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Coleoptera (beetles) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

This is a guide to the Coleoptera of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The species listed here are primarily those recorded in the Zoological Society London checklist. Additional species have been added from surveys collected through a Darwin Plus project (DPLUS151). This list is not ...more ↓

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Aderus ¹

Dried Fruit Beetle ²
Carpophilus hemipterus

Six-spotted Zigzag Ladybird ³
Cheilomenes sexmaculata

Chilocorus nigritus ⁴

Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle ⁵
Coccinella transversalis

Colasposoma rugiceps

Coptops aedificator ⁶

Cratopus adspersus ⁷

Cryptamorpha ⁸

Cybocephalus ⁹

Lesser Coconut Weevil ¹⁰
Diocalandra frumenti

Euxestus erithacus
Euxestus erithacus

Dusty Surface Beetles
Gonocephalum

Hypothenemus ¹¹

Inopeplus ¹²

Myllocerus dentifer ¹³

Redlegged Ham Beetle ¹⁴
Necrobia rufipes

Ocholissa

Pentarthrum ¹⁵

Platynaspis capicola ¹⁶

Psammoecus ¹⁷

Scymnus nubilus ¹⁸

Stenotrupis ¹⁹

Mango Seed weevil ²⁰
Sternochetus mangiferae

Subfamily Colydiinae ²¹
Colydiinae

Trachypholis ²²

Trochoideus desjardinsi ⁴

Island Pinhole Borer
Xyleborus perforans

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Coleoptera (beetles) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Dried Fruit Beetle 2 Carpophilus hemipterus

Six-spotted Zigzag Ladybird 3 Cheilomenes sexmaculata

Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle 5 Coccinella transversalis

Lesser Coconut Weevil 10 Diocalandra frumenti

Euxestus erithacus Euxestus erithacus

Dusty Surface Beetles Gonocephalum

Redlegged Ham Beetle 14 Necrobia rufipes

Mango Seed weevil 20 Sternochetus mangiferae

Subfamily Colydiinae 21 Colydiinae

Island Pinhole Borer Xyleborus perforans