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Coconut rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

Status
Exotic (absent from Australia) Pest Species

Dorsal male view Zoomify

Caption: AQIS - Brisbane - Q2865

Source: Peter Lillywhite Museum Victoria

Adults 30-57mm long and 14-21 mm in width; colour black or reddish black; both sexes possess a characteristic cephalic horn which is larger in males; pygidium is densely clothed with reddish brown hairs on the ventral surface in the female.

Source:

http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=173&fr=1&sts

PaDIL Links:
lesser coconut weevil (Diocalandra frumenti)
South American palm weevil (Dynamis borassi)
black palm weevil (Rhynchophorus bilineatus)
Elephant beetle (Xylotrupes ulysses australicus )

Specimen contact point: AQIS - Brisbane & NAQS Darwin

Citation: Walker, K. (2008) Coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) Pest and Diseases Image Library. Updated on 1/29/2008 2:04:09 PM. Available online: http://www.padil.gov.au

Created Date: 11/9/2005 7:05:00 PM

Last Updated: 1/29/2008 2:04:09 PM

Diagnostic Images
Elytra	Opposite sex dorsal	Opposite sex lateral	Opposite sex ventral
Pronotum
Overview Images
Dorsal	Lateral	Ventral
Other Images
Dorsal view female	Lateral view female	Ventral view female