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Oopsis nutator

Long-horned Beetle

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Long-horned Beetle

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group; ?; Land, horticultural

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest

KEY FEATURES: Small oval beetle, to 9mmBL. HEAD reddish-brown with white hairs; eyes semilunar around base of antennae; antennae approx.BL. THORAX reddish-brown, pitted, with white hairs; orange hairs form conspicuous posterio-dorsolateral patches. WINGCOVERS reddish-brown, pitted, white hairs; orange hairs form conspicuous forward dorsolateral spot, and a diagonal bar of 3-5 spots.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Oopsis oblongipennis smaller, to 7mmBL (vs to 9mm); wingcovers without pale-hair spots (vs with orange spots). Oopsis albopicta is smaller, to 7mmBL (vs 9mm); wingcovers with white-hair stripes on hindsection (vs orange-hair spots form a diagonal bar).

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P			P

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

Oopsis nutator (Fabricius)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Coleoptera; CERAMBYCIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: one specimen, Arorangi, in house, 10/1984, G.Paulay, in BPBM, ID A.Samuelson as Oopsis nutator 5/2004; one specimen, in house at light, Jan/2004, M.Poeschko, in BPBM, ID A.Samuelson as Oopsis nutator 5/2004; specimen, location?, 6/2004, Al Samuelson, ID 12/2004 list as Oopsis nutator. Mauke: one specimen, Ngatiarua village, in house at night, 11/1984, G.Paulay, in BPBM, ID A.Samuelson as Oopsis nutator 5/2004.

References:
Special Reference: PM79

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04b, zD04b

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.
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