Neotrichiorhyssemus hirsutus
Rugous Little Dung Beetle
No Local Name
f.SCARABAEIDAE
Chafers
Neotrichiorhyssemus hirsutus
Rugous Little Dung Beetle
No Local Name
f.SCARABAEIDAE
Chafers
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Intl. NamesRugous Little Dung Beetle EN
Local NamesNo Content
Pacific NamesNo Content
Sci. NamesNeotrichiorhyssemus hirsutus (accepted name)
, Trichiorhyssemus hirsutus, Trichiorhyssemus samoanus, Subtribe Rhyssemina, newFix2024-11
High Tax. Eng.k.Animals, p.Arthropods, spc.Hexapods, c.Insects, o.Beetles, f.Chafers - Beetle
High Tax. Latink.ANIMALIA, p.ARTHROPODA, sp.ATELOCERATA, spc.HEXAPODA, c.INSECTA, sc.PTERYGOTA, o.Coleoptera, f.SCARABAEIDAE
Natl. PresencePresent
Sth. PresenceRR++MG?AT?MK?MT?AK?PL?MN?TK?
Nth. PresenceTN?MH?RK?PK?NS?SW?
VouchersRR2005
Local OriginIntroduced; Recent; Naturalised
Global RangeRange: Seychelles - Mauritius, Indonesia - Philippines - Taiwan; Fiji - Samoas - French Polynesia;
HabitatLand - Lowlands
ThreatenedNo Content
InvasivenessNo Content
BiosecurityNo Content
Medical StatusNo Content
Harmful StatusNo Content
UsesNo Content
IdentificationFor N. hirsutus: 3.6-4.2 mm. Oblique ridges on the head vertex absent. Clypeus angularly rounded each side of emargination. PRONOTAL first ridge broken into discrete granules, the second to fourth ridges medially continuous, and the fifth ridge and amore...ccessory transversal swellings broken into discrete granules. Longitudinal swellings along posterior longitudinal furrow formed by irregular granules. Transverse pronotal furrows with distinct, rounded granules. Elytral intervals never costate. Metasternal plate bare. Zig-zag lines on abdominal sternites complete. [Rakovic, M. (1987). A contribution to the knowledge of Trichiorhyssemus Clouët species from the Oriental
region, New Guinea, and Pacific Islands (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae). Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae, Bratislava, 1987 (182):1-14.]
region, New Guinea, and Pacific Islands (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae). Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae, Bratislava, 1987 (182):1-14.]
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McCormack, Gerald (2026) Cook Islands Biodiversity & Ethnobiology Database, Version 2026.04.21 - Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at https://naturalheritage.gov.ck/cibed
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