The red-headed cockchafer or red-headed pasture cockchafer (Adoryphorus couloni[1][2] or Adoryphorus coulonii[3][4]) 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.[1] It has become naturalised in Canterbury, New Zealand, where it was first recorded in 1963.[2]
| Red-headed cockchafer | |
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| Red-headed cockchafer, Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Adoryphorus |
| Species: | A. coulonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Adoryphorus coulonii (Burmeister, 1847)
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Description
editThe 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.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Redheaded pasture cockchafer". Agriculture Victoria, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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