, and they fulfill an ecological role as a food source for predators. The richness, abundance, and distribution of ladybirds, however, are compromised by many

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35686511