Cook Islands Biodiversity Database

Species Page

Back to: «« Search Page | « Results Page

Add to My List

Placosternus crinicornis

Multimedia & Additional Resources

Type	Description	Download
Image:	Specimen (Rarotonga)	68KB
Image:	Adult	22KB

General Information

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised?Extirpated; S.Group (RR only?); Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; likely pest

KEY FEATURES: A large beetle to 20mmBL. BODY glossy black with white bands, bars and spots on the thorax and wing covers. Legs and antennae red.

Enlarged Image of 'Placosternus crinicornis'

Cook Islands Distribution

View Distribution Map

Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+?X

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Placosternus crinicornis (Chevrolat, 1860)
SYNONYMS: Clytus crinicornis [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Coleoptera; CERAMBYCIDAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Large beetle to 20mmBL. BODY glossy black with narrow white bands on the thorax, and white spots and bars on the wing covers. LEGS and ANTENNAE red.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen+photo, ~1998, E.Munro in MoACollection without ID, ID Al Samuelson BPBM as Placosternus crinicornis, ~2003.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB04a, zM04a, zD04a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
Please refer to our use policy.

Biodiversity Database: More Options | Help

My List: View List | Edit List | Clear List