Oryctes rhinoceros

coconut rhinoceros beetle, Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, and coconut palm rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes rhinoceros
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Oryctes rhinoceros, also known as coconut rhinoceros beetle, Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, and coconut palm rhinoceros beetle, is a large species of beetle , belonging to the rhinoceros beetles subfamily Dynastinae. Oryctes rhinoceros attacks coconut palms and other palms such as the economically important oil palm. It can cause serious damage to the developing fronds up to death of the palm. The beetle breeds in decaying palm trunks or other organic matter like sawdust or compost heaps.

Host Genome

No genome information available

Related Symbionts

20 records

Symbiont records associated with Oryctes rhinoceros

Classification Function Function Tags Reference
Bacteria

digestive symbiosis with potential plant cell wall degrading microbes

Digestive enzymes
Bacteria

digestive symbiosis with potential plant cell wall degrading microbes

Digestive enzymes
Bacteria

provide symbiotic digestive functions to Oryctes

Digestive enzymes
Enterobacteriaceae

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

produce cellulases under certain conditions

Digestive enzymes
Bacteria

associated with insect digestive tracts

Digestive enzymes
Fungi

extracellular cellulase production

Digestive enzymes
Bacteria

gut microbe

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gut microbe

Fungi

gut microbe

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Metagenome Information

1 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Oryctes rhinoceros

Run Platform Location Date BioProject
ILLUMINA

Illumina NovaSeq 6000

Taiwan

22.3927 N 120.335 E

2022/7/20
PRJNA997560

Amplicon Information

1 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Oryctes rhinoceros

Run Classification Platform Location Environment
SRR21053560

AMPLICON

16S and ITS
-
Kenya

1.13 S 36.53 E

ENVO:02000022

ENVO:00002003

Related Articles

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Research articles related to Oryctes rhinoceros