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Red-headed cockchafer
Red-headed cockchafer, Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Adoryphorus
Species: A. coulonii
Binomial name
Adoryphorus coulonii
(Burmeister, 1847)

The red-headed cockchafer or red-headed pasture cockchafer (Adoryphorus couloni or Adoryphorus coulonii) is a species of Australian scarab beetle in the genus Adoryphorus. It is a pasture pest in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania. It has become naturalised in Canterbury, New Zealand, where it was first recorded in 1963.

Description

The adult beetle is 10–15mm long, 8mm wide, and shiny reddish-brown to black. The larva is white-grey in the early stage. Older larva have yellowish legs and a hard red-brown head, and then become white when mature.

References

  1. ^ "Redheaded pasture cockchafer". Agriculture Victoria, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ Berg, Gordon; et al. (2014). "Biology and management of the redheaded pasture cockchafer Adoryphorus couloni (Burmeister) (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) in Australia: a review of current knowledge". Austral Entomology. 53 (2): 146. doi:10.1111/aen.12062.
  3. Hutchinson, Paul M.; Allsopp, Peter G. (2021). "Revision of Anomalomorpha Arrow, 1908 and Enracius Dechambre, 1999, with Erbmahcedius new genus from southeastern Australia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini: Cheiroplatina)". Zootaxa. 5072 (5): 461. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5072.5.2.
  4. Miller, Craig; Newell, Barry (2013). "Framing integrated research to address a dynamically complex issue: The red headed cockchafer challenge". Agricultural Systems. 117: 13. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2013.02.001.
Taxon identifiers
Adoryphorus coulonii
Adoryphorus couloni


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