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Oryctes rhinoceros

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Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scarabaeus rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758: 346.

Material. 2 males, Indonesia, Papua, Biak I., Biak Kota, Samau village, Nirmala Hotel, 12 and 18.11.2012, A. M. Prokofiev leg.

Remarks. This is a widely distributed species known from the whole Oriental and Papuan regions eastward to Polynesia, and a common pest of coconut palms. However, in the present study it was a rare inhabitant of urban lands only.

Notes

Published as part of Prokofiev, Artem M., 2016, On the Phytophagous Scarabs of the Subfamilies Dynastinae, Rutelinae, and Melolonthinae from the Schouten Islands (Kepulauan Biak), Indonesian Papua (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), pp. 71-77 in Species Diversity 21 on page 71, DOI: 10.12782/sd.21.1.071, http://zenodo.org/record/5737668

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Oryctes
Species
rhinoceros
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Prokofiev, 2016

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio X. Laurentii Salvi, Holmiae, 824 pp.