Suziela Md Tahir (2008) The diversity of cockroaches (Blattodea: Blattaria) in rural suburban and urban Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
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A study on domiciliary cockroach diversity and distribution using modified bottle trap baited with white bread moistened with a local beer were conducted in 90 households in three areas: rural, suburban and urban, along the Jalan Kionsom, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Eight cockroach species were collected and identified. From the family Blattidae four species were caught: Periplaneta americana (L.), Periplaneta australasiae (Fab.), Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister and Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll). The family Blaberidae were represented by Pycnoscelus surinamensis (L.) and Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier) and finally from family Blattelidae two species were identified, Supel/a longipalpa (F.) and Rhadoblatta sp. Results also showed that Periplaneta americana is the most abundant cockroach in study area (44.6%) followed by Periplaneta brunnea (25.6%), Periplaneta australasiae (16.8%), Nauphoeta cinerea (10.9%), Supella longipalpa (0.7%), Rhadoblatta sp. (0.7%), Neostylopyga rhombifolia (0.4%) and Pycnoscelus surinamensis (0.4%). Four cockroach species were found in rural areas including Periplaneta australasiae, Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Rhadoblatta sp. and Pycnosce/us surinamensis. Supel/a /ongipalpa was only found in suburban whereas Nauphoeta cinerea in urban areas. Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta brunnea were found to be more scattered in all areas. The diversity of cockroaches were analyzed with Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index and showed that rural areas had the highest diversity index (H'=l.1684) followed by urban (H'=l.0421) and suburban was the lowest (H'=0.75752). Urban areas were highly infested (73.3%) by cockroach followed by rural (63.3%) and suburban were least infested (56.7%).
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Keyword: | Domiciliary cockroaches, Cockroach diversity, Urban entomology, Periplaneta americana, Blattidae, Insect ecology |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology > QL1-991 Zoology > QL360-599.82 Invertebrates > QL461-599.82 Insects |
| Department: | INSTITUTE > Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation |
| Depositing User: | DG MASNIAH AHMAD - |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2025 11:08 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2025 11:08 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/43899 |
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