Calais speciosus is a species of click beetle in the genus Calais.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Agrypninae |
| Genus: | Calais |
| Species: | C. speciosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Calais speciosus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Elater speciosus Linnaeus, 1767 | |
Biocontrol use
editIn Hawaii and in Asia where there are coconut rhinoceros beetles (Oryctes rhinoceros), Calais speciosus has been introduced to control their population, as it may eat the grubs or eggs of Oryctes rhinoceros.[1]
References
edit- ^ Alden D. Hinckley (20 August 1967). "ASSOCIATES OF THE COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE IN WESTERN SAMOA" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 9 (3): 505–511. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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