Can anyone please identify this organism Beetle/bug/insect.
Thanks in advance
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Hello Elaya,
this is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae, probably of Dynastinae.
What is the size, where is it from? Are there more detailed pictures available?
Best wishes
Rudolf
I suggest Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea, family (probably) Dynastidae (therefore beetle, not bug).
Regards,
Rinaldo Nicoli
O. elegans, another pest common in the area could be -I guess- a better match.
Yes, obviously looks like beetle of Scarabaeoidea (superfamily) but need more clear pictures for generic and species name.
this one is commonly called as chaffer beetle, this is major crop pest in sandy land area
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Dear Rudolf and all who care to read,
Maybe you would remember, how much I suffered from this trouble. I also cannot find a clear logic among the downvotes here. I never understood the gain of it either. I do not know what to say else. Personally, I feel like he or she is not among the commentors. If so, it is stranger than it looks. This medium is such a good opportunity to exchange scientific information, and what we should do it to use in a good way, as good as we can.
I agree with Ümit Kebapçı.
This is a Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae and probably Oryctes elegans
Oryctes elegans Prell, 1914 is a species endemic from Iran and characterized by 5 teeth on the protibiae.
This species should have been taken in India and it shows 3 teeth on the protibiae. Thus, it is in all likelihood the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758), as Ugo Bosia rightly identified.
Unfortunately without examining the specimen any attribution is doubtful. I believe that most taxonomists present agree to genus Oryctes.
Dear Elaya,
I agree with all that it is a Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae.
For determine the species I think we need more clear photo because Oryctes rhinoceros and Oryctes elegans are very close to each other. If you please attach more clear photo.
Thanks,
Wafaa
Dear all,
to solve the problem of downvoter I suggest the RG show us who is he/she as we show the upvoter. I think he/she will never downvote any comment.
Regards,
Wafaa
Thank you all..
And if you could tell some characters to identify them means it will more helpfull to me.. comments on taxonomic characters..
Here you can find the keys: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45979073#page/379/mode/1up
and here some pictures: https://books.google.lu/books?id=60hECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=oryctes+elegans+five+teeths&source=bl&ots=crDjox44yG&sig=Gm2VOeXneALArnGjEIsh_si71Wc&hl=it&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqvN2dqdPPAhWFVhoKHYedAeUQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=oryctes%20elegans%20five%20teeths&f=false
Oryctes elegans is non-sense since this species is not present in India.
First of all one need a collecting data for correct distance identification...
I have not witnessed a conflict here (? I think). By now you should know that it is a beetle and that beetles are a very large group of insects, the Coleoptera. Beetles are not bugs because that is another group of insects, the Hemiptera. Best say a little more about where and how you got the insect and maybe what it was doing. If you want to actually completely identify an insect you should send it to a museum of natural history with this information.
this is chaffer beetle, belonging to scraboidea/ scrabidae family, I think
This insect is from the order coleoptera family Scarabaeidae. The Coleoptera, may have 400,000 species, and is the largest of all orders, forming almost 40% of known insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms. So more information are required to give you the species.
This is Scarabaeid beetle. If photograph will clear then we can conclude at generic level. This insect is from the order coleoptera family Scarabaeidae. The Coleoptera, may have 400,000 species, and is the largest of all orders, forming almost 40% of known insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms. So more information are required to give you the species.
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