Heteronychus arator

TaxID: 295550

Basic Information

Heteronychus arator

African Black Beetle, African black beetle, Black Maize Beetle

Heteronychus arator (hetero+onychus = 'variable claw', arator = 'ploughman') is a species of beetle in the subfamily Dynastinae (the rhinoceros beetles). It is commonly called African black beetle or black lawn beetle. It is native to Africa and it is an introduced species in Australia, Norfolk Island and the North Island of New Zealand.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Scarabaeidae

Heteronychus

arator

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Heteronychus arator
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(c) Owen Konopka@BY-NC
Heteronychus arator
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(c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉@BY
Heteronychus arator
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(c) Renier@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (16 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (15 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
Costa Rica Absent —
Dominican Republic Quarantine pests —
EPPO A1 Absent —
Georgia Absent 2018
Croatia Quarantine pests —
India Quarantine pests —
Japan Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Morocco Quarantine pest 2018
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Distribution (27 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

25
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Australia Present
Brazil Absent
Botswana Present —
Cameroon Present —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Present —
Comoros Present —
Ethiopia Present —
France Present —
Kenya Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature