Xylotrupes australicus
3 Rhinoceros Beetle at Doonan, QLD
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| Xylotrupes australicus | DonnaTomkinson | 30 Jul 2019 | |
| Xylotrupes australicus | MichaelBedingfield | 21 Jul 2019 | |
| Unverified | JBudgie | 20 Jul 2019 |
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5 comments
21 Jul 2019
This looks like the rhinoceros beetle Xylotrupes australicus:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c8482685-310f-49db-bdf7-c0636a3ccbe5
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c8482685-310f-49db-bdf7-c0636a3ccbe5
21 Jul 2019
I love these things, I've only ever seen 1 of them in Byron Bay a few years back.
22 Jul 2019
Hi Aaron! We have a tree which i think they are attracted to. There were bunches of them on the branches. This was only one bunch. It was weird!
22 Jul 2019
That’s awesome Jane. It would be cool to also report the tree and get it ID’d by a moderator so we can establish the link between these guys and your beetle magnet tree!
25 Aug 2019
I've corrected the name to Xylotrupes ulysses australicus after advice from entomologist Kim Pullen.
He said:
"I checked in AFD at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Xylotrupes/complete. The current name is Xylotrupes ulysses australicus, indicating that what was previously called Xylotrupes australicus is now considered a subspecies of X. ulysses."
I've also added Xylotrupes australicus as a synonym.
He said:
"I checked in AFD at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Xylotrupes/complete. The current name is Xylotrupes ulysses australicus, indicating that what was previously called Xylotrupes australicus is now considered a subspecies of X. ulysses."
I've also added Xylotrupes australicus as a synonym.
Location information
- Coordinates 152.988168-26.447021
- Places Doonan, QLD
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 30 Dec 2018 08:38 AM Recorded on
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- JBudgie NatureMapr Xylotrupes australicus Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Xylotrupes australicus Scientific name
- Rhinoceros Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 79m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Xylotrupes australicus
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