Oryctes boas

TaxID: 1207101

Basic Information

Oryctes boas

Coconut Beetle

Oryctes boas is a species of rhinoceros beetles from the subfamily Dynastinae (family: Scarabaeidae) which is found in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa and in some neighboring parts of the Near East. It appears to be most common in south-eastern Africa. O. boas breeds mainly in compost heaps and is a pest of coconut palms. However, in West Africa it is usually less abundant and less destructive on coconut palms compared to Oryctes monoceros, a species with a similar distribution range and biology. Both species belong to the subgenus Rykanoryctes which is characterized by having 3 fixed (immovable) spikes at the tip of the hind tibia. The main morphological difference between both species is the size of the horn. In O. boas males, the horn is very long and curved backwards at the tip. O. boas is also smaller and heavier built compared to O. monoceros. The pronotum of O. boas males has a large depression (concavity) with two pointed teeth at its hind margin and dense hair in the anterior part. Females have a short horn and the depression on the pronotum is very small, round and usually with two knobs at the hind margin.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Scarabaeidae

Oryctes

boas

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (4 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (9 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Egypt Present 2018
Greece Quarantine pests —
Indonesia Absent —
Japan Quarantine pests —
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Malaysia Quarantine pests —
New Caledonia Quarantine pests —
Singapore Quarantine pests —
Thailand Quarantine pests —

Distribution (40 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

34
Present
6
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Botswana Present —
Central African Republic Absent —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Cameroon Absent —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Present —
Ethiopia 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.

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